Watch the Elantra N get pushed hard at the Nurburgring.
A few days ago, Hyundai unveiled the new high-performance Kona N crossover. In the US, this is the second Hyundai model to get the N treatment after the venerable Veloster N, but it certainly won t be the last. Just a few days after the Kona N s world debut, Hyundai has been caught testing its next high-performance machine: the Elantra N. While the Elantra N-Line already offers sharper handling and sportier styling, the full-fat N version will be a proper sports sedan with more power to play with.
As the development of the sports sedan continues, a prototype has been caught on video being put through its paces at the Nurburgring during a testing session. The tires squeal in protest throughout the video, so it sounds like the prototype was being pushed to its limits.
Pictures and story by Mitchell Weitzman
Hyundai has transformed their bold new Elantra into a champion prizefighter of the compact sedan world. It really is that good.
Cheap (sorry, I meant affordable) cars aren t meant or supposed to be exciting, but I found myself rather stirred when the newly redesigned model was first unveiled, and even more so when I first saw it in the flesh this past month at Sonoma Raceway when I picked it up. Could Hyundai make a reasonable car that people would genuinely want? Well, they did, and it s the new Elantra.
Step 1, and the easiest way to make any reasonably normal object exciting, is to give an alluring and brave design. Consider that done. Not only is the Elantra s exterior an exercise of boldness, but it s also actually just a good looking machine. The outgoing and extremely popular Honda Civic has claim to being bold, too, but it s not attractive by any means. Bold to them just means a mish-mash casserole of shap
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