Fast and Furious comes to mind when reading this review.
And it looks like Hyundai are setting themselves up to be the go-to marque for the sports hatch buyers
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Oh mate, I could do this all day long. The Hyundai i30 Fastback N is the cooler, more stylish brother to the i30N Hatchback.
There’s no denying there’s a strong European influence in the exterior design, but one thing that hasn’t changed is that rip-snorting engine.
The two litre turbo engine is an absolute firecracker. It makes all the right noises, but best of all, there’s power right across the rev range, so you’re always going to have that torque to blast you out of corners.
Speaking of which, let’s go find some.
Out on the open road, this swoopy slink-mobile is a delight to drive. Compared to the hatch, it has a stiffer body, but slightly softer front suspension. Translated, it tips into corners with a bit more precision now. But it’s not perfect.
Look, some of the dash plastics are a little average, and the glaring omission… an automatic gearbox.
The standard equipment list is very good, but if you want wireless phone charging and leather seats, you’re going to have to pay extra.
Cost of ownership is very tidy as well. There’s affordable capped price servicing, and the car comes with a five year warranty for road and track. Which begs the question, is this a bona-fide track weapon, or just a pretender? I mean, it’s a longer car now, it’s got a bigger boot, it’s a more practical vehicle, and it’s going to appeal to a more mature buyer, so who’s actually going to take this on the race track? I guess I am!
Hyundai has softened off the suspension, and that’s supposed to aid tip-in a little bit, and make it a bit more playful at the rear, and to a point, yes, these two elements do show up in the way it drives, but being slightly softer does give it a little bit more body roll, and I’m not sure that I like that quite as much as in the hatch.
This is no Porsche 911 GT3RS, and after half a dozen laps of repeated punishment, the brake pedal goes soft, and the anchors begin to fade. Now, considering there’s no Brembo brakes, no Ohlin suspension and no Sparco seats, this car does very, very well on the track.
One of the cool little track features for this car is the F1 style LED lights at the top of the dash, so you don’t even need to look down at the taco to know when to change gear, you just see those lights going white, orange, red, time to change.
This car is hard to fault!
For $42,000, this uniquely styled performance car, that will do 200 kilometres an hour without even breaking a sweat, is an unmitigated bargain. Probably the only challenge this car will face is stiff competition from the likes of the Golf GTi, Civic Type R and Renault Megane RS.
After all, badge value still counts for a lot in the hot hatch market. But tyre-frying versions of the i30 Hatch and now the Fastback demonstrate that Hyundai is not content just to play ball.
If this is a sign of what’s to come, Hyundai will soon be a force to be reckoned with.
Source: https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/hyundai-i30-fastback-n-2019-video-review-117364/
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