The 2022 Hyundai Kona N is the automaker’s newest full-fledged performance model, putting the Veloster N’s potent powertrain in a slightly more practical crossover body. We didn’t think we’d be getting behind the wheel of the sassy SUV for at least a few weeks, but Hyundai pulled a fast one on us and gave us some seat time in a pre-production example during our first drive of the 2022 Santa Cruz pickup.

With only a few minutes available to put the Kona N through its paces, we saddled up and headed toward the Bay Area’s Skyline Drive, a serpentine ribbon of pavement near Palo Alto.
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