{"id":605385,"date":"2026-04-14T02:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/605385\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T02:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:57:09","slug":"tcr-champion-ex-wrc-star-headline-hyundais-n-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/605385\/","title":{"rendered":"TCR champion, ex-WRC star headline Hyundai\u2019s N Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hyundai is arguably the leading brand in Australia\u2019s performance car scene, not just because of the popularity of the i20N, i30N and even the Ioniq 5 N, but also its support for allowing owners to take their vehicles to the track.<\/p>\n

Since 2020 it has held an annual \u2018N Festival\u2019 to celebrate its lineup of hot models, giving owners track time which has included passenger laps, as well as off-track experiences.<\/p>\n

For 2026, the N Festival returns to One Raceway \u2013 formerly known as Wakefield Park \u2013 near Goulburn in New South Wales, running across three days from November 20 to 22.<\/p>\n

Hyundai\u2019s hot N division is building a new performance engine<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In addition to giving Hyundai N drivers one-on-one track tuition through its partnership with Trackschool Trackdays, Hyundai is bringing its \u2018Nvy Track Sessions<\/a>\u2019 to One Raceway, allowing other makes and models on the circuit too.<\/p>\n

On top of this, the brand says there will be \u201csneak peak special vehicles\u201d, plus meet-and-greets with three-time TCR Australia champion Josh Buchan, former WRC driver Chris Atkinson, and Australian rally ace Brendan Reeves.<\/p>\n

The announcement of this year\u2019s festival comes after production of the i20N for Australia ended last month, though Hyundai has previously said it \u201csecured a strong final production run to ensure we have enough stock to last through to the end of next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s expected to depart showrooms by the end of 2026, the i30N hatch, i30 Sedan N, Ioniq 5 N and Ioniq 6 N remain on sale, and Hyundai has promised to launch more N models globally in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hyundai is arguably the leading brand in Australia\u2019s performance car scene, not just because of the popularity of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-605385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}