hot hatch · korea · FWD · sedan

Elantra N

CN7 · Current gen2022–presentCurrent

The hot sedan Koreans built while everyone else gave up.

Reviewer consensus · across 7 reviewers

Reviewers strongly agree on its performance and handling.

Performancestrong consensus
“280-ish horsepower feels just right for this car certainly doesn't feel underpowered” ▶ 2:01 Zygrene
“it's got more Street credit in terms of performance basically strut multi-link in the back” ▶ 1:00 MotoManTV
“this thing rips” ▶ 7:52 TheStraightPipes
Handlingstrong consensus
“the way this thing points and shoots out of a corner is spectacular” ▶ 1:22 Zygrene
“the way this car rotates under throttle lift is barely rare in this class it feels very very fun” ▶ 7:55 Savagegeese
“it's got an LSD electronically controlled and it rips through here you could pretty much stand on the throttle like nearly and it'll just pull you right through” ▶ 1:53 TheStraightPipes
Fun to drivestrong consensus
“it's just a great car to drive on track” ▶ 3:35 Zygrene
“there's a sense of Whimsy to this that doesn't exist and even something like the Civic Type R” ▶ 9:51 Savagegeese
“I think this is kind of the most emotional car in this segment and a lot of that is delivered kind of just through the raw nature of this car” ▶ 22:03 TopherDrives
Daily drivabilitystrong consensus
“you go in a normal mode it feels like a car it does a great job over almost every single pavement type it doesn't punish you” ▶ 20:24 Savagegeese
“It's also a really comfortable daily driver you have a pretty spacious back seat there.” ▶ 5:49 Zygrene
“the right quality on this is nothing to write home about” ▶ 10:30 MotoManTV
Valuestrong consensus
“these are great cars to buy these are good value they're priced uh very very affordably” ▶ 1:45 TheStraightPipes
“this car at its core is still between $8 and $110,000 less than its nearest competition and price” ▶ 1:24 Savagegeese
“The Elantre N at its core is about bringing you the most capability for the least money.” ▶ 1:16 Realistick
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