Hyundai showed the concept in July 2022 on its performance-focused N-Day, along with an Ioniq 6 N rolling laboratory called the RN22e. The N74 shared the same basic shape of the 1974 Hyundai Pony Coupe concept designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, its mien modernized and sharpened for the 21st century. Blistered fenders could have come off an old IMSA racer, pixel lights, and Turbofan wheels gave it a look that 1980s sci-fi wanted, but didn’t have the technology at the time, to be. Propulsion came from two electric motors on the rear axle, total output north of 670 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque. Energy came from a 62.4-kWh battery
After the first round of rumors about production kicked off in May 2023, we gave our opinion: “Pony up, Hyundai. Build the N Vision 74 concept.
All we know about how close the company’s actual plans for the car fit the rumors are on the above slide. We’d think it a shame if Hyundai really made a couple hundred of them that would sit in collector garages or Bonhams auction catalogs. However, if Hyundai sold a high-dollar technology showcase that turned into a pure battery-electric version at a welcoming price, we wouldn’t complain. Or, since the concept was reportedly built on a modified Kia Stinger