There's an uncompromisingly negative review of the Hyundai i20 1.2 in today's Guardian (via www.hyundaibuzz.com). While its i10 and i30 sisters have mainly broken past the lingering doubts in European minds over Korean cars, the i20 still gets a decidedly mixed bag of reviews.

A Korean TV commercial shows the new Hyundai ix35 SUV crossover. To me this seems like the most exciting new car from Hyundai yet.

Much of the motivation for driving all the way to Scotland was the strong urge for some kind of road trip. Since we got the i20 in March I've been itching to put it to good use -- to find out what it can do.

4 days
1545 miles
30 hours of driving
15 cups of coffee
200 liters of petrol
39.8 mpg

Having recently bought a spanking new Hyundai i20, I was initially excited by the claimed fuel consumption figures, then duly disappointed that my own real-world results seemed pretty far off. But then I found out a few things about how the official figures are measured.