When Hyundai previewed its facelifted i30 Sedan, it solely confirmed it in commonplace and N guise. Now, we’ve gotten a have a look at it in mid-strength guise due to a leak out of China.
Photographs taken in China and shared by Korean website Autospy present the Elantra, because the i30 Sedan is understood in most markets, in sporty N Line trim.
The important thing change on the rear is a restyled bumper. There’s gloss black trim like on the present automobile, nevertheless the realm completed on this trim has been squared-off.
There’s additionally a restyled entrance bumper, with the outgoing mannequin’s diamond-shaped grille now break up into separate grille and decrease air consumption areas bisected by brightwork.
Like the remainder of the facelifted i30 Sedan vary, the headlights now not rise as prominently in the direction of the fenders, and there’s a extra squared-off look general.
The native i30 Sedan vary has but to be detailed forward of its launch within the second half of this 12 months, although a hybrid is anticipated to belatedly be a part of the Australian line-up.
Hyundai Korea has confirmed the up to date sedan will get extra security tools together with rear-side airbags, which takes the entire quantity to eight, plus a surround-view digital camera and a Blind-Spot View Monitor within the digital instrument cluster.
Different options accessible in South Korea embrace Digital Key 2 Contact which lets you unlock the automobile along with your iPhone or Apple Watch, three USB-C ports, and an in-built dashcam.
The inside of the usual i30 Sedan is actually unchanged, although there’s a brand new Sage Inexperienced colourway. We don’t anticipate any vital modifications within the N Line.
The powertrains within the i30 Sedan carry over from the pre-update mannequin in South Korea. This implies the usual 2.0-litre naturally aspirated and the N Line’s 1.6-litre turbo four-cylinder petrol motors for the native core vary will carry over for the 2024 mannequin 12 months.
Hyundai hasn’t detailed any modifications to the turbo 2.0-litre 4 within the flagship N.
Launched regionally in 2020, the i30 Sedan changed the Elantra – a nameplate it nonetheless wears in markets like North America – and sits on newer underpinnings than the i30 hatch.
Hyundai offered 21,166 examples of the mixed i30 vary in Australia final 12 months, placing it behind solely the Toyota Corolla (25,284 gross sales) in its phase.
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Outgoing i30 Sedan N Line -
