Hyundai i30-Based ‘Plastic’ RN30 Heralds First ‘N’ High-Performance Vehicle – Launch Next Year

Hyundai’s vaunted ‘N’ high performance sub-brand shifts-up a gear at the Paris Motor Show with this i30-based RN30 concept.

In a technological breakthrough in the pursuit of minimum weight and a lower centre of gravity, Hyundai’s engineers developing the RN30 race car have ditched carbon-fibre and crafted parts from all-new high-performance plastic materials developed in partnership with global chemical company BASF.

The extra good news for hot-hatch fans is there is finally a road car in the pipeline with Albert Biermann, Hyundai’s High Performance Development chief confirming the RN30 will evolve into an ‘N’ model due for launch next year – the first road-going high-performance vehicle to wear the badge which was launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2015.

In ‘corporate-speak’ Hyundai says the RN30 “builds anticipation of high-performance ‘N’ models” and was “created as a racing machine to demonstrate sporting DNA of Hyundai N.”