Following this week’s big pre-Christmas unveiling of the new-gen 2024 Hyundai Kona, we quickly got to wondering: Will there be another N hero?

So far, Hyundai has shown the striking new Kona in its petrol, hybrid and Electric forms, with a sporting N Line variant revealed in a group shot.

Conspicuously absent was a hero Kona N, but since the current N model was a latecomer to the range, we shouldn’t expect to see it form part of the second generation’s launch line-up….