What is it?
The Hyundai i30 Fastback N is proof that its Korean maker doesn’t intend to hang around with the roll-out of its new breed of performance models. It’s only eighteen months since the launch of the i30 N hatchback and now, having already introduced the Veloster N in markets other than ours, the firm is piling in with model instalment number three.
And these are early days, you might think, for i30 N hatchback buyers to be trading in their cars. But, from an engineering perspective at the very least, working so quickly probably is a smart move. Hyundai uses a great many proprietary components for these cars, after all, and it stands to reason that the more development opportunities they can lever into a short space of time for the various driveline, suspension, steering and electronic governance systems in the N-brand armoury, the more quickly those systems – and the cars they’re attached to – should improve.
Welcome, then, to 'Hyundai N-car v3.0'. Based on the elongated 'coupe-like' i30 Fastback introduced to the UK late last year, the i30 Fastback N uses the same 2.0-litre turbocharged ‘Theta’ petrol engine as the upper-level ‘Performance Package’ version of the hatchback N, as well as the same rack-mounted electric power steering system, adaptive dampers, electronically locking front differential and active exhaust.
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Biggest shock here is why 98% people feel the need to spend £3,000 more on a few trinklets that they'll probably never really appreciate on the road. If this fastback was £27k it would sound so much more appealing.
Still the Pug is only an auto, the Civic is over the top, standard GTI isn't sold anymore which leaves the Meganne (bargain) and the next ST (potenially the only FORD I like). 3 way shoot out please Mr Autocar.
typos1 - Just can’t respect opinion
FMS
xxxx wrote:
"Biggest shock...", how would you know?. Did you test drive this model over an extended period of time and then compare to the less powerful model?...NOPE. What on earth is a "TRINKLET"?.
People who can afford to actually buy and run the car of their choice, thankfully can ignore your ludicrous comments and enjoy the spoils of their earning power, while you can carry on chuntering from a sedentary position on your decrepit sofa (non performance pack). TwIT, the w is silent, as you should be.
xxxx
FMS - A bigger shock
Is the fact you're allowed access to the internet you sad little muppet!
typos1 - Just can’t respect opinion
FMS
xxxx wrote:
"Meganne"?...who manufactures this model then, oh brain of the automotive world?. You are hilarious...and a TwIT, the w is silent, as you should be.
catnip
I know its not the same thing
I know its not the same thing, but I think the i30 Fastback is more appealing than the disappointing Proceed, if you want something a bit different from the standard hatches.
xxxx
Sorry about that Pug
Tis a manual, just a 1.6 though that comes in at £30k
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si73
Really like this fastback, I
Really like this fastback, I much prefer this style of hatch over the more common estate type back, which is why I am one of the few that likes the civic.
nicebiscuit
Surely its the £25k i30N that is the bargain...
Yeah I know noone actually BUYS cars any more. But if they did, surely thats a pretty good private buy, complete with the 5 year warranty that shames the Germans.
As a lease though - well... some of the deals going last year on Golf Rs and the like, I cant see why anyone is going to bother. Not even sure why the press bother to quote list price any more. Average PCPS and leases would give a better idea...
superstevie
I really like the look of
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