HYUNDAI continues to develop its sporty N Division product line-up in Australia. The Korean model has launched a pair of newcomers to enhance its lauded i30 N – itself a comparatively new rival to sizzling hatch stalwarts such because the Ford Focus ST and Volkswagen Golf GTI.
The i20 N – a pocket rocket that competes with the Ford Fiesta ST and Volkswagen Polo GTI – and the Kona N, a light-weight SUV with a menacing turbocharged persona, have joined Hyundai’s native portfolio this month. What’s extra, a sedan model of the i30 N is because of arrive nicely earlier than the top of the yr… and much more N fashions are on their means Down Below.
The i20 N is the second efficiency mannequin from the Korean model’s N Division to be provided domestically. Priced from $32,490 plus on-road prices, the i20 N retains all of the practicality of different i20 derivatives, however, by advantage of its turbocharged 1.6-litre engine, six-speed handbook gearbox and mechanical restricted slip differential (LSD) is not any work-a-day buying trolley.
Supplied in a single, extremely specified grade, the i20 N is the epitome of a bang-for-your-buck efficiency proposition. It packs the type of driveline expertise present in fashions with far greater sticker costs, all of which is wrapped in a bolstered bodyshell full of the model’s newest SmartSense driver assistance- and security applied sciences.
With experience and dealing with traits optimised by Hyundai Motor Firm Australia’s in-house suspension specialists, the i20 N is able to hit the observe straight out of the field with an uprated clutch, bigger brake rotors and -pads, grippy Pirelli rubber, a mechanical LSD, in addition to a punchy twin-cam engine that’s able to go toe-to-toe with the perfect in its class.
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