2021 Hyundai i30 Fastback N Limited Edition price and features: Final form bound for Australia

As the incoming Hyundai i30 Sedan N hero heads for Australia, the i30 Fastback N is preparing to say its final farewell. (Well, actually, the brand’s local arm says this may not be the end, but more on that later.)

Available in manual and – for the first time – dual-clutch automatic forms, the i30 Fastback N Limited Edition will be restricted to just 500 examples, with order books open only until the end of September.

In its Limited Edition form, the manual version of the i30 Fastback N will be offered from $49,000 before on-road costs – marking an increase of $7000 on its original 2019 launch price. It compares to $44,500 (before on-road costs) for the facelifted i30 N hatch in manual form.

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In its new eight-speed dual-clutch automatic form, the i30 Fastback N will be priced from $52,000 before on-road costs – a touch cheaper than the now auto-only $53,1000 Volkswagen Golf GTI.

For the spend, buyers will get the new-look N hatch and sedan’s upgraded 206kW/392Nm 2.0-litre turbo petrol four-cylinder engine (matched to a front-wheel drive configuration), along with the redesigned suspension geometry and hardware, and an Australian-developed tune for the electronically controlled suspension system.

The Fastback N again rides on 19-inch alloy wheels, while inside there’s sports N Light Seats and the i30’s new 10.25-inch infotainment display.

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As with the updated hatch, the Fastback N runs peak torque between 2100 and 4700rpm, with maximum power online at 6000rpm.

Hyundai says buyers can expect the wet-clutch eight-speed DCT automatic variant to hit 100km/h from standstill in 5.4 seconds – which compares appropriately with the 180kW Golf GTI’s 6.3-second claim.

The DCT variant also comes packing the amusing N Grin Shift setting and N Grin Control System, which you can read about in our i30 N hatch pricing story here.

Pulling the whole thing up is a sizeable brake package, with the i30 Fastback N Limited Edition wearing new 360mm calipers at the front (up from 345mm).

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Is this the end for the i30 Fastback N?

We would have said so, given the i30 Sedan N is now on its way, but Hyundai Australia’s communications manager cheekily noted this evening: “you haven’t asked if this is the end…”

Officially, the company has no plans to offer the i30 Fastback N beyond this limited-edition run, but it isn’t ready to write it off all-together.

“We’re not entirely ready to close the book on i30 Fastback N, there is always the potential for another chapter, but nothing is confirmed. This might not be a last hurrah for the i30 Fastback N in Australia,” the brand’s local spokesperson, Guido Schenken, told us.

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The i30 Fastback has been a well-regarded option in the brand’s growing N range, but ultimately it was a relatively low-volume offering. Of the 2700 N models sold since launch in March 2019, the Fastback has made up “around” 20 per cent of that number.

The company stresses, fairly, that the N model line has so far had only one full year of unimpeded sales – that being 2019, when the i30 N range notched up 1121 sales.

2021 Hyundai i30 Fastback N pricing for Australia

Prices exclude on-road costs

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