Hyundai i30N - 3 and a half

Hyundai i30N - 3 and a half

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culpz

4,881 posts

111 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Read any of his comments from any post and you will soon see the pattern...

theplayingmantis

3,721 posts

81 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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its a v good car.

my 0.02

Aids0G

492 posts

148 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Interesting read this thread.....

I test drove an I30N performance yesterday having read a variety of positive reviews, personally I was really impressed with the handling and car overall including comfort when in the normal 'mode', great engine comfortable but supportive seats and great feel to all the controls + looks subtle and the 5 yr warranty that covers track days gives much confidence.

Have driven a Type R (prev model) which was ruled out on the cost and pretty poor interior, WRX STI for doing 20,000 miles a year to hard and terrible on fuel and a GTI Mk7 which just felt heavy and not all together that special for the money. Above in my opinion of course.

The pcp numbers have come back very well today on the i30N given my miles p/a and and in all likenesses will order the car tomorrow.

If it all goes ahead I will endeavor to do a thread in readers cars to record how I get on!

Thanks

Ahbefive

11,657 posts

171 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Looks like this car is getting a lot of good reviews. Loads of positivity about it.

I think pretty much any new hot hatch that someone buys at the moment is probably a very good one. So much choice out there and all very good, something for almost everyone.

D200 seems to be the Humandoing of the Kia/Hyundai World.

Edited by Ahbefive on Monday 8th January 14:28

Frimley111R

15,537 posts

233 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Good stuff. I think its a good car and that's fine but people are going a bit nuts in both directions about it. Well built, handles well, looks good and is competitively priced. Lets shoot it down!

Mafffew

2,149 posts

110 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Ahbefive said:
Looks like this car is getting a lot of good reviews. Loads of positivity about it.

I think pretty much any new hot hatch that someone buys at the moment is probably a very good one. So much choice out there and all very good, something for almost everyone.

D200 seems to be the Humandoing of the Kia/Hyundai World.

Edited by Ahbefive on Monday 8th January 14:28
So you're saying D200 is in fact a North Korean agent, tasked with tarnishing the South Korean motor industry?

kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Aids0G said:
The pcp numbers have come back very well today on the i30N given my miles p/a and and in all likenesses will order the car tomorrow.
I'd be fascinated to see some figures, or even just an "it's cheaper than/more expensive than a Golf GTi" because this is where i thought they were most likely to fall down.

Ahbefive

11,657 posts

171 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Mafffew said:
So you're saying D200 is in fact a North Korean agent, tasked with tarnishing the South Korean motor industry?
Innocent until proven otherwise you understand?

kayzee

2,781 posts

180 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Aids0G said:
Interesting read this thread.....

I test drove an I30N performance yesterday having read a variety of positive reviews, personally I was really impressed with the handling and car overall including comfort when in the normal 'mode', great engine comfortable but supportive seats and great feel to all the controls + looks subtle and the 5 yr warranty that covers track days gives much confidence.

Have driven a Type R (prev model) which was ruled out on the cost and pretty poor interior, WRX STI for doing 20,000 miles a year to hard and terrible on fuel and a GTI Mk7 which just felt heavy and not all together that special for the money. Above in my opinion of course.

The pcp numbers have come back very well today on the i30N given my miles p/a and and in all likenesses will order the car tomorrow.

If it all goes ahead I will endeavor to do a thread in readers cars to record how I get on!

Thanks
Look forward to that with interest!

Didn't know that about the insurance; very cool. Will that cover modifications though? I'm thinking not...

Rawwr

22,722 posts

233 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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The thing with any review is that it's one man's opinion in one moment of time. I reserve judgement of how a car feels until I've actually driven it. I'd hate to live my life influenced or dictated by others' opinions.

speedking31

3,543 posts

135 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Conversely, driving an unknown car for the first time for 15 - 30 minutes, mostly in town in traffic with none of your own settings (even seat and mirror adjustments) does not give a realistic impression of the day to day experience. Difficult to compare with others unless you can get back to back tests which is very difficult. I'm happy to let an experienced journalist give me a head start in the selection game.

