Didn't the EVO review mention a 380 bhp one too? I reckon this one needs to be around £25k to get a foot hold in the market. I don't think many vag owners will give it a look but it could steal plenty of Renault, ford or Vauxhall drivers. Gotta be worth a test drive.
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New 271bhp Hyundai i30
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Jekyll
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I hope this is the car that shuns a lot of bigger manufacturers that are in the same field. Golfs, etc.
BoatNonce
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Maybe they are going to do a 4wd R version then? That would be cool.
£28k is the same as the pug 308gti 270. I wonder if anyone ever paid £28k for a pug though.
It'll have to try very hard to pull people out of their Golfs.
Or be ultra-limited edition.
Imagine trying to convince ClioSport to shun a new Golf GTi deal in favour of a Hyundai. There'd be uproar and banpoints everywhere because of 'Pauper'
The Psychedelic Socialist
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List price counts for nothing.
This will live or die on the PCP deal.
Given that you can lease/PCP a Golf GTI for less than a 1L i30 at the minute they're going to have to offer something special.
This will live or die on the PCP deal.
Given that you can lease/PCP a Golf GTI for less than a 1L i30 at the minute they're going to have to offer something special.
Very true.
But aren't the PCP figures based off of perceived future value? The future value of any Korean barge is going to be pittence, simply because "ItS NOT A guLF!"
The Psychedelic Socialist
ClioSport Club Member
Notionally yes, but the manufacturer can always provide an inflated future value to bring the monthlies down. It may end up costing them money, but it'll get cars on the road.
VW pretty much did exactly that with the Golf R lease deals.
Loss leaders.
Yep, get them on the road, make money back from dealer servicing.
BoatNonce
ClioSport Club Member
I really want to go and do man maths with one of these. But I can't 
charltjr
ClioSport Club Member
Be interesting to see if there are decent discounts on these through brokers or not.
High praise from Sutcliff in that video, it’s like the best of the Megane RS range but more composed - blimey.
High praise from Sutcliff in that video, it’s like the best of the Megane RS range but more composed - blimey.
BoatNonce
ClioSport Club Member
Makes sense though - the Megane has moved on a lot from the hardcore car it used to be. Don't get me wrong, it's still hardcore, but it's also a lot more 'fleshed out'.
The Hyundai just makes things simple again. That said, auto downshift blip would piss me off. I do that, car, not you.
The Hyundai just makes things simple again. That said, auto downshift blip would piss me off. I do that, car, not you.
PH2 172
Fastest is best, how much a week was secondary, when I was selling Kawasaki 750/3 H2`s.
Watching that video it reminded me of the Mk3 Focus RS with its popping and banging and as Steve said a Megane R.S on the Handling and 'feel' Front. High praise indeed. It's going to be very interesting indeed against the latest crop.
It does make you wonder how the upcoming Megane R.S can better a Hyundai for heavens sake! LOL. Even that 308 GTi 'By Peugeot Sport' is a an absolute cracker, we are spoilt for choice.
It does make you wonder how the upcoming Megane R.S can better a Hyundai for heavens sake! LOL. Even that 308 GTi 'By Peugeot Sport' is a an absolute cracker, we are spoilt for choice.
charltjr
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Looks like that’s one of the good things about it, you can vary all of the settings individually and assign them to a mode. Want the auto-blip off, suspension in max comfort, noisiest exhaust, most aggressive diff settings and medium throttle settings - you can have that, and any other combination you want.
PH2 172
Things you won`t find in a list of Tesla list of options?
Great review, cheers for posting. It looks to be basically what hot Clios are (or should be) - enough power to keep things interesting but not enough to get you into too much trouble, but with a fully sorted chassis that's dripping with feedback, so you can work everyone of those horses to their maximum potential, rather than having a mega-power car that has a vague front end and numb steering and therefore can't be properly thrown into a corner because you don't really know how much grip there is.
It will do it better than you.
Jeez, give them an MX5 for a month and the dillusions of Senna start setting in
BoatNonce
ClioSport Club Member
I do it in the transits in work! Everything I drive, I heel and toe in.
It might get it right every single time, but where's the fun in that?
charltjr
ClioSport Club Member
I can't heel and toe to save my life. Size 13 feet plus being a clumsy b*****d. Therefore I welcome our computerised throttle-blipping overlords with open arms
It's getting rave reviews already. Apparently, better than a Golf GTI, accordingly to Steve Sutcliffe. I really like it. The issue will be the potential lack of decent lease/PCP deals on them, compared to the usual VAG products. This may be a great car but the public needs a good incentive to be able "buy" them.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
These look very appealing...and depreciation should be steep...could/would make it an ideal used daily to run when I retire the RS.
But what if they sell that few of them they get cult status in a few years and appreciate? Better buy one and lock it away with no miles on!
The Boosh!
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Elise, Duster
I think this looks very good.
Good one from Carfection and Henry.
8:30> In, Just shows how serious Hyundai are with this i30 N and N Brand.
bozothenutter
ClioSport Club Member
How do they make it pop without destroying the cat like a pop'n'bang map would?
Good question. Personally I'd have that s**t off all the time.
Just under £28k for the performance pack i30N. For some reason they have done 2 versions similar to Peugeot with the 308 GTI. Seems a bit daft to me, anyone who buys the 250 bhp N would surely be the laughing stock of the Internet?
https://www.carwow.co.uk/news/hyundai-i30-n-price-specs-release-date-3706
https://www.carwow.co.uk/news/hyundai-i30-n-price-specs-release-date-3706
bozothenutter
ClioSport Club Member
Sound's like the making of a Legend then........
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
This is a good thing. Pick one up at 2 or 3 years old for pennies then run it into the ground over many many years. One of these may well become my daily instead of another Fiesta ST when I get to the point of retiring the RS.
Jamess182
ClioSport Club Member
Sorry, but if it has 5 doors - it's not a hot hatch. End of story.
That includes the Focus RS, MK4 Clio's & the brand new Megane RS.
That includes the Focus RS, MK4 Clio's & the brand new Megane RS.
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