HYUNDAI i30N Premium DCT (2021) // IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SMART E-DIFF
To test a car like this you have to drive it ... vigorously. Here's a proper road test of the 2021 Hyundai i30N with 8 speed Dual Clutch transmission. Already a classic hot hatch in manual, the new car is an improvement in many ways and with the DCT box is a significantly quicker car. Is this the one car that does it all for your family? Daily driver, road trips and track days. Let's find out as we take the Performance Blue i30N Premium Sunroof for a shakedown. Mark and Stu take it to some twisty back roads to discover just how well the smart electronic differential, increased torque, clever electronics and revised suspension work. Ride along with us.
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The amount of torque it produces when given a tune is phenomenal.
Surely that doesn’t help reliability though?
@@Showmetheevidence- It doesn't hinder it either
I’ve had my DCT for a couple of weeks now. What a car! I’ve come from a 2012 C250 Mercedes Benz, they are chalk and cheese in a good way. Although reviews of the interior say it’s basic and plastic I have no issue with it at all, it does what you need in a simple manner. Base model cloth seats are very comfortable, much more than I was expecting. It’s so easy to drive slowly around town as a daily and give a bit of stick when you’re in the mood. I just want to keep driving even when I get home after a big day. Super economical on the open road and if you are driving sedately. Just go and buy one.
Good for you Anthony. Isn't it a funny old world when you swap your Merc C-class for a Korean car for a more satisfying ride. Glad you're enjoying it.
@@inCARnationAustralia who ever would have thought that a few years ago!!’ 🤣 great video 👍
Hey mate how’s the fuel economy?
@@joshthew222 I’m getting anywhere from 8.3-9L per tank, I’m driving combined highway and city daily. It’s a lot better than I was expecting. I just bought a base model Mazda CX8 as a family car and it’s more economical than it. If you’re going to drive it like you stole it most of the time it’s going to guzzle.
@@anthonywarry339 most people never answer this but how much you pay fortnightly? or do you own it! cheers
Great review from 2 guys who obviously know their stuff. Keep up the great work.
Thanks we appreciate your thoughts and comment.
Im an old bloke like you guys who is in the market for an i30 N - you made my mind up.
Hopefully in a positive way. Good news - 2 years after the first review we're getting a 2024 i30N sedan next week. Review should be out by the end of the month.
Great review guys!
Amazing video guys, you've sold me
Great review guys! This is on the shortlist
Even though I own an FK8 Type R I have to give credit to Hyundai for producing a very good and serious contender for best hot hatch. I would be happy to own one, certainly ahead of the others (Golf, Megan, Focus etc).
well the i30n is slower around the nurburgring than a golf gti let alone the golf r
@@kevinobrien4155 Really keen to see how Hyundai will improve the i30N over the years. It's relatively new compared to the Golfs, so in that sense VW had more years to refine etc the GTI's/R's
I have seen the ST focus auto do well below the 6 sec to 100 kph they showed on this review
Ahead of megane?😅
@@kimmywong9995 Not because they are a bad car. They look quite good on the road. Mainly due to the expense of repairs being European. Been there before and the expense is crippling.
Always look forward to your content. Great stuff!
Thanks we appreciate your support
Fantastic car, awesome video, thank you!!!
Good to see some proper research went into the vid, enjoyed it 👍
Thanks Stu does all the research and I just do the driving !
Partner has just the N-line and I'm impressed enough with that I'm about to line up for one of these!
Good stuff as aways!
I am on my 4th Hyundai, 3 of which were Auto’s and they all had / have perfectly selected Ratios, they really do their homework matching the ratios to the engine power/ torque.
Men remind of my grandpa taking me for a spin in the test cars at Broadmeadows. Wholesome content, keep it up fellas
Thanks! Will do!
Fantastic video, well researched and great info and driving
Thanks Chris
How have I never watched this channel before??. Dammit the quality of input from these so called timers(old men) is incredible.
Geez thanks!
