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Sad

 

Wow I’m very surprised, I expected them to keep it if they did the Elantra N. Is it not selling well?

 

They said it is because there's an Elantra N and Kona N now, making the Veloster N, in their eyes, unnecessary. But also, I never see any Hyundai N models. I don't think I've ever seen one to be honest. And I'm in a huge city, i.e. Houston.

 

Must not be, and I'm sure if the dealers are really as bad as everyone says they are that doesn't help. I also think there is still very much a stigma with Hyundai as a brand, even though they have been putting out some great vehicles as of late.

 

I was seriously looking at the Elantra N but it sold the day it arrived. The odd thing is I have YET to see one of those in person. An old coworker had a veloster N. After seeing some people who have had a lot of issues with their Elantra N it’s made me happy I did not go down that route even though in photos they look great and they sound fantastic. Reminiscent of the NSRT4

 

Like some people have said before, cheap, fast, reliable, you can only pick 2.

 

I went to go test drive a Kona N this past Monday. I called ahead to make sure it was there and that I could test drive it. To which I was told yes and so I let them know I’d be there in an hour.

i arrived and that’s when it started. She proceeds to tell me the car, as we’re walking to it, that it hasn’t had its preliminary inspection and so I can only drive it around their TINY parking lot. At this point I’m thinking why didn’t you tell me this before I came down, but I continue. We walk back in the dealership I tell her I’ll come back later in the week when I can actually drive it. She then makes a big, loud scene about “oh you must wanna give it the gas”

This was my first time ever going into a Hyundai dealership. It wasn’t the absolute worst experience but I did leave thinking wow this was a waste of time.

 

From what I've read, this sort of experience is quite common amongst Hyundai dealers. A lot of why people think N cars sell terribly.

 

3 door hatches dont appeal to enought in USA, a shame. Part of why we dont get the GRY i bet. Wasnt worth the effort it would have taken to get it to meet our regulations and not sell enough.

 

If you are expecting to ‘test drive’ a GRC before you buy it, well, you’re going to be very unhappy. I’d say there is little to zero chance that that will be a possibility. Every one of these cars that is incoming already has 5 buyers chomping at the bit to own it. No dealer is going to want to put miles on a demo or even needs to do so in order to sell every single car that they can get their hands on. Case in point - I purchased (and love and still own!) a ‘18 CTR brand new back in ‘18. No dealer would allow a test drive; if you wanted the car, you bought it. Period. I went to many dealers (that’s another story all together - I refused to pay ADM, and let me tell you it was almost impossible to buy at MSRP but I finally managed to do it at Princeton Honda, after days of bargaining.). Anyway, there was ZERO chance of a test drive. I was allowed to sit in the car. And that was it. I asked ‘what if I don’t like it after driving it home?’ The general manager said ‘then bring it back and we will ‘unbuy it from you’. I’m not kidding lol. That’s what he said. Of course after the first mile I knew I’d fallen in love with it and it’s been one of the best cars I’ve ever owned in my whole life! Anyway - back to the thread. No way, no way, are you going to bop into a dealership, ever, in the next few years and test drive one of these cars. Something this desireable, and super low production, is not going to be demo’s. If you must have a test drive before buying, I think your best bet would be to make friends with someone on here who buys one! 😉

 

The ONLY way that would happen
Would be something like ford is doing with the lightning where some dealerships get demo trucks but I don’t think Toyota will EVER do something like that.

 

Is this still a Veloster N thread?

Hyundai Caught Testing PHEV Veloster N Despite Reportedly Killing The Hatchback | Carscoops

Could a hybrid powertrain save the Veloster N from going to that big racetrack in the sky?

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Hmmm... Killing the ICE hatchback? 👀

Also aren't those wheels from the Ioniq?

 

I figure it's going to have to have a lot more power to make up for all the weight a PHEV would add.

 

Speaking of N cars, look at this moment out of California. My mind has been blown.

N owner's registration revoked for breaking noise ordinances with a stock exhaust and told to fix it.

 

Yeah. Commiefornia is not fun. I can vouch that we have some fun-hating, power-tripping cops here. They go hard at regular people like this but give free passes to career criminals (that part more the fault of prosecutors/DAs here). Definitely planning to move to another state hopefully within the next few years.

 

I hope you guys get the i30N in the future.

 

We won’t, dude. Just let it go. Mmkay? Mmkay.