Can the Hyundai i30 N still beat the best? - used car review | ReDriven 

My only problem with the channel is I spend the next half hour on Carsales...

I've driven my (performance blue) i30n almost daily for the last year, and it STILL puts a smile on my face. You can change the car's feel and response drastically (depending on your mood) with a push of a button, so it's VERY hard to get bored with this tactile beast.... In my opinion, it's still the best value for money hot hatch out there.

3:25 ... And We ( the viewers ), generally find, that you guys are doing a good job staying as objective as possible, pointing out strengths, weaknesses and when personal bias comes in you explicitly mention it as well. I understand why there's so many review sources for new cars and so few for used ones... so much more detail and info to cover/go over and mention. New car is easy; at best you cover depreciation and "expected reliability" that's it. When a performance oriented car gets a "I had to go deep and still couldn't find anything wrong with them"- level or reliability from a mechanic, that's an applause and admiration deserved by me.

Top tip with tyres. When the factory Pirelliss need to be replaced. Don't fit the Pirelli's again. Move to Michilin PS4s. Better dry grip, 1000x times better wet and cold grip, and will easily last 45k with spirited driving, where as the Pirelli's offer nothing after 5k, bald by 15k, and feel like slicks on grass in cold and wet weather.

I would always choose the I30N over the GTI, Megane RS or Focus ST. 5 years warranty on a performance car is pretty sweet as well.

I'm an ex I30N owner, and the ONLY issues I had with it, were the stereo isn't that great, but you can turn that off completely and just enjoy the noise! Only other issue was I have a habit of resting my elbow on the drivers door arm rest, and after a very short period of time, an indent formed where my elbow would go, and it wouldn't return to it's original shape. Other than that, probably a top 3 best car of all the cars I've owned, and to be honest, I'm now wishing it was still parked on my driveway.

Man love this channel! Good walkthroughs and great details. You guys always put me in the car shopping mood!

Addicted to this channel. You are keeping an Irish lad happy. Keep up the good work and Happy Easter.

i bought an i30N performance after extensive research, and after the video i saw on your channel, i was almost sure, and yes i admit i already love the car! Your channel is great and very informative! The car is definitely 100% worth it!

I picked mine up yesterday. Love.

Great video, straight to the point, I'll be looking around for one of these shortly, time to retire the XR6T as a daily

Love the way these look in the blue

I bought a new Fastback N last year and it’s such a fun car to drive. I drove all the competitors before purchase and kept coming back to the N. No regrets at all.

Good show mate the best car review in Australia .. more useful info on how a brand and model are likely to perform over time if you buy one new or used ...and the stuff particularly from Jim is a lot more useful than knowing about how soft door trims are or the size and number of cupholders .👍

Still really loving your channel and so glad this review was positive as I own a 2018 model, only issue I've faced is faulty petrol door not closing , it took a whole day for hyundai to fix as they had to take the interior out from the boot to replace 1 spring, works now but still feels like a week spot on the car,. Replaced original p zeros after 29000kms with ps4s feels way better. I love my car, and your right about it feeling special all of the time, mint review love you work.

I drove one of these and we gave it 💯 out of 💯. It felt to me like a old school 90s Honda type r in a way, it’s just feels new but also old 90s feel. Simple and direct. I had way more fun in this than the golf r. The golf r is good, but this is purely fun. The golf r is fast. That’s it

I am currently looking at purchasing a new i30N, your review was very helpful, I am sold on these amazing cars having previously been purely attracted by the euro sport cars. Value for money and fun factor are high on my agenda for purchasing this amazing car. Thank you for your amazing review, I was impressed with the reliability of this car and am looking forward to owning one soon.

Such a good honest review, glad you reached out to owners/enthusiasts as well! 104,000kms on my 2020 i30N and I still absolutely love driving it every single day!