Thank you Sir
Really good review guys. Especially liked the side by side comparison of the focus, type r, rs and gti
Thanks Angus
The focus auto is around 5.5 not 6 seconds to 100 kph as shown on this review
They are amazing cars
Great video guys, I enjoyed it immensely and I hit the subscibe immediately. Regarding the discussion front wheel drive versus rear, it takes a lot of electronics to overcome the inherent unwanted characteristics of FWD compared to RWD and it appears Hyundai has nailed it.👍
Yes they have certainly nailed it with this car. Thanks for subscribing
'Let me pull out my list of things I hate about this car, OH, Theres nothing". 🤣🤣
great review scripting as you go..would love the same review on the i30 n line...not comparing it to the N but just a stand alone..also a superb driving car with great balance
Thanks for the comment Ian
Greetings from UK 🇬🇧 Very good vid👍
Hey, thanks!
Great review, would love to see you guys drive the manual version or a comparison 👍
Thanks. Good suggestion. How about a manual i20N, which we're reviewing in early March. Please stay tuned for that one.
Great review, just earned yourselves a new subscriber
Thanks we appreciate your support.
Looking forward to the new Hyundai i30 sedan 2022
Great real world review, I got the standard i30N because the seats are better than the premium.
Yes I agree !
I also agree. Comfy as. Surprising actually.
Premium seats though look soooo much better, and peform better( lighter and allow more rear seat space coz r thinner), but for sure firmer
My only negative is the lack of choice in colours, if they had the same choices as the standard I30 line it would be great.
0:42 the foot on the front lip lol
Thanks for the review, just impulse bought one when downsizing a 4WD 😂
Cool. I'm sure you'll love it
Best hot hatch out there. They need to upgrade the front exterior make it look sportier 😂
I want that car!
Great video, thanks for the overview! I currently have an i30 active and am thinking of upgrading. Issue though is that I’m very practical with cars and wonder if I would actually need all the fancy features that the N series has if I’m just driving up and down the freeway each day for work. Do you think the car abilities would be wasted on an everyday work commute and if so, any other car recommendations? Thanks
Thanks Paul. The i30N would still be an easy commuting car, you’d definitely want the DCT. The upside is it would encourage you to get out and enjoy what is a really fun car on the weekends.
I want one of these so bad, I guess I will have to settle for the Kona N ;)
Looking at that sunroof I'm really jealous, you can't get that optioned in my country. It's puzzling to me why Hyundai don't offer it, it makes the interior feel so much comfier.
Top rate review
Fantastic review guys, may I ask where you were driving? Nice twisty country roads
That'd be the Kanimbla valley around the Coxs River near Hartley, NSW. Just west of Sydney
We got gipped in the States - I have the 2020 GT-N and, while it's a great car, there are soooo many things that the i30-N got that mine didn't.
Steering is best in sport (normal gets too light at higher speed) and suspension is best in normal or sport
you guys are great..next time im sick in bed all days i will chew through more vids
I have the N performance in manual. I wouldn’t say it is economical. Frequent trips to petrol station but can’t help help have fun in it 🥰
Better than having a big car atm
Nice Vid guys What roads are you driving on? Is that in the Hunter Valley or Bowral? What would freeyway driving be like as a daily driver? I do 50 in and 50 out a day on the freeway
Thanks. It's the Kanimbla Valley, just west of the Blue Mountains
Would like to see you guys drive the Kona N.
That can be done. Mark doesn't know this yet (shhh) but I am told that small SUV Kona N also does 1:11s at Wakefield, same as the i30N and i20N. Which is quick. Very quick.
@@inCARnationAustralia Awesome!! I've got one on order. Could take atleast 6 months to receive it.
In this segment of hot hatches, the dual clutch is the tiramisu.
I really wanted one when they first came out. Now I want the newer model, the price though :(
nice review. can u do focus rs mk3?
We'll try!
Good to see I don’t have to grow up. Tunnel runs and giggling every over run. 😂
Speaking as an old person, despite what your parents and headmaster said, growing up is seriously overrated.
hi jus t picked up my DCT N can you tell me with launch control can you also use the boost mode at the same time for better 0 t0 100 just interested to know really enjoyed review
Hi John We're no experts on the launch control with that car. We didn't try to use it with the extra boost so sorry, can't answer that. I'd be willing to bet you know more about launch control than we do.
@@inCARnationAustralia thank you for your response
I30n sedan 👊
Would you say that this car is better than the Stinger? And a review of the Sonata N Line and the i30N Sedan would be great if possible.
