Hyundai’s ‘hot’ sedan – the Hyundai Elantra N has reached Thailand’s shores. Offered in a sole variant, the Korean ‘Type-R’ is priced at THB2,999,000 (approx. RM398,618).
Obviously, the Hyundai Elantra N is based on the regular sedan, but has been enhanced in many ways to make it more fun and engaging to drive. On the outside, the Elantra is fitted with a gloss black grille, a front lip spoiler, and a rear diffuser.
Hyundai has also decorated its hot sedan with a red body kit, just in case you can’t tell it apart from its regular counterparts. To top it all off, the Hyundai Elantra N sports a spoiler on its back too.
Size-wise, the Hyundai Elantra N measures 4,676 mm long, 1,826 mm wide, and 1,415 mm tall, and is underpinned by a 2,720 mm wheelbase. For comparison, its closest rival, the Honda Civic Type-R FL5, on the other hand, measures 4,593 mm long, 1,890 mm wide, and 1,407 mm tall, and has a 2,735 mm long wheelbase.
Powering the Hyundai Elantra N is a 2.0-litre turbocharged inline-4 engine paired with an 8-speed wet dual-clutch transmission (DCT), along with an electronic-limited slip differential system (e-LSD).
This results in 280 hp and 392 Nm sent to the front wheels, and a century sprint time of 5.3 seconds, onwards a top speed of 250 km/h. The Hyundai Elantra N is also fitted with a set of electronically controlled suspension – MacPherson Strut up front, and multi-link at the rear.
To help the Korean ‘Type-R’ brake better, Hyundai has fitted the Elantra N’s brake discs with cooling fins. This allows air to flow directly towards the brake to cool it off. Speaking of brakes, the Elantra also gets 360 mm and 314 mm brakes at the front and back respectively.
It also comes with a variable exhaust valve system, launch control, N grin shift (NGS), N power shift (NPS), and N track sense shift (NTS) among other features to make the Elantra N a fun track toy.
Inside, Hyundai has given the Elantra N light bucket seats that sit low to the ground, to lower the car’s overall centre of gravity. There is also a new infotainment system that can track the driver’s location on the track, and automatically record lap time in real-time.
All in all, the Hyundai Elantra N seems to be an interesting alternative to Honda’s mighty Civic Type-R. However, we doubt it will ever reach Malaysian shores.
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