Good review mate. I absolutely love my N, I've had it for 2years and still puts a smile on my face. Also, just an FYI, but there's a new infotainment update which makes the screen look a little more modern

I had a i30 Fastback N for two years, a great car. It did have the annoying loose piece of plastic sun glasses holder around the rear view mirror. Otherwise over 25,000 klms, it was brilliant. Good enough to convince me to buy an Genesis down the track as a replacement for our primary vehicle.

One of these will be my next car. I’ll skip the sunroof great review 👍🏻👍🏻

If anyone is looking at an i30n, maybe try a new i20n! They're about 36-37k new and are packed with wrc goodies just like the gr Yaris. Top gear even gave it car of the year. With the market the way it currently is I also see them holding value well. Either way you can't go wrong whatever you decide!

Great video! definitely investing in one

I've been eyeing this car off! Thank you for this ...now off to find one!

The best thing I love about the i30n is the fact they don’t used big named brands that add a premium price to unnecessary things and just use their own brand to keep the cost down that makes this car affordable for a lot of people over the rival cars

This review has made me feel very reassured that I have purchased the right car! Taking delivery in next couple weeks - very excited. Thanks for the comprehensive (yet concise!) review as always

The height gag never gets old. Gold.

Very good video. Can’t believe how reliable these are.

This channel deserves more subscribers! Concise, professional, good production value, extra info links, etc, etc… In all of RU-vid, there are only ten channels I’ve hit the bell icon for and this is one of them. 👍

I bought a used i30N with just under 15K on the clock. Super fun to drive and puts a smile on your face. The ride is hard regardless of what setting you put it in but I didn’t bother me personally. The only negative for me is the interior, it’s not the nicest place to be, hard plastics and quite dull. Over time it developed a few obvious creaks and rattles which can be very annoying to some. Sold mine after a year due to the increased user car market and made a profit 👍 hopefully when the MK 2 is out it will improve on what’s a great foundation

10:39 shout out to Jim for showing a little bit of immaturity 🤣 also Adam I don’t think the thing has adaptive cruise control, the only N model to have that feature at the moment in aus is the Kona N. It’s probably for a cooling reason where they need a larger radiator or something and they couldn’t get the sensor to fit behind the Hyundai badge where they’d normally have it.

Great review and thanks for making the content 👊🏽

I own the MY20 model N Luxury pack, and I can tell you with certainty that it does not have Adaptive Cruise Control, I have put 24,000Kms on it so far and love driving it everyday. When I first purchased it I done a trip to Melbourne from NSW, and my first day driving around Melbourne I had a FPV Turbo falcon wanting to race me, so the next set of lights we went for it and I left him for a good 3-4 car lengths, funny how he did not want to come near me at the next set of lights I was absolutely LMAO. Then a few days later I had a Commodore SSV 6.0 litre wagon try to give me a go and same thing left him behind me for the first 3 gears, then I slowed down as I knew there was a speed camera ahead under a overpass, the tripper in the SS just kept going I swear he must have been doing around 170-190kms when he went past the Speed Camera poor bugger that would have been a nice fine coming his way not to mention the suspension of his license for a good 3 months or more. I must admit I had a few bugs with mine from brand new but 99% of them were fixed under warranty. The only problem I still have is that the rev matching does not always work when going down from 2nd to 1st no biggie I just bleep the throttle anyway even with rev match on in the lower gears. Must admit with N mode on if you drive on a crappy road your kidney's will let you know as well as your back if you suffer from back pain as I do. All in all its beaut little zippy as street car, if you want to look after the engine make sure to do an oil + filter change every 5,000kms instead of the 10,000 your supposed to do. I had a VL turbo prior to buying the N and changed oil every 5 thousand and never had a problem, even after 260,000kms the turbo had no play what so ever.

Great review! Great to hear that not much goes wrong with them, very seriously considering buying one to replace my 265 trophy

Great review as always mate, these i30ns are great

Im still very happy with mine, great little machine, would recommend.

