Ciao everyone, here it's Marchettino and today we play with a Hyundai, but what a Hyundai trust me!
Apparently, both Koreas have rockets because whereas Kim Jung-un's North Korea has ballistic missiles,
South Korea has this, the Hyundai i30N. I think you've been surprised when I said " fun " and Hyundai in the same sentence but trust me
the Hyundai i30N is a proper pocket-rocket!
I find this car pretty interesting because it's the first Hyundai product developed for the sports segment, more precisely this car
has rivals like the Seat Leon Cupra R, Renault Megane RS and so on.
First impressions: I like it, currently I'm driving in Normal mode which is 1 of 5 modes you can choose
and for being a car that with Performance package costs 37.000€ full option,
it's not bad to me. By looking at the options and the interior, I have the feel it's worth it the amount of money Hyundai asks.
Fyi dealerships also make good discounts for this car.
Obviously the enthusiast that want a car like this, it's not just about the satnav, electric seats but, like the package says, for the performance.
In fact, let's switch settings by pressing the button on the steering wheel and set Sport.
Hear that? Well, first difference comes from the exhaust because from this engine which is a 2.0L 4cyl turbo
we hear a pleasant exhaust note.
This is the first out the 3 sports settings and in this setting we can already appreciate the dynamic qualities of this car.
This engine - with performance package - develops 275hp and 378nm of torque with overboost.
Flatout I can see the led light that lights up the right moment to change gear.
I do that with a great pleasure because this car currently is available only with the manual,
Great combination of 6-speed manual gearbox with a handbrake which hopefully isn't electric,
I find it rather annoying and it's fitted on most cars nowadays, when I want, I want to do also some badass handbrake turns!
Compared to the standard i30N, the differences we can tell with Performance package are noticeable,
because here we have bigger brakes, bigger 19" wheels but the biggest difference we find it in the way it delivers the power because
with performance package we have a semi-mechanic LSD. Driving a car that unleashes so much power in the front with these winter low temperatures, the difference is noticeable because
hitting the throttle especially out the corners the car offers lots of traction and a minimal understeer.
Let's switch mode again, N mode
The power delivery is even more enraged!
It even pops!
Redline is close to 7000rpm, not bad! You reach it quickly in N mode!
Bit of powerslide, these are not the ideal conditions to have the maximum grip but let's say this car currently fitted with Pirelli summer tires, it offers proper grip!
Another difference we can tell in N mode is on downshifts because the electronics automatically blips the throttle, a setting I dislike
in fact if we switch to Custom mode we can customize the many settings available on the i30N and make the settings we desire for example
power delivery in Sport+, remove the automatic blip on shift down, soft suspensions, it's not bad this car has many parameters and settings we can customize.
We didn't do it properly!
Launch control test, FAILED!
The acceleration of this pocket rocket ain't bad though, if I did LC correctly we would have done 0-100kph in 6, 6.1s
Overal I'm amazed by the product Hyundai has done because it's their first road going sports car
Probably we won't see many in our country because here people are snob, they look at the logo and they're like " it can't be a good car ", I'd rather get a traditional car but
in foreign countries this car is popular like the Seat Leon Cupra R, cars that in Italy aren't considered that much but I think the price / performance ratio if very good, just like this Hyundai.
Just consider Hyundai has a great reputation in motorsport, just think that Sebastien Loeb will join Hyundai for WRC and I think he will bring home lots of victories.
The tech Hyundai has developed in motorsport is brought also on this car, one more reason to appreciate and think that after all its price is reasonable.
The sound of this car is not bad!
This Hyundai has surprised me, for being the first sports product available I think the korean company has done a good job, it's quick with
many options available at a competitive price compared to its rivals.
It's fun, quick with lots of features and tech, not just the rear view camera, the satnav, lane assist but in terms of sports driving
here we have suspensions that depending on the settings they can get softer or harder, we have a proper LSD so yeah the Hyundai I30N Performance is worth it to me.
I think it's a good start for Hyundai in the making of road going sport cars, I feel like we'll see more N in the future!
I thank Marco from N Performance Club Italia for lending me his i30N and guys
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