Aids0G

492 posts

148 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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kambites said:
Aids0G said:
The pcp numbers have come back very well today on the i30N given my miles p/a and and in all likenesses will order the car tomorrow.
I'd be fascinated to see some figures, or even just an "it's cheaper than/more expensive than a Golf GTi" because this is where i thought they were most likely to fall down.
Well currently at 2k down for 36 months 20,000 m a year we are at £440 and hoping they will drop to £400pcm, will find out by the end of the day. The GTiI was a little cheaper think around £380 from memory under the same profile.

Hope this helps.


kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Cheers, interesting to see some actual figures. smile

Will yours have the performance pack?

AJB88

12,263 posts

170 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Aids0G said:
The pcp numbers have come back very well today on the i30N given my miles p/a and and in all likenesses will order the car tomorrow.



Thanks
Be interesting to see the figures. . I'm supposed to be going to test drive the performance pack one soon to compare to my Cupra 420.

culpz

4,881 posts

111 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Aids0G said:
Well currently at 2k down for 36 months 20,000 m a year we are at £440 and hoping they will drop to £400pcm, will find out by the end of the day. The GTiI was a little cheaper think around £380 from memory under the same profile.

Hope this helps.
Wow, that's pretty pricey! It's as expected really and can't really compete with it's competitors on the old never-never.

Seat Leon Cupra 300 from Seat Warrington is 1+23 profile, 8k per annum, personal lease, £269 pm with the same amount for the initial payment.

That's an absolute steal in comparison.

Aids0G

492 posts

148 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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kambites said:
Cheers, interesting to see some actual figures. smile

Will yours have the performance pack?
Yes for the performance pack in metallic Black

Aids0G

492 posts

148 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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culpz said:
Aids0G said:
Well currently at 2k down for 36 months 20,000 m a year we are at £440 and hoping they will drop to £400pcm, will find out by the end of the day. The GTiI was a little cheaper think around £380 from memory under the same profile.

Hope this helps.
Wow, that's pretty pricey! It's as expected really and can't really compete with it's competitors on the old never-never.

Seat Leon Cupra 300 from Seat Warrington is 1+23 profile, 8k per annum, personal lease, £269 pm with the same amount for the initial payment.

That's an absolute steal in comparison.
Hi there yes that is a good deal however I do 20,000 a year so not quite comparable, Hyundai's dont tend to come out well on lease deals and I honestly couldn't find any for the N to compare + my fiance has a Leon so might be a bit overkill two in the driveway haha!!

TameRacingDriver

18,048 posts

271 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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Rawwr said:
The thing with any review is that it's one man's opinion in one moment of time. I reserve judgement of how a car feels until I've actually driven it. I'd hate to live my life influenced or dictated by others' opinions.
If there's one thing I've learned as I've got older, it's this.

It's nice to think other people share your opinion of whether something is good or not, but in the end, it only matters to YOU. Who cares what anyone else thinks? I quite often get asked my opinion about lots of things, and I will only answer with facts and a declaration that it's only what they think of it at the end of the day that really matters.

You can look up any product in just about any category and find good and bad reviews. There's just no substitute for keeping an open mind, and finding things out for yourself. I've still not figured out what makes people so rabidly argumentative about products / brands. Look at the old iPhone v Android argument for starters, I just find it incredibly sad that someone could get so upset about someone daring to prefer something else.

I don't know much about this car, but on the face of it, it seems like one of Hyundai's best ever cars to me, and although I am unlikely to be in the market for anything like this anytime soon, I am absolutely in favour of competition.

Yipper

5,964 posts

89 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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The I30 N is a great little car.

Clarkson raved about it in the Sunday Times over the weekend.

https://www.driving.co.uk/car-reviews/clarkson/cla...

But the lease and PCP deals are very expensive. And not to mention the social shame of the Hyundai badge.

DanielSan

18,745 posts

166 months

Monday 8th January 2018
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culpz said:
Wow, that's pretty pricey! It's as expected really and can't really compete with it's competitors on the old never-never.

Seat Leon Cupra 300 from Seat Warrington is 1+23 profile, 8k per annum, personal lease, £269 pm with the same amount for the initial payment.

That's an absolute steal in comparison.
What’s the surcharge on that for 12k miles per year over the allowance?