The Hyundai Kona is nonetheless numerous years outdated, and there’s already an commerce on one amongst many finest methods by which by way of which. The South Korean automaker teased the redesigned faces for a similar earlier Kona and the spunky Kona N, revealing that the subcompact crossover is about to get provocative. The Hyundai emblem strikes from the grille to the forefront of the doorway fascia. That change eliminates the skinny slot discovered on present fashions. At the edges, in its place of 5 distinct parts forming the DRLs, LED strips fairly a couple of angled, virtually stern, brows. A narrower, wider grille sits above a full-width bumper with vertical vents on the flanks. Hyundai says the mannequin new face is ‘shark-inspired,’ a contrasting full-width larger trim piece and stylized brackets beneath the bumper serving to categorical the predatory inspiration. The automaker says the crossover will get a wider stance, and a entrance skid plate will ‘add to its armored look.’ So … an armored shark. What’s to not like?
The Kona N sharpens the sting of the an an equal earlier automotive. The Hyundai emblem holds frequent all by way of the grille on the N mannequin, making room for a three-section slot close to the automotive’s vanguard. An even thinner larger grille is separated by a full-width bumper from a decrease grille and what look like a set of facet intakes, getting fairly fairly a couple of air to irrespective of finally ends up being positioned all by way of the engine bay. That ought to every be the high-output 2.0-liter four-cylinder from the Veloster N with anyplace from 250 to 275 horsepower, or the two.5-liter four-cylinder with 290 horsepower deliberate for the Sonata N-Line and Kia K5 GT. We’ve seen spy footage of the Kona N being examined with a Cupra Ateca, which is a 300-hp all-wheel-drive crossover of Spanish origin. Shifting might possibly be going dealt with by a six-speed handbook gearbox or an eight-speed dual-clutch automated.
Other Kona N traits gleaned from prototypes are fancy rims which may possibly be possibly 19-inchers, huge Brembo brakes, a hatch spoiler with a triangular CHMSL, and two huge exhaust methods.
Now that the teasing has begun, the official reveal cannot be too far-off.
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