Up against rivals who’d had decades to perfect the hot hatch, Hyundai’s high-performance N brand nailed the formula straight out of the box – its i30N was refreshingly and unexpectedly brilliant. The i30 Fastback N is less of a leap into the unknown as we settle into the driver’s seat on the press launch in Gran Canaria – it’s essentially the hot hatch stretched into a five-door ‘coupe’ body.

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