The Hyundai i30 Fastback N has been revealed ahead of its world premiere at the Paris motor show next week. It’s the second model from the company’s N Performance Division, following in the wheel tracks of the hot-selling hatch model already on sale.
The good news for Aussie punters who like the swoopier coupe-like styling is that it’s on track to arrive locally by March 2019.
You’ve probably heard it before: that pop and crackle in the exhaust note of a performance car. A number of manufacturers produce cars with bi-modal exhausts allowing the driver to select what kind of noise they’d like their car to produce, and often the louder, sportier noise includes an armada of racy cracks on the overrun.
Hyundai Australia is still considering whether it should bring one or two models of its i30 N hot hatch as it gears up for the launch of its very first serious performance car in the first quarter of next year.
The South Korean brand has the option of bringing in a ‘base model' i30 N in addition to the high-performance variant. The two-tier approach is similar to what its main target, Volkswagen, offers with the Golf GTi and its performance pack.
Hyundai boss confirms testing already commenced on 280kW hot hatch
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Hyundai has confirmed to a group of Australian journalists that the company has commenced working on a 280kW hot hatch set to rival the likes of Ford's Focus RS, Audi's RS 3 and Meredes-AMG's A45 in terms of power and torque.
Hyundai head of vehicle test and high performance development, Albert Biermann told CarAdvice that he has already driven a road going prototype version of the brand's RN30 concept vehicle and he is very impressed.
Hyundai is just months away from opening its new state-of-the-art vehicle test centre at Germany’s Nurburgring.
The $7.3 million facility is set for completion by August this year and will be used to lift Hyundai’s vehicle development and evaluation program to benchmark levels.
Without a proper test facility on location at the Nurburgring, Hyundai was forced to rent less secure garage space – leaving the Korean maker’s new products exposed during testing to legions of spy photographers.
