Hyundai Motor’s New Elantra N Delivers Motorsport-inspired Performance with Enhanced Safety and Comfort

• The New Elantra N’s global launch coincides with the eighth anniversary of Hyundai Motor’s high-performance N brand, which debuted on September 15, 2015
• The refreshed model offers upgraded technology derived from motorsport competition to provide improved stability and comfort with fine-tuned performance
• Elantra N now spearheads the brand’s expansion into China alongside the Elantra N TCR which proved to be highly competitive in the local TCR series.

Hyundai Motor Company today celebrated the eighth anniversary of its high-performance N brand with the global launch of the newly refreshed Elantra N (sold as Avante N in South Korea and as i30 Sedan N in Australia). Hyundai released an Elantra N performance film featuring actual vehicles owned by N enthusiasts.

First launched in 2021, Elantra N has become a favorite ‘hot sedan’ of driving enthusiasts and helped to accelerate the N brand’s spread into the United States and Australia. Now, the enhanced Elantra N spearheads the brand’s expansion into China where the new model made its global debut earlier this year at Auto Shanghai 2023 alongside Elantra N TCR, which has proved its competitiveness with multiple wins since its debut.

The new Elantra N boasts upgraded technological capabilities transferred from motorsport competition to offer improved handling balance in high performance driving, enhanced safety and comfort to deliver an emotionally engaging driving experience based on the three pillars of N vehicle development — Corner Rascal, Racetrack Capability and Everyday Sportscar.

The first Elantra originated from Elantra N TCR, which took the crown for the TCR class at Nürburgring 24-hour endurance race for two straight years (2021-22) and won the WTCR team and driver championship in 2022. Then, knowledge from the Elantra N Cup One Make Racing (OMR) series resulted in detailed refinements in software (logic) and hardware (weight reduction, suspension setup) to create the new Elantra N and a more competitive race car.

“N brand has always been inspired by motorsport competition, and now that Elantra N TCR has proved its advanced technology with a successful race career, the new Elantra N becomes evidence of our commitment to bring motorsport-winning DNA into our road cars for N fans to enjoy,” said Till Wartenberg, Vice President and Head of N Brand and Motorsport at Hyundai Motor Company.