Hyundai Restores Its Pony Coupe Idea For Its fiftieth Anniversary

Based in 1967, Hyundai acquired its begin by producing the Cortina at the side of Ford. A couple of years after its inception, the Korean carmaker got down to create its personal novel automotive designs. So as to take action, Hyundai employed on a number of eminent automotive designers together with George Turnbull and Giorgio Giugiaro — the latter of whom famously penned the model’s Pony Coupe Idea in 1974. Half a century after its debut on the Turin Motor Present, Hyundai has now tasked an inside workforce lead by Giugiaro to return the idea to its former glory, utterly restoring the factory-built idea automobile from the bottom up in celebration of its fiftieth anniversary. 

That includes a glossy wedge form culminating in a Coda Tronca (truncated tail) setup, the Pony Coupe Idea boasted an identical look to Italian sports activities vehicles and grand tourers of the period. Using a rear-wheel drive setup, the idea was powered by a 1.2-liter inline-four engine that put down 82hp at 6,000rpm. Impressed by house age designs, the automobile additionally featured an plane canopy-style inside that sees a seven-window configuration used to comprise the vast majority of the car above the door-line. A set of futuristic-looking four-arm wheels had been additionally chosen for the one-of-one idea. 

Regardless of being an extremely promising design, numerous financial and industrial elements would finally put the kibosh on the automobile, resulting in its demise. And whereas it sadly by no means noticed the sunshine of manufacturing, the Pony Coupe Idea stays an essential piece of the model’s historical past and id. The idea was not too long ago rebuilt by its authentic designer, Giorgetto Giugiaro, who has lead the Pony Coupe Idea restoration workforce. The whole idea has additionally been delivered to life utilizing the very same specs and supplies as the unique 1974 idea. 

Extra not too long ago, the Pony Coupe Idea would even function the inspiration for Hyundai’s award-winning N Imaginative and prescient 74 idea automobile — whereas additionally influencing manufacturing choices from the marque such because the IONIQ 5.