Hyundai News:Hyundai Kona Could Get N Variant

[William Maley]

Hyundai's N performance division has its eye on building a hotted-up Kona. 

Albert Biermann, head of the N sub-brand tells Auto Express that he has asked engineers to begin work on a test mule. Biermann also revealed what engine could be under the hood, a turbocharged 2.0L four from the i30 N.

“I’ve told them [the engineers] to build the car and we’ll see what happens with getting it approved. It has to be the i30 N powertrain, really. Of course, we can give Kona different specifications on suspension and steering, although there are some common components we can use in that area as well, because it’ll be front-wheel drive, like the i30 N. But we already know that it has to be that car’s engine and gearbox for the Kona N, yes,” said Biermann.

Emphasis mine. Hyundai's top brass needs to give the green light to make the Kona N a reality. We're assuming by building a test mule, it may give N some leverage to possibly make it into a production model.

Auto Express says that the Kona N would use the 250 horsepower variant of the turbo-four, and not the 271 horsepower version available with an optional Performance Pack.

Source: Auto Express

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[ocnblu]

Cool, galaxies more fun than a dull electric Kona.  Now I am dreaming of a Compass Trackhawk with the 2.0t.

[G. David Felt]

Be interesting to see all versions of Kona from Electric to basic ICE and performance ICE and see how they stack up against each other.