Hyundai i30 N DCT
Price: R749 900 0–100 km/h: 5,81 seconds Top speed: 250 km/h Power: 206 kW* Torque: 392 N.m* CAR Fuel index: 10,68 L/100 km CO2 : 191 g/km *on overboost
Characterful and eminently involving, the i30N serves up old-school hot hatch thrills in a thoroughly polished package
A little ruder and infinitely rarer than a GTI, this could just be the new thinking man’s hot hatch
The attainable-hot-hatch landscape has become a tad barren in recent years. Previously, this colourful segment hosted the likes of the Ford Focus ST, Renault Mégane RS and OPCbadged Opels. In the current automotive sphere, crossovers and SUVs hold tenuous sway in the face of a move towards emission-conscious motoring fare with downsized engines or electrified powerplants.
This is why the emergence of a red-blooded hot hatch in the more traditional sense – albeit from an untraditional quarter in the Hyundai stable – back in
