Money Today, a Korean news site, says that Hyundai will make the N Vision 74 design. On May 27, the organisation is supposed to finish the plans and hand over the model for mass production. The N Vision 74 idea, which came out last year with good reviews, is a sports car with 670 horsepower driven from the back. One of the most futuristic idea cars we’ve seen in recent years might be made. The Hyundai N Vision 74 concept car was a big hit when it was shown off in South Korea last year at the automaker’s “N Day” party. A Korean news source says that Hyundai has given the idea the go-ahead to be made, and they will make an official release on May 27. Money Today put out the story without citing any sources, which makes some people, including us, wonder if the information is correct. But since fans and the media liked the N Vision 74 a lot, it doesn’t surprise us that a mass-production version is being looked into. It would look a lot like the concept. The idea’s wedge-shaped body was based on the 1974 Hyundai Pony Coupe concept by the famous architect Georgette Giugiaro. The most important question is what kind of energy source it could use. Hyundai’s N performance division showed off the N Vision 74 concept as a “rolling lab” that could be used to test out possible future engine upgrades. The hybrid electric car with 670 hop is driven by two electric motors in the back that work as a “virtual differential.” A 62.4 kWh battery pack powers the motors, and a hydrogen fuel cell functions as an onboard generator to increase the range. We could even drive one of the ideal cars and see how quickly it could go and how well it could turn. After that test drive, we decided that Hyundai would not build the N Vision 74, at least not using the brand’s E-GMP design, which is already used for electric Kia and Genesis cars and will be used for the future Ionia 6 sedan. Albert Biermann, a former Hyundai-Kia R&D manager who is now a senior technical advisor, told us at the time, “It’s hard for me to see us doing it; we don’t need a car like that right now.” Till Wattenberg, vice president of N brand management and racing at Hyundai told The Autopen that the retro-styled two-seater would go into production. It is clear that nothing that Wattenberg says should be taken as proof. Instead, his words and the news from Korea today make us think that Hyundai’s management will follow the plan. We may find out on May 27.
