Review of the Hyundai Inster

From a Co-pilot’s Perspective

This is a review of the new Inster, Hyundai’s entry-level EV.

In the spirit of full disclosure, I am admitting to breaking one of the basic rules of car reviewing. That being to actually drive the car you are reviewing. It is not without precedent though. Manufacturers will sometimes drive motoring journalists around a track in some squillion dollar hypercar or in a prototype bedecked in camouflage.

The reason for me being in the co-pilot seat was very different. The Hyundai Inster in question belongs to my daughter, Emma. She had her driving test coming up. Due to a chronic lack of driving tests in Bristol, where she lives, she decided to come back home to Chester to take her test. It was a big leap of faith to buy the car whilst still on L plates.

The plan was for me to drive down to Bristol and then supervise her (as the DVLA terms it) driving back the 150 miles to Chester. We would then spend the next few days practicing building up to the test day.

Learner drivers are not permitted on UK Motorways, so the journey back would be by the route less travelled. The practicing would take the form of road trips into the varied terrain of neighbouring North Wales and then familiarisation with the local test routes on the outskirts of Chester. We…