Totally depends on what you're looking for. One is a large GT saloon. One is a hot hatch. If you want to set lap times and listen to a cackling exhaust, take the i30N. If you want to cruise interstate in a fast luxurious GT car listening to the stereo, take the Stinger.
And yes I did drive the Sonata N-line recently and it impressed - certainly is worthy of a review. We'll see what we can do.
Thank you.
Hyundai. The best Euro Car from Japan.
or South Korea!
Have you gents had a chance to test the i30N Sedan (aka Elantra/Avante)? If so, do you have a video coming soon? If not, what are your thoughts on that model?
Yes that's a distinct possibility. I drove the new i30N sedan and the Sonata recently on the track and they were very good, and quite different in personality from the hatch. Hopefully within the next few months. S.
@@inCARnationAustralia Cheers mate. I'm definitely looking to buy and leaning more towards the sedan. I know over here we call it i30 Sedan despite the car being built on a completely different platform to the hatch from what I've researched (hence other markets call it the Elantra).
Terrible that we don’t get these in the US. The “sport” soccer mom class of vehicles is sickening. We didn’t need the completely unusable 3 door joke from Hyundai.. The Focus is no more, GTI’s are dinosaurs and other hatches are pretty sad. My daily is an ‘18 GT Sport (before the N badge price gouge) It’s reliable and economical, but not nearly the enthusiast car that this is. You are lucky to get these.. 😢 Great review gentlemen!
Thanks Rick. Sorry you've been so deprived of decent hot hatches over there.
I'll second that. 2018 Elantra sport, now with better breathing. I've always wished we got the i30 here in US and the Veloster just ended with the previous gen. The i30 saloon and hatch just look astoundingly phenomenal compared to the quirky cartoonish Veloster and the origami folded, slightly stodgy looking new Elantra N. But most of me still wants an Elantra N in spite of my 18' Elantra looking much more attractive. Hyundai builds the affordable saloon of my dreams (i30 N Fastback) but I live in the country that gets specifically stupid cars built for it instead. 😢
Rick thanks for your comment. We have plenty of “sport” soccer mom cars in Aus too, equally disappointing ! Crazy you don’t have these in the US as Hunday is such a big brand. Glad you liked the review and hope you can check out our back catalogue.
But you do get the Veloster N, so at least you can play with them.
@@waynemangan9925 Ya I did intake and exhaust on mine as well. It’s peppy and fun but not in the same universe as this car for sure 👊🏻
The I30 is a great front wheel drive performance hatch, the car Honda should of made as a Civic Type R not the FK8 Accord.
Yes the I30 is a great FWD car
I live in Australia ... I'm looking at I30 OR Toyota Corolla ... The N-line Is $40k + AUD. I don't want to pay above $30k for a car so - I30 Is my choice or Corolla. If I buy 2022 I have to wait like 4-10 months for it to get delivered to AUS ... As waiting list is long as fuck ... Should I wait for 2023 Model OR order 2022 model now?
Can it be used as a daily driver or is the ride too harsh for that? Thanks
perfectly OK as a daily. pleasantly firm but not harsh.
Do you think they will ever make a AWD version and give it more power?
I wouldn't think so. Not in the i30N. Too much chassis re-engineering. Maybe some other model. But they might keep tweaking the power a little. It went from 202 to 206kw I believe with the latest model.
Great review 👍 I’ve ordered mine with the DCT. In “N custom” mode did you keep the ESC on Max level or medium level? As you guys did I would turn it all off only on track. Ciao from Rome (Italy)
Mark is quite comfortable without ESC at all but I'm not. We had it on lowest level of intervention. Stu
Thanks, yes the car is still really safe at lower levels of TC and stability control. This is the perfect car to blast around Rome, one of my favourite places to drive
I bought mine three months ago, loving it. However, last week someone went into the side of me. :(.
That’s not good news, hope it’s back on the road soon.
@@markwilliamson8662 Thank you, I hope so too!
How about the road/wind noise at high speed? is it bad compare to vw golf gti?
We didn't measure it, but with the exhaust in quiet/comfort mode it would not be very different from the GTi. I would not be surprised if the Golf was marginally quieter though overall. Certainly in snap-crackle-pop mode, the i30N would be louder than the GTi.
and I didn't notice wind or road noise at all really. I would say not bad at all.