I've got 2019 fastback i30N and i love it. I would strongly suggest to buy one under warranty if you can beacause some repairs can get quiet pricey. My exhauast valve fell apart a it would cost like 2000€ if it wasn t under warranty. You can tell that buy hearing a rattling noise while reving that car, so watchout for that.

Glad Hyundai has improved. Just like everything in life's there is budget, expensive and then luxury. Everyone deserves the best for their level.

Huge fan of these things! Great fun and look great. My mate bought a performance blue one second hand with 19k on it. Love the colour and the car. He was kind enough to let me drive it on a couple Hyundai N owners day. Had a blast. Great engine, torqueeee and sounds good. The suspension is great, nice gear box, practical, and looks great imo, not too over the top. I'd take it over a GTI and prefer the looks to a type r, but... Everytime I was in it, despite the joy I was feeling, a significant part of me was wishing I was in my 86 instead.

This is actually my "affordable" dream car. I want car to serve me, but I do want to have a fun with it as well, however I don't want to spend an absolute fortune for a car.. This seems like great option. I hope I can buy it in a few years.

Owned a fastback for 2 years. Had a weird issue with the programmable electric seat selector which malfunctions from time to time. Biggest negatives on the car 1) Soft paint which gets chipped easily. 2) turning circle is abysmal and means doing multi point turns in supermarkets. 3) reversing camera gets covered with road grime making reversing in those supermarkets extremely difficult with the very limited view. One of the big advantages of the Fast Back model is the enormous boot, easily fits 3 suitcases and more. It’s a missile when I want to play on the back roads and I can easily get carried away as it is so competent and fantastic fun.

Thanks so much for this great review it is very rare that you get such a detailed explanation on cars that are popular with mileage on them and what to look for. I am really interested in the i30nline premium and wondered if you could do a similar review as i was thinking of going dealer ex demo to avoid bastard owners as you call them lol. Liked and subscribed great job

Here's a video idea: a general buyer's guide for used cars? (i.e avoid cars with sunroof, all technical service done at dealer, avoid certain "early" automatic gearbox types ect). What "features" to avoid (& why), which features to only go for only if we really want it (& why they're bad, i.e earlier prototype adaptive dampers), & what features are generally reliable if they're fitted (reversing camera, cruise control and such?) - most of this the regular buyer might know but the reasoning and especially how this tech ages is maybe interesting? I remember, especially back when I was first buying a car, I had spent a lot of time looking into and making a list of what was important (for me) and what I could ignore and what I straight up avoided.

love this channel doing all used performance car reviews, good for enthusiasts like me.

Love the blue!

Great video guys! Quick question - assume that these findings would apply to the i30 N-Line as well?

This was at the top of my shortlist in 2020, preferably in the blue. It got pipped at the post by the Civic Type R I ended up picking up... but I think I would have been almost as happy in the i30N

I always wanted this car from the beginning. One day maybe

Such an underrated car , hope it stays that way only reasonable priced performance hot hatch.

I have a 2020 fastback here in the UK and so far the only major issue I've had was water getting into the spoiler on the boot. It went into the service center and was repaired under warranty. They had to consult Hyundai Technical for advice and was told there were only 2 cars with this issue... mine was number 2!! I would suggest that if it's a used vehicle and it doesn't have the awful Pirelli P Zero tires and has either Micheline Pilot Sport 4 or 4S's or Good Year Eagle f1's, then the owner knows their stuff and has loved and looked after the car.

Still a great review. Just need you to track down a sedan n, Mr. Morris and show us sedan n owners some love!

I habe one or better had. Buyed it as a used var. Was absolutely happy, got it foiled, had sole upgrades. Pretty much the best car for bringing emotions. Loved it everyday. There were nearly no Problems. Had one Problem with the window, got it fixed in one day with good help from Hyundai Center, but in the end it got crashed totally. Lost it yesterday. It's just destroyed with no chance to repbuild it. I had tear drops in my eyes because of how much I love this car. Definitely recommend this car to anyone who loves drive experience, good sound, doesn't need the highest interior uprgrades and just loves cars. Performance is great, is pretty fast and even is nice for long drives. Did over 1000km and in the end I felt good.

