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

Anonymous

Compare it to a Focus ST!

03/25/2018 - 12:52 |
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Melons

How good is the differential? Crank the wheel to one side and pin the throttle… Do both front tires spin or only one?

It’s important for a performance car!

03/25/2018 - 12:59 |
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Anonymous

Will it beat its FWD rivals?

03/25/2018 - 13:07 |
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Kai Graf

Is it better than a Focus St from a Price/Quality standpoint?

03/25/2018 - 13:59 |
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Toby Westlake

How does it compare to established rivals?

03/25/2018 - 14:31 |
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Anonymous

See if it can drive upside down

03/25/2018 - 15:26 |
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Anonymous

How many people can you fit in?

03/25/2018 - 16:05 |
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Anonymous

How is the power delivery, does it feel really like it has 271 bhp? Can it put that amount of power on the road smoothly or does it have a lot of torque steer?

03/25/2018 - 16:08 |
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Anonymous

I want to know what happens when it falls into a vat of molten Iron… For science…

03/25/2018 - 16:32 |
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NotARealRoadTest

I remember the top gear episode a few years ago where they were doing stuff in their older hot hatches that they said they weren’t allowed to do any more. How does the i30n stack up with that kind of messing aroing?

03/25/2018 - 17:01 |
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