FUTURE MODELS
Hyundai’s i30N hot hatch shoots for the GTi
Hyundai just started moving a lot faster, writes Michael Taylor
Korea’s march to the first rank of car makers has moved into double time with the unveiling of the first car from Hyundai’s new high-performance sub-brand. Europeans will begin receiving their i30N hot hatch models later in 2017, with up to 202kW of power and 353Nm of torque from the extensively reworked 2.0l, turbocharged four-cylinder engine. In SA we will have to wait and see, with Hyundai SA saying it is keen to bring the model but it is all dependent on the price. The front-wheel-drive, five-door hatch is based on the i30, but like BMW’s M, Mercedes-Benz’s AMG and Audi Sport, it has been reworked from the ground up to simply go faster. And, like the three premium go-faster brands, it will just be the first of many N-branded Hyundai models to come, including a 280kW all-wheel-drive RN30 version and another based on the i30 Fastback that was revealed at the same time. For now, it’s shying away from ramping up SUV and crossover performance, but the German experience suggests it’s ...
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