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Kona N Announced!

Its alright from the side. Bit too many creases going on but okay.

I'm really struggling with Hyundai's new styling, I thought the i20N was obviously done for a more youthful audience but they seem to have applied the same "Throw a load of tosh at the bumpers" styling to these also.

Needs bigger headlights and these things at the back are an abomination.

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Exactly what I was thinking 😁

By the way, is that a Clean Slate Kona N on the pictures?
Sure is Tom good eye.:D

It is expected that it will have a 2.0-liter T-GDi with 280 hp matted to the new 8-speed wet DCT and front wheel drive.
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Click on photo for bigger view. :) 👍
 
I believe the turn signals are at the top and the bottom are reverse, and brake lamps. Not sure why they didn't combine them.🤔

Unfortunately the top set is purely braking the bottom is turn/reverse and fog.


Non-LED version but the lighting placement is the same for both
 
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German press release:

"The starting price for the new KONA N is 37,750 euros. The high-performance SUV will be available from German Hyundai dealers from summer 2021."
 
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Just to complete my weight guestimation I did earlier. Kona N is 100lbs heavier than VN DCT for North America. Right at 3,340lbs according to Hyundai. I thought it would have been more it shows just how small the Kona really is.
 
Curb Weight for the VN MT/3,036 - 3,106. 234 lb difference
Curb Weight VN DCT/ 3186/ 154 lb difference
Curb Weight Kona N/3340 lbs/503 lb difference
Curb Weight Kona & AWD/3,384-3,843 lb

Pretty obvious as to why Hyundai N-Performance went with FWD instead of AWD.

The Hyundai Kona N is quite a bit larger than the VN and has considerable more storage capacity. The the original Kona was a bit light and danced in the rear end under hard braking. However, I don't see this tendency in the Kona N.

They really decided to make the Kona lighter and more powerful, giving it 10 hp more in over boost.

Nice job Hyundai for building a performance minded SUV with excellent handling characteristics.
 
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Curb Weight for the VN MT/3,036 - 3,106. 234 lb difference
Curb Weight VN DCT/ 3186/ 154 lb difference
Curb Weight Kona N/3340 lbs/503 lb difference
Curb Weight Kona & AWD/3,384-3,843 lb

Pretty obvious as to why Hyundai N-Performance went with FWD instead of AWD.

The Hyundai Kona N is quite a bit larger than the VN and has considerable more storage capacity. The the original Kona was a bit light and danced in the rear end under hard braking. However, I don't see this tendency in the Kona N.

They really decided to make the Kona lighter and more powerful, giving it 10 hp more in over boost.

Nice job Hyundai for building a performance minded SUV with excellent handling characteristics.
Hyundai shows 3,247 as curb weight for VN DCT
 

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