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Almost one year ago,
Auto Express
quoted
global head of sales as saying that
a Tucson N “is under development
, and other models will come after that.” The same publication says it can confirm the
N will appear within two years, bringing an N-tuned powertrain with it that corrals
horsepower.
AE
says N division engineers are shooting for a 0 to 60 time under six seconds for the
N, because, according to “an insider,”
is “not interested in making also-ran cars with N badges on them in whatever class they compete.” The 275-hp
has been timed at 5.2 seconds for the same dash. Depending on final output, Hyundai should be safe to get a vehicle expected to weigh about 800 pounds more than the
N to meet the target. Precedent’s already been established by the Germans, which is who Hyundai’s N division wants to play with anyway. The 362-hp
weighs 4,153 pounds and gets to 60 miles per hour in 4.8 seconds, the 4,321-pound, 369-hp
makes it in 5.1 seconds. The coming
is expected to fall between 400 and 450 hp, and could best the whole field.
If the power and performance numbers holds true, the Tucson N would not only be the most powerful N offering when it arrives, it would murder every one of its traditional competitors. The output front-runner
comes in with 245 hp, the fan favorite
tops out at 203 hp, the driving-dynamics leader
maxes out at 187 hp.
AE said the Tucson N will arrive as “towards the end of the current model’s lifecycle.” This seems like an odd choice. Every N car so far has been introduced with a new generation of the applicable model. Previous generations of the Tucson have lasted exactly five years; with the present Tucson on sale since 2016, an N version coming in two years would couldn’t do anything more than make the most of an old platform, countering what has so far been a winning strategy.
We should know a bunch more before two years is up, though. Before the
shows, the i20 N will roll out of the N pipeline for international markets in early 2020.
from Autoblog http://bit.ly/2UxrNZu