How does the DCT in the N behave at low speeds? I have an SR and it’s on its second clutch pack about to be third in under 60,000km. It rides the clutch and jumps and jerks at low speed.. awful
It was fine - excellent actually. No hunting, no jerks. Either the SR is a very different box (current SR gets a 7-speed I believe and ours was the uprated 8-speed) or sounds like there's something amiss with your car. That's not my experience with the SR either. Unless yours is an older SR with conventional 6-speed automatic.
@@inCARnationAustralia I have the 2018 with the 7 speed dry clutch and it’s been a god awful thing to own. Otherwise great just the transmission lets it down. Thanks for getting back to me. I’ll take the N for a spin and give it a try
Can someone elaborate on the presentation score. Are they referring to the interior and exterior design and materials used?
It's just an attempt to get an overall 'wow' factor. Street appeal. How much your neighbour might be envious when it's in your driveway. As such it's highly subjective and really can't be taken too empirically. Some cars are unarguably beautiful, like the Dino. But others might polarise opinion - like the Renault Clio for example, which some people see as a pudgy little hatch but others go weak at the knees at the sight of one.
@@inCARnationAustralia Thanks for the clarification on that.
@@inCARnationAustralia I live on the other side of the world in Norway, so it's a little different, but kids come running out with their phones filming when they hear me coming in my 2019 i30N :D
How does this compare to the seat cupra 280, 290 & 300?
I wish we could answer that Imran. We don't get SEAT cars in Australia. Sorry.
Can anyone help I’m having trouble with the launch control.. I do the steps but doesn’t seem to work… I activate it on the touch screen, have it in N mode.. turn the traction off.. and when I put foot on brake then accelerator it’s just like it’s trying to go and I don’t get the message in the cluster saying release brake or whatever it says
It's been a while since we had the car but if you don't see the message on screen that it's in launch mode, it's not, and the take-off is going to be lazy. As I remember the accelerator has to be absolutely flat to the carpet too or it won't engage. If you don't get a response here, try on an i30N Facebook group.
The thing is off tap. To think they warrant it on track days says everything.
ganna stop at john cadogan house for a tea?
If he asks, I suppose it'd be polite. But yeah nah, not expecting an invite anytime soon.
What would make it good for that price is a decent interior instead of crappy plastic everywhere.
I love the DCT Version BUT my Manual is 💦💦
I’m not sure having a “Ferrari” Masarati” so called expert criticise the popular hot hatch especially for that price I know I’d own this over a pretentious Ferrari who has its own list of defects
To each their own. We may be old blokes but we both loved the i30N. And the i20N! But yes we also love our defect-ridden Ferraris
yes very good car, see my video with this car on Spa track also dct8
Enjoyed your Spa drive Thierry. You had to deal with a few GT3s making mistakes. The viper green GT3RS. The silver GT3 who indicated then moved over on you. Well done. Good driving.
Economical?......its fairly thirsty from my experience.
@19:30 I do qualify that. Depends a lot on driving style - maybe more so than on other cars. Boost = thirst and has a lot of boost. Gentle cruising 7 l/100km became twice that when really pushing on.
Audio needs attention. Hard to hear you
OK thanks for feedback Rick. If I may ask, what type of device are you watching on? (If smart TV, surround sound mode makes a huge difference). Anybody else care to comment on the audio. Feedback welcome.
@@inCARnationAustralia I’m finding it a bit quiet on my IPad, but I’m old and half deaf….
@@Smokeyr67 Me too. OK, I'll tweak up the vox levels. Thanks for feedback.
@@inCARnationAustralia or , I could just buy some headphones, either/or :)
Damn those RECARO seats... I had a Evo MR the last one 2015 model they were horrible very uncomfortable not just there for the every day driver ...then i bought a Ford Focus RS.... DAMN THAT RECARO...... How can it become so good...DAMN its so good...but this RS is a piece of under engineered rubbish to fall out of two countries that build if not more vehicles to make such a good car. But the seats are sooo goood..... I know Scania has better seats for long haul driver. Evo is better on the road than the RS but the RS has better DAMN Recaro's.... Lets see the Hyundai's factory seats....hope they are better than 1985 Mitsubishi Cordia seats they were awesome.