Our spy professional photographers have uncovered a mysterious version of the Hyundai i30. Seen right here parked up as well as undisguised, you’d quickly be forgiven for mistaking it for the common five-door hatchback.
Look a bit better though, as well as it’s remove the South Korean producer has been difficult at work on one or two bit tweaks. aside from the sporty, five-spoke alloys, this i30 appears to sit somewhat lower than normal, as well as features distinctive, round double exhausts.
This suggests to us that Hyundai has fitted something a bit much more powerful under the bonnet than the present top-of-the-range 126bhp 1.6 CRDi diesel engine. The new flagship, potentially set to be badged GT, might for that reason function a turbocharged version of the 1.6-litre petrol engine already provided in the i30 line-up.
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It most likely wouldn’t take as well much engineering either, as just such a 1.6 T-GDI system already exists, providing either 184bhp or 201bhp, as well as has discovered its method into Hyundai’s own Veloster Turbo as well as both the three- as well as five-door Kia Cee’d GT.
Supposing the i30 GT makes utilize of the less powerful 1.6 turbo then, expect 0-62mph to take approximately the exact same as the Veloster Turbo’s 8.4 seconds, with a top speed just north of 130mph.
Alongside the revised underpinnings, which ought to include an updated suspension setup, expect to see the new hot Hyundai debut next year with revised styling, too, as part of a facelifted i30 range.
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