Had mine for 5 days. Rev matching is a dream, corners are so much fun. Ride is a little rough, but that is the price to pay for feeing solid as a rock through the corners. Can’t stress enough how fun it is. I enjoy my drive to work, hard to put a value on that.

5000RPM on launch control? Brave! 3000RPM seems to be the real sweet spot for launching - much closer to the 6.2s Hyundai claim.

Great review Paul as always nice pocket rocket.

Great review, guys!

Great review Paul, seems like you could have added some mortein sponsorship too. Bang for buck I think the car is excellent, reflecting on the fact it also has warranty for non-competitive track use - what a bonus and confidence in the product from Hyundai. Looking forward to short listing this as a potential purchase later this year.

Great review Paul as always nice pocket

this car is very nice especially in blue and engine is very good sounds very good it is super loud

bad flies!! go away!! and thanks paul, for the professionalism!

How did you not lose your marbles with those flies attacking your head like that? I would have started punching the air while dropping f-bombs as loud as I could 😆

Just drove 6000km. So far so good. With this price tag can't complain too much. Love my first N car!

been waiting for this one. love my i20n, its black and I got it last year. amazing car

Great video and great review! Though next time please get rid of any flies so that they don't bother you ;P

Tip: If you apply sound mat to the inside door sheetmetal...it will sound like a BMW when closing! I do it to ALL my cars...cost maybe $30 a car. I do the spare tire compartment too.

That fly stayed till the end of review 😂

Ordered one in phantom black two months ago. I don't like the wheels and am already shopping around, but I can't wait for her to get here. I already named her Betty lol.

I love that the presence of rev hang was mentioned in the review in a negative light. I feel not enough emphasis is put on this when reviewing cars marketed at the driving enthusiast, as throttle response (both opening and closing) makes a huge difference to the user experience and enjoyment in a manual car. If the car is marketed at being fun and engaging it is a huge shame when there is a noticable delay between the movements of your right foot and the rise and fall of the engine revs. In a manual-only performance car it is exponentially more disappointing again and should be made a point of. Going further, one thing I'd also love to see in more enthusiast car reviews is a comment on how (or if) the car's different driving modes effect the rev hang. 'Sharpened throttle response' is usually the best we get when sportier driving modes are advertised, but it almost always only refers to a quicker ramp ONTO throttle for a given input, and the rev hang when coming OFF throttle is still present. Rev hang is a byproduct of the throttle closing behaviour being tuned to minimise emissions, so there is no reason the manufacturer couldn't leave it as-is for 'normal' or 'eco' modes then tune the throttle response to mimic pedal movements 1:1 in sport mode - it'd help with driving engagement in new manual cars massively. (For what it's worth, I daily drive a Kia Picanto GT which I bought brand new last year as I couldn't justify the extra $15k for a Fiesta ST. It's manual-only car and is great fun to punt around, but even with an aftermarket throttle controller the rev hang coming off throttle is pronounced and does rob the car of some driver engagement).

Could you add the cost of the vehicles that you’re comparing to?

Hey Paul, Are you planning to review the upcoming Polo GTI?

Hey Paul. Looking forward to this one.

Good review.

Now we just need the review for the I30n Sedan DCT so I can get Pauls approval to buy one 🤣

Let Chris take it for a spin around the track so we really know what it's like !

I wish this came in DCT. I need a second run-around car but unfortunately my wife isn’t that good with manuals. Might need to pay that extra for the i30 N DCT 🤷🏽

Can’t find your Kona N review anywhere!

even though i cant drive a three pedal car its refreshing to see a three pedal only car in 2022

Let’s do a comparison against the Fiesta ST, and possibly the BRZ/GR86! They are at similar price range, and are probably contesting for the most affordable fun car title! I’m interested in all 3 😁

Thanks mate your the best Aussie reviewer just ordered one! Would love the i30n dct but for another 20k I can't justify it!

Review the i30n sedan! I ordered one a month ago.

Mate! I swear I'm about to purchase one and ever after I saw your review of the Fiesta St, I was lookinf forward to hear what you think about this one!

It doesn't look overly low but at 101mm empty, there's not a lot of wiggle room for it to cop a defect in stock trim 😂

Great car...but mine and a number of others are stranded with mechanical failure. We're having an epidemic of i20N fuel pump failures in Australia which has left myself and an ever growing number of other i20N owners with no car and currently no idea when they will be fixed. Head on over to Hyundai i20N owners club Australia to see for yourself

Hello @CarExpert, what kind or rear suspension does I20N have?

Paul is going to war with piano black, I love that he hates it and states it in every video

That fly was trying to take the spotlight lol

Anyone purchased one so far? If so, how much did you end up getting off the list price?

Fair warning: current prices are 35k+ driveaway despite the 32k RRP. Wait times are up too. Not trying to dissuade anyone - already bought mine.

Id prefer it in black... brings out the beast look in the car

That rev hang is a real bummer. Makes quickly rowing through the gears smoothly nearly impossible. Curious to see if it can be removed with a tune?

i30N Line for similar money probably a better all round daily driver ? Even though it's starting to look a bit dated... i20N more fun I suspect to drive.

I took delivery of mine last Friday. You get used to the rev hang and learn to get around it. I bloody love mine. Dragon red TTR option.

Hello nice video . I been waiting mine now , but I have a question ,can I use N mode before 1000km as long as I drive slow or is better use it after ?

No adaptive suspension and it looks like it soaks up the bump better then the other N.

