You're on the cusp of becoming my favourite KZfaq car reviewer, methinks. This looks a hoot. We are now starting to see the fruits of the spoils when you lure the Head of BMW's M Division to set up Hyundai's N equivalent.

"Twisty road ahead, do you want to put a car into an N mode?" In a time when every other automaker would switch every bloody safety mode imaginable or turn the car off, just to be sure.. Gotta give it to Hyundai, that's amazing!

A vehicle I totally don't need, and would likely draw a lot of unwanted attention to myself, yet I want one so bad. You made the Kona N look like a total blast with yet a side of practicality any enthusiast who doesn't need such a vehicle would still want. Bravo!

I have a 2023 Kona N-Line Ultimate and it isn't as race forward as this model and has less horsepower but it's so much fun and super zippy. In sports mode, it really goes and it's light so the power and zippiness really shines through. Love it

Top review Tim! Kona N looks like a blast...

You are a superb reviewer, one of the best👍

Great Video , keep up the good work!

This vehicle should be reclassified as a 'hatchback' IMO.

Love your reviews

Great review!

"like a Honey Badger that hasn't had any Badger lately" - That's going to get stolen 👍

Something nice Love that it asks you if you want to put it in N mode as there are corners coming up, that's brilliant Hyundai/kia have come a very long way in the past 15 or so years, give it another decade and I'll reckon they will be one of the top manufacturers kind of like how Toyota is

Great looking car!

I’m so fucking proud of them!! Been a fan for a long time, always saw a lot of potential 💞

Great review, I was worried about the suspesion being too stiff on our roads, but sounds like it normal mode it will be fine.

Something nice 🤷‍♂️😉🤣, good review mate.

How hard are you working at the moment? Good effort sir. Always enjoy your content.

This looks great

Great video I've got a puma st at the moment what would you have kona or puma st ?

looks to be a Mini without all the maintenance and repairs.

I have a kona 64 electric and that thing is very nippy catches so many folk out

Hopefully this September will be in the market in the US

Which country is it? I see you have all buttons filled around gearbox but in other videos I see 3 of the bottom ones are empty.

Shame it hasn’t got a pan roof as it comes with everything else. Enjoyed review, good stuff.

Good review. I'd love to get the N version of the kona. And yes it's blue. All N cars are blue I think. The camera's dynamic range at fault here.

Now that looks awesome - apart from the double rear light configuration! Did you say it’s blue and red??? Is it not white? 🤣

Love your reviews mate and your content is good, but you might wanna speak a bit slower and clearer. In some parts you're rambling and it's really hard to hear. That said you're doing a good job and keep up the good work.

What's this "Puma ST" you keep comparing the Kona N to?

This is about the same price as your old Mini daily isn’t it? I think I’d prefer this. Two videos in one day! Hardest working Tim on the Tubes 😱

I’m surprised you said the exhaust sound was nothing special and that the infotainment was laggy as all the other reviewers have said the opposite.

Comment for the algorithm. Also, I slid into your DMs on Instagram last week. But maybe I shall just ask this here "Hey Tim! I’m a big fan of your KZfaq channel. Ignore my question if you’re super busy, I’m sure you get this all the time. I recently killed my Volvo C30 because I drove through a flood, R.I.P Volvie. Without sounding like Doug Demuro, I like a quirky car. Hence the c30. I’m now thinking of getting another vehicle. After seriously considering a Panda 4x4 I decided to probably go for a mini clubman Cooper S. I got a budget of around £4.5k which is a stretch for a Cooper S. What are your thoughts?"

Lucky Brits can get this vehicle with cooled seats, heated steering wheel and adaptive cruise control... comfort/convenience features that U.S. buyers are denied for some reason. I would order those options if reasonably priced. :(

Even the standard Kona is a delight to throw into corners. Standard 235 section tyres stay flat on the road.

I hope we get the ventilated seats option in the US

This or a puma st ??

Would be cool if the car had 4wd and about 8 inches of ride height. Basically a little bit more explicitly gravel-road friendly. Even in fwd, I wish the N series would eventually have something with a truck bed just for laughs.

All DCT standards(0->100km/h) : veloster N or i30 N 5.6, kona N 5.5, Elantra N 5.3 seconds released by Hyundai officially in S.Korea among Elantra N press driving events in recently 😀🥰😍🤩

I would be perfectly fine with all the "Kona" jokes !! LOL

i have questions because i have all sorts of aches and pains, are those seats as comfy as the look and is it smooth over out 'worst in the world' uk roads?

I don't think I'm the only person wishing the Kona N came with a 6 speed

No Hud?

Still struggling to see the point of this - it's closer in size to the i20N (boot is only 10l bigger and I think the i20 looks like it actually has MORE room in the back seats), and it's the same price as the much more practical i30N... It should have been priced at £30k, had an uprated i20N drivetrain (230-240hp) and filled the middle ground between the 2 hatchbacks and been a proper competitor to the Puma ST.

Should I get a Kona N or a Puma ST? 🤔

Does it come in a manual?

Sir that car is white...

Is that your real voice?

Anyone else seeing it white? 😅

Here I was for the last 41 years thinking White was blue!! Who would have known!

How much is this in US $?

I like it But we d have it black as too many parts different colours But just my opinion

Tachometer. Tachograph is a system that records trip to trip driving/engine performance - a sleeping type policeman.

Would buy if white, but not that incipient blue. Come on Hyundai a potential customer here! ( actually the wife wants only white)

You look like Pierre Woodman.

Love this car and this review… just a comment about pronunciation (I know Brit’s think those of us English speakers outside of the island don’t know the mother tongue well) but it is poo-ma not pee-ewu-ma

This guys. Voice is awesome. He should do ASMR.

It looks cool but the bottom head and tail lights just ruin it

Blue ? I'm seeing an off white ?

Look into color correction on your videos. The car looks white not blue.

Ok.... "You are something nice".

Would some just put a Vbox on the Elantra and Kona N already 🤦‍♂️

35k pounds....roughly 48k US....i hope that is incorrect.

This is a $35k BP car which equates to roughly $50k USD. Pfft...Maybe $40k at most...It's going to sit in lots for that pricing. I'll get a Genesis for that price.

the color should be ''face mask blue'' instead of ''sonic blue''

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I've stopped watching just about any other car reviewing channel. It's all about Tim Rodie!

Joining the Kona name gags... In portuguese it reads the same as a "not that politically correct" name for a lady's vagina. That is why in Portugal it's called the Kawai -.-' Similar story to the Pajero in Spain i think xD

For algorithm.

Lack of AWD is a deal breaker for me. Because of that, I would take the CX-30 turbo instead.

You keep calling this blue when it just looks white

guidi come un cane si vede che sei inglese!!!

Guy which have no better idea than buy shitty phone and shitty watch make advieses about car?