Honest Review of Hyundai Elantra N

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The performance sedan by Hyundai USA; the 2022 Elantra N. A car that flooded every person’s Youtube feed for 12 days and was touted as a performance sedan by Hyundai that’s sure to stick with us, but will it? TheTopher crushed their review on it, savagegeese loved it, and Road & Track claimed it was the real deal; but sometimes its hard for me to think that they won’t always love every new car. A lot of normal, everday people are asking if the Elantra N is worth it. Is it worth the cost? Why wouldn’t it come in AWD? What’s the meaning of life? All great questions when looking at the affordable performance KDM. So instead of waiting for the invitation from Hyundai to review their cars, I thought I would steal one from a good friend Josh to give my real opinion on this odd looking car.

While it’s a fun car, it’s important to remember that it’s a $30,000+ sedan that’s intended to be a performance sedan that checks all the boxes. I also wanted to look at this from an enthusiast perspective in terms of modifications, depreciation, and capabilities. Although it’s touted as a performance sedan with a manual gearbox, e-lsd, michelin pilot sport 4s’s, and a turbo four cylinder, you have to ask if it’s worth the risk to make the jump from a tried and tested pre-owned FK8 Type R. Let me know what you think of the car and drop your rating below!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:30 I Thought I Was Driving a Veloster N
1:00 My History With Hyundai
2:23 A Real Test Drive With The Car
6:57 Exterior Review
8:00 Why I worry About Preowned Elantra N
8:40 Engine And Exhaust Review
9:22 Elantra Interior Review
11:32 Exhaust Note Review
12:15 My Design Review On This KDM
13:00 Can You Modify These Hyundais?
13:50 Overall Rating and Review
15:30 Outro

[billyjean]

Han in 2006 : "Red EVO is yours, What you think, I'm gonna let you roll in a Hyundai?"

Han in 2022 : "Blue Elantra N is yours, What you think, I'm gonna let you roll in a Mitsubishi?"

[nechavataco]

I traded in my 2016 VW Golf R, 6sp MT, AWD with a stage 1 kit and carbon fiber hood for a 22' Elantra N DCT, Ceramic White (tired of slapping through gears). I haven't regretted my decision 1 time. This car is more fun than anything else in its category, period. Your review was kinda weird. I like cars, I'm not a brand snob. Turbo 4's are my jam though. In 2 yrs I may think that Honda is leading the pack, or VW, or f-in Nissan, who knows? But right now it's Hyundai and your honest review seemed 65% negative. I would say this car is 75% positive. I give it an honest 7.5 out of 10. Go around a curve in 'N' Mode with NGS on, start into the turn and smash the pedal to the floor.. you will wear a smile for the next 23 minutes.. my Golf made 60-70 more horse's than my EN, but I can't even tell with that DCT. You need to drive the car for a week, put 600 miles on it. I think you'll come back to this review in 4 yrs and say "whoops"...

[adamb]

I own one. It’s SUPER fun, sounds amazing and feels like an absolute bargain. Plastic aside, I think the interior looks like it belongs in a more expensive car – the little touches like the ambient lighting decent materials where it counts make a big difference. It’s a nice place to be. Here in Australia we get some extras, like rear vents, ventilated seats, electric mirrors and front parking sensors which is nice.

In regards to modification potential you are probably right, but the thing is I don’t feel the need to do anything to it. It feels like I bought a car with all the mods I want pre-installed and covered by warranty. I guess we’ll see how I feel in a few years.

[en_noah]

i bought mine for 34500 with the DCT. amazing and fun daily, obviously not the fastest thing in the world but for the price it is WAY faster then anything in its price range.
13.1 1/4 mile 4.6s 0-60 all with a 10 year 100k warranty. its the best enthusiast daily for under 35K

[superdoesings]

I'm a salesperson at Hyundai and and agree with basically all your points but I did find it weird that you said Hyundai isn't focusing on the cool concept EVs and is focusing on the Kona and Elantra N vehicles. That actually couldn't be more opposite. The Elantra and Kona N are so good because they took great standard cars and added the incredible engine from the Veloster N, and adding those things together was basically a foolproof way to make an awesome car. That said, there was very little effort needed to do that, and now that they're out they won't focus on anything other than manufacturing for the next four years.

Hyundai has been putting INSANE amounts of R&D into EVs in recent years. The Ioniq 5 just came out, the Ioniq 6 is dropping in 2023 and the Ioniq 7 is soon to follow, with rumors of a flagship Ioniq 9 coming through the grapevine. Pair that with the Nexo and the N Vision 74, two Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and in two years time you'll have the company with the most alternative fuel options of the all. The N stuff is just a final hurrah of gas power before everything is forced to go Electric, Hybrid and Hydro in the next decade or so.