Is the blue highlights on the seats blue in every car, or does it change to match the paintwork on each car?

Doe Hyundai sell the regular i20 in Australia?

Those flys bothering you mate?

The over-rev comment is spot on. I have it on my i20, too. One of the only downsides to the car tho!

The quality must be as bad as the first Exel John Hughes brought to Perth back in 1986. Showing pictures of the donk was a good touch at 12:05. I really think the i20N is more appealing than Polo GTI and Fiesta ST. Great review as always Paul.

I would probably get white, silver or red with the black roof

Updated FiST due March (?). 🤞 for a comparison.

I have a new favourite car now.

Omg those flies!!! 🪰🪰🪰 Nice car though 😂

great styling, better than the fiesta ST, perhaps doesn't handle as well but small price to pay as most won't go on a track!

This car is a peach👏👏👏

Only one colour for me being the Performance Blue.

My immediate reaction is that the front looks a lot like an Audi, and if I ever bought this car I’d put the Audi logo on the grille to see if anyone would notice.

Hey Paul great review. I actually bought a Fiesta ST based on your review of it. I don't regret it and glad I bought it. I think the I20N does look nicer but from everything I've read/heard the Fiesta is the more fun car to drive.

Baby Blue WTF! It is called Performance Blue. Of all the cars I have owned over 40 years this colour on my i30N has received the most positive comments.

Hyundai needs to focus that N performance chassis welding on the centre console mounting brackets.

very very nice car.

What's next i10 N? The new mini.

Nice car, too bad it's interior is still so cheap. And gotta ask about those flies? Is that normal in summer in all of Australia??

Wonder how many flies paul has accidentally swallowed during this review.

You do realise that this registration number has been absolutely ragged by journalists since October including 8 motor magazines including Top Gear UK in the washboard road in Western NSW. It has also been launched controlled every journ plus revved the stuffing out of it for yhe exhaust noise. So quality is completely subjective. However you didn't take it on a mountain run nor a property racetrack. That is where it shines. The Fist is great but just different . Don't know why you point out the differences between the Indian made i20 as they are no sold here. As to the Fiesta....you won't find many. .

Do I have to wait 6 months to get one?

👍🏻👍🏻

yum car

Please do the Kona N next

Comparing to a Fiesta? A... Ford? I don't think I have driven any car in recent days that felt poorer in quality than my neighbors Fiesta. Just about everything felt like it was bad quality. From the gearshifter to the way it rides. Never driven the N. Just a regular i20. But that actually felt ok. And was quite a fun car. So I presume the N would be a blast.

Korean beast ❤

Well, if it isn't the Bloke. Loved your Veloster review.

I wish hyundai brought this car to the 🇺🇸 😔

bout keen as a bean to pick up my i20N this Saturday…

ayo i see that contact name at 8:38

better looking than veloster n

The only country where you can buy the i20N outside of Europe is Ozzyland.

classic Australian summer dead bugs all over the front end

Get rid of the flies!! 😂

I don't know why the US doesn't bring this over.

How dare you NOT wear som Puma shoes driving that hot hatch???

Did anyone else notice the gaps on the panels on the front were a bit wonky?

Fmd those flies 🪰

What is with all car makers and their 0.5 Celsius steps in aircon (climate) control settings? When are they going to snap out of it? Does anyone really notice the difference of 0.5 Celsius in the car? It just doubles the clicks to get to the desired temp. Even most home aircons are a full degree in steps. OK maybe in Bentley, Rolls, Lexus, Merc etc as a gimmick but now even in N20?! A hot hatch? 0.5 degrees steps? Really?

I want one, but it must be a 100% korean made

They used Plastic to keep weight down I assume. Why cuss a car when the price has to stay down. You want pure luxury then buy a top end car from BMW mercedes Audi Bentley etc.

lol im so early! 243th viewer, normally im hours late 😂 😆

13:25 It's called rev matching and you should know it.

The manual rev hang is a deal breaker. Totally not necessary. Makes gear changes clunky and not intuitive.

That wobbliness is a bit too much even for a car at this price range.

It's performance blue not baby blue! Heck even light blue is a better word lol.

i20N > Fiesta ST

Will just take this opportunity to say (again) screw you Hyundai NZ, $54000 +orc with a non competitive 3year warranty - I don’t know what you’ve been smoking but it’s making you deluded. Assume you don’t care but I’ve cancelled my order and instead ordered the facelift 2022 FiST for $42k with 5 year warranty. Why do you think in NZ the i20N is worth 30% more than the FiST or Polo GTi?! Well, I can tell you it isn’t…

The door on my microwave sounds more ‘sturdy’ than that awful noise I just heard on this review 😂

I would get this...but I has a Mazdaspeed3...

Has there ever been an infotainment with Android auto covering the full screen? Why Apple car play covers the full screen and Android auto doesn't time and time again is beyond me.

R8val gr yaris

This model (Performance "Sport" package) would also need a DCT transmission as an alternative, which adds a bit more curb weight (about +30-40kg 🤔), but by adding horsepower... a "rocket" would be the case in this model.😉👍🏼👌🏼😁

Looked at the porsche maccan gts, Mercedes glc43 AMG, Audi Q7 and in the end opted for the x5 30d. As I found it had largest boot space and ticked all the boxes for me and my family. I think the have really nailed it with the current model. Of course I purchased the x5 30d loaded with full extras.

hyundai need to find a new hero colour for the N's. that blue has aged really badly

I hate flies !

You could say the i20n looks very fly....