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HYUNDAI i30 SEDAN N

Price as tested $49,060

This month 1620km @9.6L/100km

Overall 3080km @9.7L/100km

YEP, I’M STILL in the cheapest car in the Wheels garage, but I’m also in one that’s the most fun. And I’m not about to complain about that. After all, it has 206kW going through the front pair of treads – as much as a Skyline GT-R distributes among four – yet weighs a relatively svelte 1480kg.

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