2022 Hyundai Elantra N 3-Lap Review: The Best Performance Bargain on the Market - Matt Farah

Road & Track editor at large Matt Farah got behind the wheel of the 2022 Elantra N at our 2023 Performance Car of the Year test. Here's how it went.
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[@Beezy_Builds]

Trust me they sell, cant keep them on the lot, had to drive 6hrs for mine

[@ak2112]

They sell... they're just not easy to come by. Barely any on lots + dealers wanting markup.

[@samjaw82]

It was between this and the wrx. Their lease deals are terrible and the dealership thinks it’s a type r. Wrx is a better value only because no markups.

[@boblast5582]

gotta love how manufacture's are like "sporty/fun/sports cars don't sell" and then they'll send maybe 6 of them a year to a dealer...

[@FATmenDRIVEtrucks]

@@samjaw82 if you shop around rn you can easily get 2-3k off wrx and N for msrp

[@fredaydaybae8450]

@@FATmenDRIVEtrucks I shopped 5 states away from me and ALL of the dealer wanted a markup on the N.

[@dylanb2142]

Picked up my Performance blue EN for $31,972 USD AFTER taxes, Not much can compete at that price. Its so good that around town my e92 m3 competition did not feel any faster, and handling wise I would honestly say I feel more confident in the EN than I did in the M3.

[@atmos6350]

May I ask what dealer and when?

[@dylanb2142]

@@atmos6350 ordered it from Pine View Hyundai in Toronto last april.

[@Ezero8]

Hey, I came to the same conclusion after testing an e92 M3 Comp and an EN! I guess N really is the next evolution of M.

[@williamrori1274]

Good review, but at least to your due diligence. There's no performance package for the Elantra N - you are thinking of the old Veloster N which had a performance package option. There's no overboost on the manual car (that one) either. Where did you get the sales number claim? We realize Hyundai sold more vehicles in North America than Honda last year right? According the the Q4 numbers, they sold well as a % share of Elantras.

[@EndeavorsDnB]

He memorized the fact sheet for completely different vehicle apparently 😅😋

[@Highlander1432]

Really enjoy Matt's reviews He's spot on

[@EndeavorsDnB]

Beside’s when he claim’s sales numbers I guess?

[@EndeavorsDnB]

Matt Farah, tunin’ in from an alternate reality where Hyundai didn’t become popular. 😮

[@michaelwilburn1001]

Over boost option with the DCT**

[@biggranny000]

I had an Elantra GT N-line, which is a cheaper golf GTI competitor, unfortunately discontinued. It was a great fun car for the money, I really considered the Elantra N and Veloster N but decided to go with the WRX.

[@vjdfl5]

We all make mistakes here and there :P

[@thrillhousecycling7260]

@@vjdfl5 both cool cars. I went with the new WRX but also love the EN. We can drive different cars and appreciate the other’s without the shade 😅

[@oldpirate7434]

Nobody wants, you must be drinking the wrong water.

[@iownnoobsonps3]

Don’t see many because they don’t make many, not because they don’t sell. I believe they only make 4-5k of them each year. I’ve been waiting 5 months since ordering mine

[@vjdfl5]

It doesn’t sell a lot???

[@nah3193]

I don't think they make a lot. New car inventory is still so low I don't think there are many that don't sell.

[@vjdfl5]

@@nah3193 I know.. I was questioning his dumb statement lol. They were really hard for a lot of people to find for a while

[@franpancho1000]

@@vjdfl5 right, took me 5 months to find one at MSRP

[@Highlander1432]

Everything has "sold out" in past 2 years We're about to see that change though

[@drumflip1253]

Drive the Veloster N. Elantra n is great too. Just to long and too many doors for me.

[@vjdfl5]

The Veloster is dead unfortunately. Not a whole lot of reason to review one at this point

[@meCmoni]

The Elantra N has more practicality, upgraded parts/features and better performance than the Veloster N.

[@gp1683]

Tommy boy drives a Korean car.

[@MikeyG003]

probably because their engine blows up in a few thousand miles and dealers deny warranty due to "over rev" which isn't possible on the automatic variant.

[@andywiththen]

That story had a bunch of holes in it if you did any research.

[@brickoutside]

I think reading more about that incident before you comment misinformation would be useful.

[@turtledoves6969]

Ryan Schultz deserved it

[@mharro88]

No sources of this whatsoever. Nice story

[@AlexGtheDon]

Haters gonna hate. baseless accusations by haters are baseless.