I’m looking forward to your I20N review please

Speaking as a first gen ex owner interior is functional and perfect. Seats not so great for long drives if you are tall. Infotainment was better than the same age Audi S3, I owned one after my Hyundai and regret selling mt Hyundai. High pressure fuel pump failures where common in earlier cars like mine and 6th bear sometimes stiff when car was cold but Hyundai sort of recall fixed it but you ad to report it. Hyundai Pirelli P Zero tyres last 7000 miles ish if driven moderately hard. The car makes a standard Golf GTI look like a much older car and is so much better to drive. Wheel hop is a major problem as the car tries to put down the power but you can fit coil overs and better tyres. Ride is quite firm in all settings. Road noise a bit loud at higher speeds. Exhaust on 2017 car epic. ALWAYS use Shell oil and genuine parts and every 5 years expect all fluids to need changing. Don't bother tuning unless its for track use a lot. Forge motorsport parts do bugger all to improve the car so don't waste your money.

Working on Hyundai's in America we don't have I30 N's but Veloster N's have the same powertrain when the tech mentioned the failure of the high pressure pumps, as they fail they over pressurize the fuel rail and the car will bog down past a certain rpm. I've seen it twice.

Great review AK! This is on the short list when I retire the SSV redline, although would be the update N Premium with the dual clutch. Good to know they'll hopefully be reliable down the track with a few thousand ks under the belt. Oh, that performance blue with the red looks like pus. Grey on the other hand..

Yay for performance blue!

Another good review even if it doesn't float my boat as it were! No, nothing wrong with it it's just too bloody small for me. Roll on to your next review.

Could you start putting a set of golf clubs in the boot in your reviews? Would be a good reference for size and a selling point to a player 😅

One of the funnest cars I've owned

The boot in the fastback is bigger! :)

I owned the 1.6T (MY2018, sold/purchased 2019) as a first owner of the car. Let me tell you the list of things that went wrong, all covered under warranty: Exterior: - Plastic trim on the rear door faded - Clear coat peeled on driver's side door handle Mechanical: - the dual-clutch transmission failed and put the car into limp mode at around 20,000km. It was recalled under Hyundai and I had it replaced. - the actuator for the front driver's side e-brake failed and locked on (at around 50,000km) Interior: - When Hyundai installed my dash cam front, they broke the A pillar plastic on the driver's side - replaced after much toing and froing - When Hyundai updated the infotainment system, the new "auto-dim" when night time feature is really terrible... it blinds you at night time. I manually change it at night time. Much better before they updated it. Now let me tell you all the good things: It is a very comfortable seating position (6'1, 100kg) and the leather is still in great condition, 5 years later. It handles very well. It is pretty quick for a 1.6T, though I wish the 2.0T was out when I bought the car (though, the current i20 N have the 1.6T and it is lighter) the infotainment system is amazing, reliable and is very responsive. When I test drove all other hot-hatches, the infotainment systems SUCKED. The car basically drives itself with lane assist, adaptive cruise, auto-braking, brake hold etc. I am selling the car in 2 weeks to a dealership at 105,000km (serviced every 10,000km, or 6 months, whichever was sooner) and they are giving me $17,000.00 for it, which is a pretty decent resell value, for a car I really enjoyed. But, alas, I want to buy a BRZ and drive that around for the next 10 years or so.

I've had mine for 2 years, ~30,000km. It still brings a smile to my face everytime I drive it. The steering, suspension and gearbox are so crisp, it is a delight. There is a rattle in the dash front right. Also, the axle tramp in the wet is terrifying. Apparently there are aftermarket solutions for that though. Minor issues, for a fantastic car.

