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05-23-2017, 07:20 AM | #1 |
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Hyundai i30 N
This is probably my next car. Hyundai's first proper hot hatch turbo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSrsSkVvm_g Apparently there's going to be an awd version to take on the Golf R and Ford Focus RS.. Maybe i should wait for that one. |
05-23-2017, 09:52 PM | #2 |
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Too many major issues with their cars for my taste - like the current massive engine recall/investigation fiasco. Some of their models look nice though.
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05-23-2017, 10:37 PM | #3 |
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Yes, Hyundai/Kia exterior and interior design is indeed very nice, thanks to chief designer Peter Schreyer (former Audi/VW designer) who works with Luc Donckerwolke (former design director of Volkswagen Group - Bentley/Lamborghini/Audi).
But, if you read the Hyundai and Kia forums, you quickly learn that these cars are not Toyotas. |
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05-24-2017, 02:02 AM | #5 |
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Well, I will be the guinea pig then. I am going to go for it. It will be out later this year. So when my Mrs gets her license she can have the KIA Sportage and I get to play with the Hyundai 130 N.
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05-24-2017, 02:15 AM | #6 | |
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05-24-2017, 10:45 AM | #7 | |
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I can't accept the position of, "Hyundai and Kia have caught up to Honda and Toyota", because the numbers simply don't support it, but there are plenty of cars that break often that I'd love to own. None of them happen to be Hyundai or Kia models (Alfa comes to mind), but the point is the same. |
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05-24-2017, 02:18 PM | #8 | |
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Hyundai and KIA are coming.This is just to show they can deliver performance cars not just economy cars you know what i'm sayin. Just another feather in their cap. KIA Stinger and Hyundai I30 N are making their presence felt. |
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05-28-2017, 12:40 PM | #9 |
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Y'know what's boring? Sitting around a dealership waiting for them to fix yet another problem on your car!
I'll stick with Toyota's boring reliability before I'd go for Hyundai's crap engineering. I don't think being broken down on the side of the road to be "exciting!" If I wanted unreliable and exciting, I'd get an Alfa!
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05-28-2017, 12:45 PM | #10 |
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While many cars appeal to me, I'd have to agree with MadMax... Toyota's boring reliability is most appealing in the end.
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05-28-2017, 01:25 PM | #11 | |
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05-28-2017, 01:26 PM | #12 |
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05-28-2017, 01:49 PM | #13 |
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A gazoo racing Hyundai i30 N finished in 51 place at Nürburgring 24h endurance race today. Which is pretty impressive considering that the engine and transmission wasn't changed from the factory car and it almost finished in the top 50 out of 160 cars that started and i think 125 cars that finished the 24h race.
https://livetiming.tracktime.info/wige#screen-results Article about the car: http://asiacruisenews.com/news/Virtu...gring-24-Hours Last edited by DiCaprio; 05-28-2017 at 02:01 PM. |
05-28-2017, 01:52 PM | #14 |
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It also finished 4th in it's class (SP 3T)
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05-30-2017, 04:16 AM | #15 | |
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Yaris supercharge, maybe...when will come out with it? |
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05-30-2017, 12:22 PM | #16 |
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Toyota Raced with Corolla Altis and GT86 at the 24h race.
But yes Toyota doesn't really have a hot hatch to buy right now from factory. The Yaris GRMN is coming out soon though. |
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