Well I was lucky enough to be invited to Millbrook test track for an i30N driver experience day today.
Over my 11 years with SEAT I have been to a lot of events with SEAT UK and SEAT Sport/SEAT Motorsport Italia, apart from the track events this has got to be the best event I've been to.
Hyundai UK had set out a number of indoor challenges first that you could score points for, then you had points for social media and finally points for driving challenges:
high speed lap of the bowl (who can get closest to 120mph average, I managed 120.3mph)
handling course
alpine route
0-60 on the mile stretch
The only dodgy bit of the day was the end when the winners were announced, the girl who won was about 100 points clear of everybody but didn't have social media (you could score 110 points for social media alone) Me and a i30N owner were neck and neck for most of the day in first but managed to finish 150points behind her. The guys partner was on 345 points after 4 events but finished the day on 345 so we reckon it wasn't upto date.
Video on the bowl not me driving, lad managed 120mph on the clocks but 116mph GPS, I averaged 120.3mph on the GPS.
The handling course was done by an expert driver and by god did he push the car! I've got to say very impressed with the i30N performance pack (275bhp) sounds superb in stock form compared to the
Cupra 280/
290/300, looks striking in the blue and actually felt really nice inside. The clutch was too light for my liking but apart from that felt good.
Be interesting to spend a few days with one see how it does the daily commute.
For me the best bit though, is there isn't a lot of them around so you are purchasing a car that you aren't going to see a lot of! incidentally at the event were 2x MK3
Cupra (
290 and a 300) had a chat with both of them, neither of them on the forum, both leased them because they were cheap!
