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The Hyundai i30 N Drive-N will be in Australia before the end of 2022, with a unique look and some tidy touches behind the wheel.

Of the 180 cars coming to Australia, 126 will have a dual-clutch transmission and the remaining 54 will be manual. Pricing for the Drive-N hasn’t been revealed, but the regular i30 N range tops out at $52,000 before on-road costs with a dual-clutch transmission. The extra badges display the coordinates of the Hyundai Europe Test Centre at the Nurburgring, one of the key places in which the i30 N was developed.

Hyundai's N Division is appealing to motoring enthusiasts with a new version of its compact hot hatch, dubbed the i30 N Drive-N Limited Edition, ...

Inside, the automaker gave it Alcantara on the steering wheel, armrest, handbrake, and gearshift lever, stitched together with red string. Inside, the automaker gave it Alcantara on the steering wheel, armrest, handbrake, and gearshift lever, stitched together with red string. Additional red accents can be seen throughout the cockpit, and some of the parts that sport this shade are the ‘N’ buttons on the steering wheel, and the seatbelts.

The i30 N Drive-N offers a unique exterior styling package, with Hyundai adding 19-inch forged alloy wheels in a dark bronze matte paint, black Hyundai badges, ...

As the Drive-N edition is based on the 2021 Hyundai i30 N Premium, a sunroof is also standard equipment. The 2023 Hyundai i30 N Drive-N Limited Edition has been unveiled to the world, with less than 200 vehicles bound for Australia later this year. - 2023 Hyundai i30 N Drive-N Limited Edition announced

Hyundai Australia has secured 180 examples of the new i30 N Drive-N Limited Edition hot hatch, which will land in local showrooms before the end of the year ...

Pricing is yet to be revealed for the Limited Edition, but the i30 N Premium with sunroof kicks off at $49,500 and $52,500 for the manual and automatic versions respectively, so expect to pay more for the Drive-N Limited Edition variants. Split 30:70 between manual and automatic, as well as 30:70 for black and the new Serenity White Pearl exterior paintwork, the rest of the spec of the Drive-N Limited Edition builds on the N Premium with sunroof. Hyundai Australia has secured 180 examples of the new i30 N Drive-N Limited Edition hot hatch, which will land in local showrooms before the end of the year.

Hyundai Australia is spicing up the i30 N hatch with a new limited edition model targeting both hot hatch fans and the brand's 'N-thusiasts'

Hyundai i30 Sedan N Line 2021 review If you were hoping this rare i30 N would also include a power and torque boost, you may be disappointed. Hyundai i30 Sedan N 2022 review

The exterior and interior designs of the Hyundai i30 N Drive-N Limited Edition have been carried over from the new i30 N to deliver the same fun-to-drive...

The badges on the i30 N Drive-N Limited Edition also display the GPS coordinates of the home of the N models, the Hyundai Motor Europe Test Center at Nürburgring in Germany. Hyundai's high-performance cars are developed, tested, and honed at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife since 2011. Hyundai Motor has announced the i30 N Drive-N Limited Edition, an exclusive, special version of the high-performance Hyundai i30 N hatchback. This applies to the seat belts in the front and rear, the steering wheel N buttons, the inserts and stitching of the N Light Seats with its new pattern.

Hyundai is giving the i30 N a bit more visual pizzazz with a special version bringing an assortment of cosmetic tweaks. Available with either a standard ...

Hyundai went as far as to change the floor mats by applying red piping and using specific lettering to denote it’s the Drive-N Limited Edition. Much like the standard i30 N, it gets an N Grin Shift (NGS) button that will boost power by 10 hp for 20 seconds. Available with either a standard six-speed manual or with the eight-speed, dual-clutch automatic transmission, the new Drive-N Limited Edition gets an individually numbered plaque to signal it’s not an ordinary variant of the hot hatchback. Hyundai is giving the i30 N a bit more visual pizzazz with a special version bringing an assortment of cosmetic tweaks.

