Hyundai’s first high-performance N division car will be the hatchback i30 variant – and it is likely to be in New Zealand late next year with a turbocharged 2.0-litre engine under the bonnet. A clue to its power and torque delivery is contained in this video from the carmaker. Could it be 195kW/310Nm?
Alastair Sloane has been a newspaper journalist for almost 50 years.
Has had all sorts of roles along the way, including editing two daily newspapers. Joined the NZ Herald from the Sunday Star-Times in 1996 to help launch a sports weekly. Became motoring editor of the Herald soon after, a position he held until leaving in 2012. He owns a 1968 VW Beetle. Best days at the wheel include doing part of the Land Rover Camel Trophy route in Papua New Guinea, driving a Nissan Patrol over earthquake-hit roads in Guatemala, and a Ferrari Italia 458 on Enzo’s old hill-climb road in Italy.