Hyundai doesn't seem to be concerned about track times, but rather about the driving experience.
A few months away from presenting its first sports car, developed by Hyundai's newly debuted N Performance division, the Korean brand continues to work intensively on the new Hyundai i30 N . But contrary to speculation, making the Hyundai i30N the fastest front-wheel drive model on the Nürburgring – a title that currently belongs to the Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S – is not a priority for Hyundai.NOT TO BE MISSED: Manual transmission FWD's: after all, which is the fastest?
The letter “N” in N Performance represents not only the brand's research and development center in Namyang, South Korea, but also the Nürburgring, the circuit where the new model is being tested, but Hyundai did not fall for that reason. temptation to try to claim for yourself record time in Inferno Verde.
“We went from a small brand to a mainstream brand. What we need to do now is add personality, and this is the right time to do it.”
Tony Whitehorn, CEO of Hyundai UK
The South Korean sports car was anticipated at the Paris Motor Show by the RN30 Concept (in the images), a prototype with a 2.0 Turbo engine with 380 hp and 451 Nm of torque, coupled with a dual-clutch gearbox (DCT). It seems that the similarities with the production version will stop with the design, being unlikely that the Hyundai i30N will reach 300 hp.
Source: Autocar