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Hyundai’s efficiency N division is ready to increase, after the automaker introduced plans for seven devoted N fashions by 2030 and confirmed it’s going to supply a hybrid for the primary time.
The model’s 2025 CEO Investor Day – held outdoors of South Korea for the primary time – included plans to increase Hyundai’s hybrid lineup to 18 fashions by 2030.
Hyundai’s 2030 product roadmap additionally included increasing the N division lineup to seven fashions together with its first hybrid providing, along with its present petrol and electrical automobiles (EVs).
Much like Mercedes-AMG, BMW’s M or Audi Sport, the N division is Hyundai’s fanatic division, established in 2012 to supply its most succesful fashions – together with probably the most highly effective, quickest and costly Hyundai so far, the battery-electric Ioniq 5 N.
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The Ioniq 5 N is one in all 5 N fashions at present in showrooms, with the Ioniq 6 N – which makes use of the identical electrical powertrain – anticipated to reach in Australia within the second half of 2026.
The N division additionally at present gives hotter petrol fashions within the i20 N hatch, i30 Hatch N and i30 Sedan N – with hybrid energy mooted by earlier N boss Albert Biermann in 2024.
Mr Biermann instructed CarExpert the i30 Sedan N was a first-rate candidate for a hybrid-powered N mannequin. The common i30 Sedan is already provided with hybrid energy, whereas the i30 Sedan N is ready to maneuver to a turbocharged 2.5-litre four-cylinder engine.
Hyundai has additionally not too long ago debuted a brand new turbocharged 2.5-litre four-cylinder hybrid powertrain within the new Palisade.
He additionally stated a hybrid ‘small automobile’ was being thought-about for the efficiency arm.
That might imply the entry-level i20 N hatch, with the subsequent technology of i20 due in showrooms in 2026 anticipated to make use of hybrid energy to satisfy tightening emissions legal guidelines around the globe.
“We anticipate finish [Hyundai N] gross sales by 2030 of over 100,000 automobiles, primarily within the US, Europe, and Korea, but in addition in rising markets in Australia, the UK, and Canada. We’ll discover the chances in China and Japan, and proceed to increase globally,” stated Hyundai Motor Firm CEO Muñoz.
The N hybrid push may also be tied in with growth of hybrids for Hyundai’s luxurious model, Genesis.
Genesis launched its personal efficiency division, Magma, in 2024, with an Australian introduction confirmed for 2026.
Its first mannequin, the GV60 Magma, makes use of the identical underpinnings and electrical powertrain because the Ioniq 5 N and 6 N, with its luxurious tilt set to make it dearer than the Ioniq 5 N’s $110,383 earlier than on-roads worth.
Genesis gives each combustion and electrical energy, and has confirmed it’ll launch prolonged vary electrical automobiles (EREVs) and standard hybrids. It’s unclear whether or not the Magma sub-brand may also supply these powertrain sorts.
Genesis can also be engaged on a next-generation devoted EV platform which might additionally underpin N division and Hyundai fashions.
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