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Is anyone here passionate about Hyundai's audacity to innovate in model design without falling for the usual trap of outrageousness? Well, if the answer is yes, then you're in for a treat. Albeit, it is not from the real world but rather from across the imaginative realm of digital car content creators, even though it's dubbed the Hyundai Pony Coupe Concept.
The historical background is pretty simple. Back in 1975, Hyundai started producing a subcompact RWD four-door car, and the Pony became South Korea's first mass-produced and exported car. Officially, the Excel model succeeded the nameplate in 1990, but some export versions of Excel and Accent still carried the storied name until 2000! That naturally means the Hyundai Pony occupies a special place in the company's history books.
Besides, its cultural importance reaches even further, as Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign envisioned a Pony Coupe Concept back in 1974 for the Turin Motor Show. And although Hyundai didn't commission the design exercise, the executives were so impressed they ultimately asked for appropriate branding and even imported the prototype to Korea for reverse engineering. Sadly, it never made it into mass-market production but lived on to inspire the DMC DeLorean and recently also the bonkers 670-hp N Vision 74 fuel cell demonstrator vehicle.
Now, here's an interesting fact. This year Hyundai unveiled a reconstruction of the original Pony Coupe Concept, sparking intense debates around the potential introduction of a production model inspired by the prototype but based on the N Vision 74 as part of the Ioniq sub-brand for zero-emissions vehicles. And, just in case you are not willing to wait for the corner office head honchos at Hyundai to make up their minds about a modern Pony Coupe, here are the good folks over at car.design.trends, who now have focused our attention on this unofficial, fan-made project by 'WRD,' a group of 'automotive creatives.'
It's simply labeled as the Hyundai Pony Coupe Concept and is by no means affiliated with the South Korean automaker in any way – even though it looks ready to hit the company's dealerships worldwide right now. Instead, this "audacious creation embodies the spirit of Hyundai's iconic original, fusing past charm with future vision." So, the reborn Pony Coupe is riddled with vintage flavors but also choke full of the latest technology features – and also makes full use of Hyundai's E-GMP platform to make it a worthy case for the Ioniq sub-brand.
According to the unofficial designers, the modern version has a wheelbase of 2.6 meters plus dimensions of 4,480 x 1,790 x 1,250 mm for length, width, and height – because "true to its roots, it maintains the original's intimacy." It's also dubbed as a 'city hopper,' with the compact powertrain using a 30-kWh battery pack with 800-volt technology that can be recharged to 80% in just ten minutes and offers a range of more than 200 km (124 miles) on a single charge. Cool, right?
Besides, its cultural importance reaches even further, as Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign envisioned a Pony Coupe Concept back in 1974 for the Turin Motor Show. And although Hyundai didn't commission the design exercise, the executives were so impressed they ultimately asked for appropriate branding and even imported the prototype to Korea for reverse engineering. Sadly, it never made it into mass-market production but lived on to inspire the DMC DeLorean and recently also the bonkers 670-hp N Vision 74 fuel cell demonstrator vehicle.
Now, here's an interesting fact. This year Hyundai unveiled a reconstruction of the original Pony Coupe Concept, sparking intense debates around the potential introduction of a production model inspired by the prototype but based on the N Vision 74 as part of the Ioniq sub-brand for zero-emissions vehicles. And, just in case you are not willing to wait for the corner office head honchos at Hyundai to make up their minds about a modern Pony Coupe, here are the good folks over at car.design.trends, who now have focused our attention on this unofficial, fan-made project by 'WRD,' a group of 'automotive creatives.'
It's simply labeled as the Hyundai Pony Coupe Concept and is by no means affiliated with the South Korean automaker in any way – even though it looks ready to hit the company's dealerships worldwide right now. Instead, this "audacious creation embodies the spirit of Hyundai's iconic original, fusing past charm with future vision." So, the reborn Pony Coupe is riddled with vintage flavors but also choke full of the latest technology features – and also makes full use of Hyundai's E-GMP platform to make it a worthy case for the Ioniq sub-brand.
According to the unofficial designers, the modern version has a wheelbase of 2.6 meters plus dimensions of 4,480 x 1,790 x 1,250 mm for length, width, and height – because "true to its roots, it maintains the original's intimacy." It's also dubbed as a 'city hopper,' with the compact powertrain using a 30-kWh battery pack with 800-volt technology that can be recharged to 80% in just ten minutes and offers a range of more than 200 km (124 miles) on a single charge. Cool, right?
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