Test drove a fancy Hyundai

"Cash Rewards" (cashrewards)
05/03/2019 at 16:46 • Filed to: None

I liked it! A lot!

Hyundai did what they set out to with this. It’s not as fast as the focus st or even my old mkvi GTI, but it was definitely more engaging and fun.

Build quality was better than the rentals I’ve driven before. The dealer I was at said he’d go below invoice. He wanted it gone, and wasn’t interested in charging over sticker. He said he had a n-spec coming in a couple weeks. If I was in the market I’d be interested, but can’t help but wonder about the competition having four real doors if you have kids. I would not want to deal with that. But for the right person, I’d recommend it.

DISCUSSION (24)

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 16:52

The N is significantly faster than even the Mk7 GTI and the Focus ST though...

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 16:55

Did you get a $50 gift card for your trouble?

412GTI > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 16:56

Looks good in black!

Ash78, voting early and often > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 16:57

Minor nit: That wide, glossy bezel around the infotainment screen just screams “First-gen HDTV!”

Truly I find the reflections distracting -- both on the TVs and in the car.

MonkeePuzzle > Ash78, voting early and often
05/03/2019 at 16:58

and will be worse in a car that on a tv in your living room. think about how the sun will move across that as you drive around.

Cash Rewards > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
05/03/2019 at 16:58

I did, and was honest about the fact that I was not buying today. Got a unescorted test drive for my trouble.

MonkeePuzzle > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 16:59

the exterior is the sort of aggressive that would have it competing for attention from folks shopping for GTIs, but that interior is solidly base model. Very disappointing inside.

Chariotoflove > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 17:00

People overrate the need for back doors with kids. When you have a car seat with latch, it’s not a problem to reach back there. When you have young kids, they are nimble and are happy to scramble back there to be in a “cool” car (just ask my nephews in their mom’s Integra). When you have teenagers, they can STFU and squish themselves in for the short ride in town.

Cash Rewards > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
05/03/2019 at 17:00

Focus st and Veloster both have 250/252 hp 2 liter engines. In reality, they're both probably similar. It's been a while since my I'd GTI. It didn't feel like it shoved you back like the focus, but it could just be more composed. It's definitely not a negative

Cash Rewards > Ash78, voting early and often
05/03/2019 at 17:02

Its odd in that if I'm really giving it all, I'm not able to watch those fancy stats. Does it record, I wonder?

Cash Rewards > MonkeePuzzle
05/03/2019 at 17:03

But the blue seat belts!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 17:03

Ah, you didn’t drive the performance pack. That has hit 60 in 5.2 seconds, though I want to say the i30 N has been clocked at 4.9.

Cash Rewards > Chariotoflove
05/03/2019 at 17:04

These things are all true. My issue is sometimes you got a tight parking spot on one side, and it's "everybody out the other side! This kinda prevents that.

Cash Rewards > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
05/03/2019 at 17:05

Correct. Performance pack was arriving later in the month.

Cash Rewards > MonkeePuzzle
05/03/2019 at 17:05

Also, nothing beats vw plaid

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 17:05

Been on many test drives, never an unescorted one. Guess I don’t look trust worthy enough ;)

Cash Rewards > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
05/03/2019 at 17:07

State law comes into play, too. When I lived in Indiana, dealer had to drive it off the lot. Required by law. Then you did a switcheroo a minute or two in

MonkeePuzzle > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 17:08

the blue accents are very subtle. not enough

ranwhenparked > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 17:24

The red accents look fantastic. I feel these don't get half the recognition they deserve.

random001 > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 17:37

Wait, is that not an N?

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 17:46

I had someone driving one of those try and drag race me in the 7 series the day I was running open headers. It was a blast until a c op appeared a moment after we lifted and proceeded to follow me almost all the way home.

I have never in my life tipped into the throttle from a stop as gingerly as I did with that cop behind me. Still kinds shocked he never lit me up because that thing was ridiculoud.

Cash Rewards > random001
05/03/2019 at 17:46

It is, but not the performance pack. He called it n- something, but not quite correct

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 18:16

VERY nice! I would be perfectly happy with even a base Veloster I think! I was one of the weird ones that I actually liked the first-gens as well, but I think they really did a good job on the styling on the new generation!

random001 > Cash Rewards
05/03/2019 at 18:35

Ah, ok!