[KronosXT]

I actually own and daily an Elantra N, with a manual. I love it. And I can say with 100% certainty that all your criticisms were… completely fair. It’s not a perfect car, but all the things some nitpick are things I don’t really care about, personally.

Also the aftermarket is very much coming into its own. Seems like some company is releasing a new part for this thing every month or so. We have options for modding this platform.

[Ryan-wfsh]

I think you’re being a brand snob my man. You should be reviewing a car based on its merits and shortfalls not based on its brand. Maybe it’s a US thing. Hyundais are parallel with Japanese brands in terms of quality and performance currently. You talk about depreciation, they have far less depreciation from new than any of the euro brands (here in Australia anyway) I think we should all be appreciating that manufacturers are still making fun manual performance cars, they’re certainly making very little money out of them. I think this was a poor review as you seemed to negative from the outset and that just carried on throughout. For the record I don’t own one of these.

[CruelUnknown]

I saw one of these in the dealership and did a double take when I saw it had a manual.
I'm not a fan of Kia/Hyundai/Gensis but kinda happy at least one car manufacturer is keeping fun cars alive.

Edit: please do more of these reviews like this. They slap

[michaelwilburn]

The vents on the front side are functional helping cool the brakes, gotta give them some credit. Not all of it is fake.

[Kingjay]

This is just good old fashioned fun. Things like this is what were so popular in the early 2000s. Neon SRT, Civic Si, Sentra SE-R, etc. This feels like the modern iteration of those kinds of cars.

[simmonsfoursome]

First time watching a video of yours. I've owned a N for just over a week, - white with the DCT. You made a mistake. The front vents are functional with a slit opening to the wheel well. I do agree with the majority of the comments you made. As a past owner of cars from a 1977 Capri to 1979 Trans-AM to a 2019 Camry (with various SRT'S, Audi S's and others mixed in between) this car has such a great bang for the buck. Sure, it doesn't have the creature comforts we've grown accustomed to. No power seats for either front seat and no power steering wheel, no forward parking sensors, no wireless car play functions, etc. However, adding those features increases weight, decreases performance and pushes the price over $40K and into the realm of other cars with more cache. It definitely hits a niche area in the automotive world. Keep up the good analysis.

[tesm]

i’m glad you reviewed the Avante N. i see a lot of them here in Korea also they are quite cheap so you see a lot of young kids driving them and it’s always fun to see that.

[catoi]

Ayo I'm actually super stoked to hear someone actually talks about the possibilities of modifying new cars

[Hozaritt]

There’s a good amount of aftermarket support in Korea if you can get them shipped. Already a wide body kit, carbon hoods, side skirts, spoilers specific for the Elantra.

Sxth Element has a big turbo upgrade and a tune for them as well, shoutout to them they already shipped out my lower engine mount the next day!

[CaucasianWiz]

Hyundai N is starting to get some good aftermarket options. SXTH element engineering (I believe that intake was SXTH’s) can get you to 400+ whp FBO. I have a buddy with a Veloster N who reached 417whp with FBO and a hybrid Kona N turbo swap.

[Miragev]

Im sorry man, you know I love the vids, but this review got me the wrong way (and no, I do not own a Hyundai of any sorts).
Hyundai in Europe has been improving massively the last 20 years (and Kia that goes with it), with high reliability and quality of finish and materials in the EU models (i10/i20/i30 etc).
This also means in Europe, these cars have been depreciating a lot less. And the N models have been appreciated greatly by Nürburgring drivers.
Seeing these N cars, live, at the Nordschleife, they are very impressive, performance wise (bang for buck).
And let's be honest, everything has fake vents nowadays. I fully agree with you that it should not be there, but to knock a car for it nowadays is unneccesary in my opinion. Also the noise when you hit it, that's common, BMW, Merc, Mini, Renault, VW, Chevy, Ford, Dodge, Nissan, everything makes that sound when you knock the bumper or the fake vents.
The Uniroyal Tigerpaw I have never driven (though it being A/S it wprobably won't be all that). The Uniroyal Rainsport however is an excellent tyre for our climate and have been using it on my Calibra since 2003 (starting with the Rainsport 2).
I do like the partitioning of the vid, and bonus points for the hat!

[aono]

the vents at the front are functional. Yes they have plastic cladding that extends further and isnt really functional bu that is true for most performance cars. Its a design choice. Great car and great value imo.

[chrisault]

Enthusiast aimed car reviews are something the interwebz needs more of. Thank you!

[fcolaforyou]

The front vents are functional. This car is a blast to drive. It is a proper sports car.

[Muffin]

Um.. the vents in front of the front wheels are functional, allowing air to cool the front wheels.