{"id":164,"date":"2025-08-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.com\/?p=164"},"modified":"2025-08-28T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:00:00","slug":"hyundai-elantra-n-review-old-school-thrills-new-school-polish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Hyundai Elantra N Review: Old-School Thrills, New-School Polish"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>0\u201360 mph<\/th>\n<td>5.3s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Power<\/th>\n<td>276 hp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Top speed<\/th>\n<td>155 mph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Layout<\/th>\n<td>FWD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Every so often a car comes along that reminds you why driving can be a pleasure rather than a chore. The Hyundai Elantra N is one of those cars, and we spent a week trying to find its limits.<\/p>\n<h2 class='wp-block-heading'>Performance<\/h2>\n<p>With 276 horsepower on tap, the Elantra N dispatches the 0\u201360 mph sprint in 5.3s and presses on to a 155 mph top end. Yet the numbers matter less than how accessible the performance feels from behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<h2 class='wp-block-heading'>On the road<\/h2>\n<p>Through a sequence of corners the Elantra N feels alert and trustworthy. Its FWD configuration delivers traction when you want it and adjustability when you ask for it, the kind of breadth that separates a great driver&#8217;s car from a merely fast one.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The best fast cars do not just go quickly \u2014 they make you want to go quickly again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class='wp-block-heading'>Living with it<\/h2>\n<p>Day to day the Elantra N is more civilised than its mission suggests. The ride settles on the motorway, the cabin is well built, and the technology is modern without burying every control in a menu.<\/p>\n<h2 class='wp-block-heading'>The verdict<\/h2>\n<p>The Hyundai Elantra N earns its place. It is fast, engaging and surprisingly complete, the sort of car that justifies its existence the moment you turn the wheel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spend a week with the 276 hp Hyundai Elantra N to see whether the experience lives up to the numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[79,26,69],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-elantra","tag-hyundai","tag-saloon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}