I’ll Be Driving A Hyundai i30 N For 6 Months: What Do You Want To Know?

We’ll be testing this i30 N in Performance spec, and we want to get you involved!
I’ll Be Driving A Hyundai i30 N For 6 Months: What Do You Want To Know?

With ‘our’ RS3 soon making its way back to Audi (sob), its replacement has just turned up. It’s blue, it has 271bhp, and it’s made by Hyundai.

We are of course talking about the i30 N, which blew us away last year. Just how has Hyundai managed to cook up a world-beater, given that the hot i30 is its first proper performance car?

I’ll Be Driving A Hyundai i30 N For 6 Months: What Do You Want To Know?

Well, snagging Albert Biermann - former boss of BMW M Division - certainly will have helped, but has Herr Biermann and his team made a car that works as an everyday driver, as well as a back-road and circuit weapon? With the keys to this particular i30 N in our grasp for the next six months, we’ve plenty of opportunity to find out.

I’ll Be Driving A Hyundai i30 N For 6 Months: What Do You Want To Know?

We’ve opted for the Performance Pack version, which looks to be the one to go for. It’s £3000 more than the base car, but that’s a small price to pay when you get more power (the standard car makes 247bhp), a Hyundai-developed ’N Corner Carving Differential’, an active exhaust, and larger brakes. Covering the beefier stoppers are 19-inch wheels as opposed to 18-inch items, and they’re wrapped in a bespoke version of Pirelli’s P-Zero tyre that has been developed especially for the i30 N.

The car is finished in Performance Blue, as chosen by you guys in a poll a few months ago. It was the overwhelming favourite colour, in fact, and it looks great in the metal.

I’ll Be Driving A Hyundai i30 N For 6 Months: What Do You Want To Know?

Over the next few months, we’ll be pitching the Hyundai into battle with key competitors, finding out what’s good and bad about using it as a daily driver, taking it on long trips and maybe, just maybe, seeing how well CT video chief Alex fits in the boot. You know, for science.

But, as is now customary for Car Throttle’s longtermers, we want you to get involved. Is there a burning question you want answered? Have a suggestion as to what you’d like to see us do with the car? Head to the comments section now!

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Comments

redflamexfire(R32 squad)

How cool is it?from the scale of 1 to 10.

03/25/2018 - 10:53 |
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Anonymous

Sausages

03/25/2018 - 11:00 |
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Anonymous

‘N Corner Carving Differential’. I absolutely love that name.

03/25/2018 - 11:28 |
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Anonymous

A round, comfortable looking steering wheel in a modern car
This car is something different for once

03/25/2018 - 11:44 |
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Tarek Khan

How is the quality control on it, whats it like on long cruises etc. Its clearly beaten the GTI as a drivers car but interesting to see how it does as an all rounder

03/25/2018 - 11:51 |
34 | 0

This.

Plus I want to know how light the clutch is, if it’s bearable in the toughest traffic.

My entire family would look at me like I’m nuts if I’m willing to spend more than $20k USD on a Hyundai (or rather, spend more than $200 per month to lease one). They all think I should just get a GTI instead… But I know Hyundai is decently reliable, plus they’re quite the underdog.

03/25/2018 - 23:33 |
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Chewbacca_buddy (McLaren squad)(VW GTI Clubsport)(McLaren 60

Will it fist? What’s the price for your spec?

03/25/2018 - 11:58 |
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Anonymous

Why does the rear of the car look so fussy?

03/25/2018 - 12:21 |
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Hawkoga

Can you drive it overseas across Europe no issue? Will it top 155mph?

03/25/2018 - 12:23 |
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Adam Rizky Ramadhan

Hide the logo and ask random people what car is it and guess the price.
Korean Cars are underrated.

03/25/2018 - 12:24 |
82 | 0

That’s what I see people with Genesis coupes and sedans do. It’s hilarious then when I point out the car to my family, mention it’s a Hyundai and it’s price tag. I’m quite literally always met with “I would never spend more than $20k (USD) for a Hyundai!”

03/25/2018 - 23:32 |
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GTRTURTLE 🔰 🐢(Oo \ S K Y L I N E / oO) (Koen

Compare it to a veloster if you can

03/25/2018 - 12:44 |
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