HYUNDAI has announced details of its limited-edition i30 N Drive-N variant. The limited-volume hot hatch is distinguishable by its dark matte bronze forged ...

The i30 N Drive-N limited edition also has variant-exclusive floor mats. Fastback variants of the limited-edition model will not be offered locally. Future models - Hyundai - i30 - N

We sample the first 2022 Toyota GR86 coupe in Australia at the Sydney Motorsports Park. Is it as good as the 2022 Subaru BRZ or very different? Review here.

Whether it's a better thing is laden with caveats, many of which we can't assess right now. The GR86 is now an easy car to drive by ear, keeping the revs plugged into its zone of peak torque. "I think it sounds great at the top end," he notes, agreeing that the sound symposer in this car is, like the BRZ, one of the few that don't sound as if it's channelling an OutRun arcade game through its speakers. Having just sampled how slippery the track is under the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 boots (215/40 R18 front and rear), Bates switches the GR86 into its ESC Sport mode, which still offers enough leeway to send the tail lazily wide at Turn Six. Might have been Five or Seven. Not sure. The BRZ features aluminium front knuckles and stiffer rear trailing link bushings versus iron knuckles and carry-over bushings on the Toyota. The materials choice for the knuckles was apparently decided very late in the process at Toyota but, hey, if iron knuckles work for Lotus, they can probably work here. This means that the BRZ nets a reduction in unsprung weight (typically around 10 per cent of total bar weight), but the GR86 will be stiffer in roll, the exact amount dependent on the materials choice of the two bars. The GR86 features a 7 per cent lower front spring rate and an 11 per cent higher rear spring rate which manifests in more front-end grip and a little less at the rear. Part of the reason the GR86 has been beaten to the punch by the BRZ over here is that Toyota has been keen to finesse the ride and handling package of its coupe. As I park myself in the driver's seat, oversized Stilo lid clouting the Alcantara roof liner, I realise that this car is also suffering a bit of a shortfall when it comes to pedals. To make this assessment even less definitive, the car that Toyota has bowled up is a pre-production vehicle, so it's not exactly representative of what will arrive in dealers come the end of Q3 this year. But I now have a mere out- and in-lap in which to not only gain some vague approximation of which way this fiendish circuit goes, but also to form some sort of impression of Toyota's box-fresh GR86. I'm a complete newbie when it comes to Sydney Motorsport Park. As a Melburnian, I've never driven as much as a metre of its length.

Google will now display warning labels when you're about to open malicious files in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides on the web.

Google says there is no admin control or end-user setting for this feature, meaning it will be enabled by default. Google said in a blog post that it is "extending these warnings at the file-level." But cybercriminals have also stepped up their attempts to find their next victims.

These warning labels will alert the users about malicious content. In 2021, the company introduced this security feature for Google Drive. Google mentioned the ...

Look for the app lock option and lock the Gallery app. For instance, almost all smartphones offer the option to hide the photos from the Gallery or Photos app. For this, head to Gallery Settings and choose the option Hide or unhide albums.

Eco bottle from sustainable brand When in Rome goes on sale through Ocado this week.

“In some instances it is two to three times the price but it depends on who you are, and the type of bottle. The consumer probably won’t notice the difference but the other one is not available.” The bottle, made by the sustainable packaging firm Frugalpac, is 94% recycled paper and has a carbon footprint that is about a sixth of a single-use glass bottle. “The production of glass involves huge amounts of energy, so the cost of glass bottles is going sky-high,” said Malcolm Waugh, Frugalpac’s chief executive. “Whether you’re drinking from a glass bottle or a paper bottle, the quality of the wine is not impacted.” However, he cautions, don’t put the paper bottle in an ice bucket. Even if the bottle does become damp, all is not lost, says Rob Malin, the company’s founder, because the wine is safe in a recyclable plastic pouch inside.