Staria Load charges up

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Hyundai’s Staria Load is having an electrifying year, launching a hybrid powertrain in July and an EV just last week on a media drive that took in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park,…

Hyundai’s Staria Load is having an electrifying year, launching a hybrid powertrain in July and an EV just last week on a media drive that took in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, north of Sydney, loaded up with a palette of sandbags weighing 375kg from the local nursery to simulate a delivery load.

The latest model brings the line-up to four variants with a choice of turbo-diesel, hybrid and electric powertrains, all front-wheel-drive, and each with a two-seat configuration, the same 4935-litre cargo capacity and either liftback or twin swing rear doors.

For those who like to measure things — and van buyers generally do — the cargo area is 2607mm long, 1640mm wide and 1436mm high.

Oh, the electric also gets a 23.9-litre frunk under the bonnet — and all get a five-year subscription to Bluelink connected car services.

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