Hyundai Vision N 74 appears in a presentation about series cars

Not only will the Hyundai N Vision 74 Concept rumors not die, Hyundai now officially has a reason why they persist. During the recent Hyundai Group CEO Investor Day, focused on plans to double the company’s hybrid lineup, a presentation included the slide above, titled “Full EV Lineup: Offer Customers a Wide Range of Options from Mass Market to to luxury/high performance. models.” Under the headline “Launching 21 models by 2030”, the examples presented include four models from two of the group’s three brands. Two of the models are already available: the electric Hyundai Inster sold in markets such as Europe and Australia and the Ioniq N. Two others are imminent, the Ioniq 9 SUV and the Genesis GV60 Magma.

Hyundai unveiled the concept in July 2022 at the performance-focused N-Day, along with an Ioniq 6 N running lab called the RN22e. The N74 shared the same basic shape of the 1974 Hyundai Pony Coupe concept designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, its look modernized and sharp for the 21st century. The blister fenders could have come off an old IMSA vehicle, pixel lights and wheels Turbofan gave it the look that 1980s sci-fi wanted, but didn’t have the technology at the time. Propulsion came from two rear-axle electric motors, totaling north of 670 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque. Power came from a 62.4 kWh battery pack and a 4.2 kg hydrogen fuel tank linked to an 85 kW fuel cell stack. Range estimated by Hyundai at over 373 miles.

After the first round of production rumors started in May 2023, we thought, “Shut up, Hyundai. Build the N Vision 74” concept. Hyundai denied the reports and said the N will not be a production car. The rumors continued until the end of the year, took a small break, then resumed in May of this year. Until then, the street-legal version was expected to arrive in 2026, come with the concept’s dual-electric powertrain, produce more than 775 hp, be limited to around 100 or 200 units, some of which will be promoted in a series of races. in the US and Europe and cost around $374,000 a piece at current exchange rates.

Everything we know about how closely the company’s current plans for the car match the rumors is in the slide above. We’d think it a shame if Hyundai actually made several hundred of them that would sit in collectors’ garages or Bonhams auction catalogues. However, if Hyundai were to sell a big-dollar tech showcase that turned into a pure battery-electric version at an inviting price, we wouldn’t complain. Or, since the concept was reportedly built on a modified Kia Stinger platform, we know a performance hybrid belies the slide’s title, but we wouldn’t complain about it either.

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