My wife and I traveled south to Canberra over the weekend to catch a footy (NRL) and hockey (AIHL) game. We had the chance to hire the new Hyundai i30 for the duration of the trip, which I was really keen to do, having heard so many rave reviews about the car over the last few months.

The i30 is Hyundai's small/medium car designed to compete with the Toyota Corolla, Ford Focus and Mazda 3. Being the owner of a 2007 Ford Focus, I was very interested to see how the i30 competes with and compares to the Focus especially.

Does it? Well, having driven the i30 from early Saturday through to early Monday, I hope I can shed a little light on that question.