Hyundai N Vision 74 Is A Hydrogen Hybrid Sports Concept Inspired By Giugiaro’s Pony Coupe

[Captain_Kirk]

https://www.motor1.com/news/596313/hyundai-n-day-teaser-images-blue-and-side/

On July 15, Hyundai will hold N Day where it will show off the brand's next-generation high-performance car. A teaser image of the vehicle under a sheet suggests that a sleek coupe might be on the way.

Hyundai's Facebook post to tease N Day only provides one more hint about this upcoming model. A translation of the message says: "Do you want the fun of driving in the age of electric vehicles?" That might be a hint that this vehicle is an EV or the company could be referring to the blue vehicle in the other image.

The teaser image shows a vehicle with quite a long nose and a short rear deck. If this model turns out to be an EV that doesn't need the space to fit a big engine, the designers are sticking with the classic styling recipe for a performance car. Judging by the size of the passenger compartment, this might be a two-door. A wing that's nearly as tall as the roof is at the back.

Hyundai's current EVs belong to the Ioniq sub-brand. It's possible that this model would also wear that moniker. The Ioniq 7 is an upcoming electric crossover, so this product might be the Ioniq 8.

Hyundai and Kia's existing EVs ride on the E-GMP platform, and these underpinnings can support performance vehicles. For example, the Kia EV6 GT has a pair of electric motors making a combined 576 horsepower (430 kilowatts) and 546 pound-feet (740 Newton-meters). This is enough to get the crossover to 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) in around 3.5 seconds.

Introducing a fully electric sports coupe would let Hyundai occupy a niche that doesn't currently have much competition in it. There are vehicles like the Lotus Evija, but that's more of a supercar, whereas this teaser seems to show a more traditional-looking two-door.

The other teaser image that's part of this announcement is just a blur in Hyundai N's trademark shade of blue. Spy shots tell us that the Ioniq 5 N is deep into development, so that might be what Hyundai is hinting at in this picture.

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[ShakaDaKine]

Could this be the mid-engine sports car that was rumored to take on the Supra and Z?

 

[Cptnslo]

Definitely not based on other teasers. If this is what is being shown.

 

[SlickRicATL]

I work here and I am not sure what this could be. This reveal has been extremely hush hush. Should be interesting nonetheless.

 

[Thraxbert]

Prediction: an EV successor to the BK2 Genesis Coupe that pisses off all the Genesis Coupe owners that held out hope for a BK3. Has a mediocre showing versus other performance EVs, meaning the normies don't want to buy it. And Hyundai cancels it in 5 years or less, having once again failed to understand what their enthusiast base really wants and what it takes to be a true performance brand.

 

[SlickRicATL]

I am starting to hear grumblings of something mid-engine.

 

[Sub-MkV]

That looks like a stupid long vehicle. For me I prefer Supra/Cayman/Z/Emira type length sports car or smaller(Alfa 4c/ Miata)

 

[Mimosa]

Looks like a 2 door 4 seater from the silhouette. I'm hoping for a 2 door 2 seater.

 

[MaxFn]

I am starting to hear grumblings of something mid-engine.

It seems from the shrouded pic the cabin is not shifted forward enough to be rear engined. if it is it has a huge Frunk...

 

[Captain_Kirk]

https://www.hyundainews.com/en-us/releases/3603

 

[mkivalex]

That thing is sick. Looks like a better modern day DeLorean than the new DeLorean

 

[CSUfiend]

Anybody getting s13 vibes from the rear?

 

[Bryster]

Looks like a toy I once opened, points to Hyundai for not making it look like a Hot Wheels reject

 

[Thraxbert]

N Vision 74 is hot as fuck. Too bad it'll never reach reality because it's Hydrogen+EV, which might as well be unicorn glitter farts.

 

[digicidal]

N Vision 74 is hot as fuck. Too bad it'll never reach reality because it's Hydrogen+EV, which might as well be unicorn glitter farts.

I sure hope it can run on them... because all the time I've spent chasing unicorns with plastic bags had better pay out some day. And don't even get me started on how hard it is to wash the blow-by out of your hair. On the upside - it tastes like skittles.

Seriously though, at least it's an interesting concept car - even those are getting harder to come by these days. I remember when every concept car looked like it would be capable of interstellar flight... now most of them just look like a respray of an existing vehicle.

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