Ask any ageing Hollywood celeb and so they’ll inform you that the most effective form of facelift is the one you don’t even discover. Perhaps that was what Hyundai’s designers have been aiming for once they set about giving the now three-year outdated Bayon a little bit of beauty consideration, as a result of it’s extremely troublesome to inform outdated from new.

To be truthful, the Ford Puma-rivalling Bayon already featured Hyundai’s newest design language together with a split-headlight therapy on the nostril that included a pair of razor-slim DRLs. What it didn’t have, however does now, is a full width gentle bar to attach these DRLs, similar to you’ll discover on many more moderen Hyundais. There are additionally some delicate modifications to the bumpers and grille that scale back the quantity of body-colored plastic on the entrance finish in favor of extra moody black and provides the dinky hatch a wide-mouth look we predicted in our spy-shot story.

It’s the identical subtly tweaked story on the again – extra black plastic and newly reshaped reversing lights within the bumper – so anybody desirous to make their Bayon’s post-facelift standing clear may wish to contemplate one of many 4 new paint colours Hyundai has added to the configurator palette.

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The Bayon’s inside already felt fairly techy because of a ten.25-inch digital instrument cluster that was normal in some markets, however the principle infotainment display was a reasonably small 8-inch affair except you paid to improve to the ten.25-inch various. For 2024 the massive show comes normal throughout the vary and each nation’s Bayons include digital gauges. The navigation system also can settle for over-air updates.

And that’s just about it so far as the facelift goes. Hyundai hasn’t particularly talked about the powertrains, which should imply Bayon patrons will proceed to select from two variations of the identical 1.0-litre three-cylinder tubocharged engine. The bottom possibility produces 98bhp (100PS) and 127lb ft (172Nm), whereas its greater brother bumps energy as much as 118bhp (120PS), although torque stays the identical.

No phrase but on costs or a Europe on-sale date, however the present Bayon prices from £21,570 ($27,376) within the UK and we think about that the premium for the brand new automotive, very like the styling modifications, will likely be nearly imperceptible.