Hyundai Teases Upcoming Kona N | Car News

We’ve known since late 2019 that Hyundai’s N overall performance division was likely to function on a beefier version of its well-liked Kona crossover. Considering that the spring, we have also known that the sporty edition of the Kona will provide up 275 or so hp from its powertrain, many thanks to a two.0L turbocharged four-cylinder engine now observed in the Veloster N, and get an all-wheel-drive configuration.

Now, lest anyone forget that this minor pocket rocket is on the way, Hyundai has unveiled some new getaway-themed teaser photographs, as portion of an Instagram publish.

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What else we know
Hyundai has also verified that the N will be primarily based on the reworked new Kona coming to some markets early in 2021, and a few months afterwards to North America as a 2022 design. The product or service giving for the Kona N will involve some distinctive colour options.

Spy shot photographs circulating on-line also reveal the N version of the Kona will get new wheels, more substantial exhaust ideas and, of program, outstanding N badging.

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Images reminding us a Kona N is coming

Visuals reminding us a Kona N is coming

What else is rumoured
Further than that, Hyundai has so considerably retained mum on – and refrained from teasing with photographs – the inside of the N-badged Kona, but speculation is that it will get a ten.25-inch infotainment display screen and an instrument cluster of the identical sizing, building for a great deal of display screen space. Expect as perfectly contoured seating, ambient lighting, probably even contrasting stitching for the upholstery.

Purchasers will very likely get to pick between a 6-velocity guide gearbox or eight-velocity dual-clutch automatic transmission.

Bear in mind as perfectly that Hyundai is likely to introduce a Kona N-Line variant, which appears to be and even functions a minor sportier but is not a correct N overall performance version. That variant is envisioned at dealerships in the 2nd quarter of 2021.

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