Heated interest

20 March 2017

Hyundai has published a video test of the charged version i30 N in the North.

Hatchback with the prefix N in the name of the South Korean brand to become the third in the family i30. In January launched the production base of piatigorski, in Geneva introduced a version in the station wagon (the i30 Tourer), and in the second half of 2017 years should appear and "hot hatch".

Any details about the car, not provided, Yes what to speak – even the appearance of the item classified so that it is absolutely not clear, what is hidden under "skin" camouflage. However, we all know that the Koreans know how to build fast cars and pretty good, high-performance engines. By combining the experience of designing rally cars with experience in the production of truly comfortable cars, Hyundai creates the first in its kind road car with a claim to sportiness. Tremble, the Golf GTI!

The winter tests were held in Sweden, the main test driver was Thierry Neuville of the team Hyundai Motorsport in the WRC. The car drove on the frozen lake with the purpose of gathering data about the behavior i30 N in the harsh conditions and at high loads. All of the collected experience driver will be studied by engineers for subsequent debugging and tuning the chassis of the car.

"So many people with looking forward to this car, so I am a special pleasure for me to participate in his trial," said Neuville – Engineers have achieved amazing results in configuring the transmission and differential. You can emphasize a good grip with dear vehicle stability when cornering, despite the icy surface. The machine is very easy to handle."

In the process of running the N-key in the conditions when the temperature drops to -30 engineers to debug the operation of the stabilization system, limited-slip differential, steering, shock absorbers in particular suspension a whole.

Alexander Eiler, project Manager said, why is "N": "the Letter "N" in the title, symbolizes the Chicane on the track". So from Hyundai i30 N we expect pleasure from driving fair handling, which sometimes is not enough civilian versions of the cars.