Hyundai Presents the Spaceship-Inspired Staria Minivan

A minivan that's truly different and turns heads? Sounds appealing if unlikely. And yet, this week Korean automaker Hyundai presented the Staria, a model the design of which is inspired by spaceships and other “different” concepts.

Conceived for use by families as well as by businesses, Staria is going to launch in hit select markets this year. Unfortunately, that does not include North America. A real shame, that.

The model's great versatility is being pitched as one of its great qualities. It can be delivered with two seats and a gigantic cargo volume, or with 11 seats to carry the extended family here and there or groups of travelers between the airport and the hotel, for instance.

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What we saw this week is the passenger variant. But the most striking element of the Staria is of course its out-there, highly original appearance. In fact, it looks like a concept that will never see the light of day. The front end has a full-width LED bar above the lower headlights and a very wide grille. At the rear, the lights are made up of individual dots that look like pixels, just like on the Ioniq 5.

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