Hyundai N

The pocket rocket category was far from overflowing this year, and 2021 won't exactly offer more options than the average hot-hatch fan could stomach having to choose from – but at least there's now one more. Revealed this past week, the i20 N is a proper full-bottle N offering – only the second, after the i30 versions (or third if you want to count body shapes in the mix).

Hyundai Motorsport has taken the covers off its latest TCR race car, adding the Elantra N TCR to its stable of customer cars that also includes the i30 N TCR and Veloster N TCR. The addition of the Elantra N TCR is designed to ensure maximum relevance in global markets, the sedan set to race in markets where the Elantra is sold.

Hyundai plans to introduce 11 new or updated models in the next 11 months – its biggest product blitz since the brand was established in Australia in 1986. The massive new-model roll-out is designed to reverse a four-and-a-half year sales slide, the biggest slump for the brand since the Global Financial Crisis a decade ago. The cavalcade of cars will start with one of the most advanced vehicles on the road, although it will be sold in relatively small numbers.

A Hyundai i20 N hot hatch has been teased in a video in Europe and representatives in Australia say they are interested in selling the car here if it’s made available in right-hand-drive. The pint-sized sibling to the Hyundai i30N hatch and fastback was shown at the end of a short video introducing the regular i20 range in Europe – and photo rendering ace X-Tomi Design has already worked his magic on what it might look like (pictured above).