Introduction Of Hyundai I20 N 2022 New Car
Hyundai I20 N 2022 New Car. The 2022 i20n Hyundai officially categorizes the i20n as a light hatch which is what it is because it’s not an i30 and that’s a small hatch and small equals good in hot hatch land because that’s all about agility but I probably should point out here that the i20n probably isn’t as small as you think it is in terms of its wheelbase length and its width it’s exactly.
The Biggest Footprint It Can On The Road
The same size as a mark vi golf gti so we’re not talking pint-sized performance here but it is quite short it’s only 4075 millimeters long so it’s about 140 millimeters shorter than that golf I just mentioned and all of that goes towards making this having the biggest footprint it can on the road now what is different to the normal i-20 which was launched internationally in early 2020 for this third-generation car is quite.
A lot actually at the front all of this is new including this sort of checkered flag grill section here all this red piping that goes along the sides along there and down the back and we also have ducting here that work to cool the front brakes so this is not a car that’s about jazzing up its appearance this is actually about performance now.
We have eight-inch matte gray wheels here alloys with 215 40 r18 Pirelli p0s that were developed specifically for the car we also have 320 millimeters ventilated front discs which are pretty big on a 1.6 turbo certainly something that would have once been fitted to v8s and we have it on this car right here and in terms of the rest of the i20n package.
Hyundai’s Proving Ground In Korea
It has had a lot of changes its chassis steering brakes and suspension have all been turfed from the normal car or significantly improved you can’t turf the whole body that’s just been made stronger I think it has 12 more welding points than it normally has and some bracing underneath the car to improve the rigidity and the torsional strength of it to make the suspension work as best as.
It can now the steering rack is completely new as well it’s just over two turns locked to lock the suspension has all been redone tuned at the Nurburgring and Damian, Hyundai’s proving ground in Korea it is not an adaptive damp setup though it is just a fixed damper rate that is all about achieving what they see as.
The prime suspension setting for the car rather than faffing about with other ones in Australia it’s available in five colors this is the performance blue Hyundai ends sort of hero color it and the white are both solid there are three others which are black red and silver that is all metallic which are 495 bucks and if you want to pay another thousand dollars although.
That Hyundai Claims Increases The Roll Stiffness
I don’t know whether you do this on the black one because it’s already black you get a black two-tone roof as well so I think it looks pretty cool I think it looks better in the flesh than it did in photos we also have black mirror caps here as you’d expect from a junior hot hatch but maybe some of the things you wouldn’t expect for things like front parking sensors.
We’ve got keyless entry and start the mirror is electrically fold when you lock the car we don’t have a sunroof which many people will be very happy about have a fixed rear wing here that is an acquired taste but I feel like it sort of suits the shape of the vehicle and at the back of the i-20 in here it is quite busy but I also think it looks fitting to what the car is.
We also have a bespoke torsion brim rear suspension for the i20n which is a dual-beam setup that Hyundai claims increases the roll stiffness and helps the car turn in and we also have a limited-slip diff up the front a proper mechanical one that is all about making the i-20n suck itself into an apex and make this the corner carver that they claim that it is which I’m sure.
Hyundai It Only Lights Up This Section
It is at the back here we have got this junior hot hatch thing going on big time there’s a lot of red lines and stuff like that in this car because it isn’t a top-spec Hyundai it only lights up this section and not this bit in here that’s just a red stripe but I do like the way it has all these blackout stuff it has a little bit of Audi s1 chic about it if you remember how the Audi did.
That sort of 70s black panel around the number plate I think it looks really good on the i20n better in the flesh again than in photos and in here we also have a little bit less than junior boot size in here we have a modest if useful boot that comes with its standard cargo net which is good nothing else in particular rather than the bose stereo speaker just over here but.
When you put this 60 40 backrest down it is a completely flat floor just over 1100 liters of boot space and if you want to maximize the boot space with the rear seats up you just pull out this floor here and you have 310 liters which are pretty good for a light hatch and a space-saver spare beneath now you often get into small hot hatches like the i-20 n and discover that.
Hyundai’s End Steering Wheel With Really Great Bolstering
The interior is just a whole bunch of cheap crap with all this tinsel on top and it isn’t a holistic design and while the interior of this car isn’t particularly high end because well there’s no soft-touch plastics at all of this is hard all of the doors are hard everything is just about being inexpensive it doesn’t feel like that at all because.
It covers all of the basics so well like for starters the seats that I’m sitting in there is cloth with sort of leather outsides and stitching but they look really good the passenger doesn’t even get height adjustment but the seat is deep enough and comfortable enough to not have to need that stuff the driver just has basic manual adjustment but the driving position is excellent.
The steering wheel in front of me is Hyundai’s end steering wheel with really great bolstering around the sides of it it’s got those little end buttons for the end mode and the custom mode and stuff like that as well as a little red one here that says rev where you can turn rev-matching on and off for the six-speed manual although it’s such a great gearbox that.
Hyundai’s Flavor And On The 10.25-Inch Center Screen
I don’t know why you would need that help we also have a traditional handbrake here for handbrake turns in safe and appropriate places and we also have just a generally uniform and easy to read layout now in front of me are two 10.25 inch screens the screen directly in front is the same screen that’s in a whole bunch of other Hyundais and cares but this one has its end screen.
That sort of mimics an Audi rs kind of screen but with Hyundai’s flavor and on the 10.25-inch center screen here you can hit end mode and it brings up a screen that shows you engine parameters but it also shows you the tracks like by 2022 there’ll be up to 10 tracks in Australia and then more coming which can be software updated in the car.
That the i20n instinctively know and so when you’re driving the front gate it says welcome to wakefield park which is where we are here and when you get out on the track and sit where you are at the track it automatically knows where the start and the finish line is and so it just logs track laps for you which is kind of great there’s also another screen here that has engine steering ac.
A Wireless Phone Charging Pad There Got The Drive Mode Button
All those settings here which you can also access while the end buttons on the steering wheel and when you do it shows you directly in the instrument pack in front here how many little marks you’ve got next to engine and steering because there are three settings in each and you can amp up the exhaust sound and meet up the steering but I feel like for much of the time driving it with steering on one is plenty.
Now the rest of the interior is really simple but effective we have a single zone climate control we have two usb ports here with a 12 volt in the center but a wireless phone charging pad there got the drive mode button just there nice and simple this beautiful gear lever and this little bin here that also has like a sliding armrest.
This is pretty good for a light hatch and i should point out that in the door we can fit not only this one liter camping bottle which you can’t do in most hyundais but we can also squeeze in a little sparkling water bottle next to it which is kind of cool and effective let’s try the back that simple but effective theme completely continues in the back of the i20 end because.
There isn’t really much to dazzle you in here like these doors are rock hard all the speaker grilles are the same as the front the backs of the front seats are full vinyl with only one map pocket and then there’s no air vents but it’s a small hatch but everything is put together so well and it’s so comfortable in here that you can really see the European design focus of this car.
