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Hyundai I20 vs Hyundai I30

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Hyundai I20
Hyundai I20

$34,895 - $45,404

2022 price

Hyundai I30
Hyundai I30

$24,000 - $54,000

2024 price

Summary

2022 Hyundai I20
2024 Hyundai I30
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 4, 1.6L

Turbo 4, 1.6L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol

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Fuel Efficiency
6.9L/100km (combined)

6.6L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Firm ride
  • Flaky launch control
  • Turning circle

  • Divisive styling
  • Rear-seat access
  • Slightly firmer ride than ideal
2022 Hyundai I20 Summary

Start occupying the top step of the World Rally Championship podium and the brand benefits are huge. Just ask Audi, Ford, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and the many others which have done exactly that to great effect over the years.

And Hyundai’s most recent foray into the WRC has focused on the compact i20, and here we have that rally weapon’s civilian offspring, the much-anticipated i20 N.

It’s a lightweight, high-tech, city-sized, hot hatch designed to steer you away from Ford’s Fiesta ST or VW’s Polo GTI, and add even more lustre to Hyundai’s N performance badge. 

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2024 Hyundai I30 Summary

Is it possible for a ‘hot hatch’ to be over-the-top and completely under-the-radar?

When it’s the facelifted version of the radically-styled i30 Sedan N, then definitely. People just don’t associate pocket-rocket fun with the traditionally more-conservative four-door shape.

But the Hyundai, well, just look at it. It begs... nay, demands to differ.

Just facelifted in Australia along with the rest of the i30 Sedan range, the N sells alongside the iconic i30 Hatch N from Europe, and acts as a replacement for the sadly-discontinued i30 Fastback N.

Big shoes to fill then? Let’s stick the boot in and find out!

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