Hyundai i20 N and i30 N hatch back on sale
Order books for lauded hot hatches re-open with circa-six-month wait timesOrder books for the Hyundai i20 N and i30 N hot hatches have officially re-opened in Australia, where Hyundai’s local division has confirmed a six-month delivery wait for new customer orders depending on the specification.
“We are pleased to announce that i20 N and i30 N (hatch) will re-open for customer orders effective immediately,” a Hyundai Australia spokesperson told carsales.
“Our existing order bank has been gradually reduced over the past year, to where we now have sufficient production supply to fulfil existing backorders.”
The long-waited announcement comes nearly 14 months after Hyundai Australia suspended orders on the pint-size i20 N and seven months after bigger i30 N hatch went on a forced sales hiatus as the brand struggled to keep up with demand, leading to two-year wait times for the former and more than 12 months for the latter.
carsales understands at least half of the six-month wait time for Hyundai to fill new orders is taken up by transport, given the i20 N is made in Turkey and the bigger i30 N hatch is sourced from the Czech Republic.
But with facelifted versions of both models due to be revealed in the coming months, it isn’t clear which customers will receive the current or updated versions.
Hyundai says the majority of outstanding orders – about 240 i20s and 380 i30s total – are already at sea and, while reveal dates are yet to be locked in, chances are the updated versions will arrive in the first half of next year.
Previous intel had suggested the facelifted i30 N hatch would be revealed next month and be released locally in tandem with the updated i30 Sedan N next quarter, but we now know the flagship four-door has been pushed back to early 2024.
Pricing for the current i20 (from $34,990 plus on-road costs) and i30 Ns ($46,200 plus ORCs) remains steady for the time being, but new customers should be prepared to pay more if their order isn’t filled before the release of facelifted models, given Hyundai doesn’t typically price-protect existing orders.
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