Love the signiture blue hero n colour .so bigger all goes wrong with them shame the same can't be said about GTI golf

So the I30N we had the manual, gearbox would not take 1st gear , after a year problem got worse, back to dealer for repairs on gearbox. After 65k problem came back. Repairs on gearbox ended fixing it under warranty and sold it. Gearbox had an issue from day 1, perhaps a bad built.

I really wish we got this car in the US!!

I had an i30n for just over year.. was a brilliant car and managed to get alot of attention for a hyundai Mine experienced some gearbox problems going from 1st to 2nd, it was an intermittent fault where I could not go into 2nd.. but overall it was brilliant car and really fun to drive

had my 2019 for a year, no problems so far. Great fun car, not a fan of the performance blue

Nice and informative review. Can you please review the Pro Ceed GT ? It would be a “ cheap “ alternative to this car. Thanks

Awesome review, maybe easier for me to think about buying one over a Megane RS

under the "what goes wrong" part, you guys should add issues with the DCT. Hyundai had to do a whole bunch of recalls and fixes lately for these. Always better to stick with the manual!

I’m waiting for the i30N sedan. Then I’ll be buying one.

Yey for performance blue

i am keen for sports crossover ep

If this car was in a wagon after watching this review I'd honestly consider trading up to this car if i had the money. And while at work today I had an idea that you guys might like for a video being surprising vehicles you can drive with a regular manual car license. That or best barn find cars from each generation of forza horizon series lol. Good job guys with the video and look forward to next week's line up

Can you please do cheap luxury cars cars in Victoria. That would be awesome!

Can you do a video on Hummer H3, it’s really cool SUV and it’s really hard to get current reviews on it. All love from South Africa 🇿🇦🙏

Ayyyyyyeee, wish the i30 N was available in the US. So much better looking than the Elantra N. Also more practical than the Elantra. And lastly, I love the performance blue.

God I want to buy one of these new outright one day.. one day.

I love these things.

I clicked on this by accident, was looking at reviews on the hyundai veloster n 2019-2022 it's a really good car especially for the price point. I'm going to compare it to this one, nonetheless, I already made up my mind of the veloster n 2022.

Yay to P. Blue

I'd definitely own one..

Buy, in a heart beat.

After csreful considerstion and a lot of talks to my accountant (wife) i actually managed to get myswöf one although i bought a project C

German prices are a bit off, the cheapest ones are about 21-22k€ with 80k+ km. Normal ones with around 20-40k km are about 25k€. The 14k € are mostly fake. Otherwise great car, been driving one for about a year now, no regrets.

I love mine, no track days but it hasn't been driven that calmly lol

Everyone dropping their embargoed i20N reviews. ReDriven: fuck ya. Here's something that's way better for your cash.

I'm still waiting for the 8DCT to drop here so that any of the 6MT owners will sell theirs...

love the reviews jokes r solid

I've had an i30n for about a month the only issue I have is the headlights aren't the brightest

Hello please let me know which used car should i buy in Melbourne i30 or honda jazz? Which car so More reliable and good

I just bought a 2019 i30n performance lux pack with 30,000 km and my only negative is the tyres. The previous owner has put on new cheap tyres and it wheel spins in the dry. What would be a good tyre to replace them with.

15:03 Matching kicks... 😁

I wanted one when they came out. Now i want the new DCT one. But god they expensive. :(

Blue is ok but a bit boy racer. Dark Knight grey is a good stealthy option.

Beautiful car

I'm surprised the mechanic didn't address Theta II engine concerns at all - the engine variant loaded into this car. Theta II problems are so ubiquitous in the US that it has pretty much destroyed the brand in this market.

Does anybody know if you can fit facelift's i30N headlights and taillights to the pre-facelift model? Good review!

I have a Kona N but if this was available in the US, I would have purchased it instead.