- Hyundai will publicly take a look at its next-generation high-performance N engine in the course of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.
- The engine has ‘improved energy and response traits.’
- The present turbocharged 2.0-liter engine makes 276 horsepower within the Elantra N.
Subsequent month, Hyundai will start publicly testing its next-generation high-performance N engine. The automaker is placing the motor in two Elantra N race automobiles that may compete in subsequent month’s 24 Hours of Nürburgring.
The automaker stated it desires to validate the brand new powertrain’s “efficiency and sturdiness in excessive circumstances,” however particular particulars stay elusive. All Hyundai will say concerning the next-gen engine is that it options “improved energy and response traits… whereas assembly emissions rules.”
A decade in the past, Hyundai did this actual factor, placing a prototype engine in an i30 to compete within the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. A 12 months later, the automaker would start producing the turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine.
It’s the engine that at the moment powers the Elantra N, delivering 276 horsepower and 289 pound-feet of torque. Sedans outfitted with the dual-clutch computerized characteristic N Grin Shift, which boosts output to 286 hp for 20 seconds.
In comparison with different efficiency compacts, the Elantra N is down on energy. The Civic Sort R, which can also be far more expensive, makes 315. The Golf GTI, which has the same beginning value to the N, makes 241 hp, whereas the pricier Golf R produces 328 hp.
Motor1’s Take: We wouldn’t be shocked if Hyundai’s subsequent N engine delivers round 300 hp, however we don’t anticipate rather more than that. It feels like this shall be an evolution of the present powertrain as a substitute of a whole redesign, so the updates could possibly be fairly modest.
