Heading back to Hyundai's future with a Delorean-like 670hp concept 🔥
Trying to predict the future is a great way to look stupid five years down the line. Never more so than when it comes to hydrogen-powered cars. In the late 1990s pundits were confidently reporting that we were less than a decade from a viable automotive fuel cell, and that the zero-emission revolution would start soon afterwards. More than 20 years on if feels like we’re at least as far from being able to complete a journey running solely on H2.
“It’s a Stinger,” he says, with a broad grin, when I ask him what the N Vision is based on. It turns out that the technology demonstrating side of the project started long before the idea of turning it into a muscular coupe. Biermann says the original idea was for a Genesis-branded project, with four Stingers modified to trial a new powertrain that combined a 62.4kWh battery pack with an 85kW fuel cell, power then reaching the road through twin rear motors, one powering each wheel.
The muscular design came later, with the concept’s bodywork being based on an impressively deep dive into Hyundai’s early history led by design boss Lee SangYup. Having worked for both Bentley and Chevrolet, where he led design of the 2010 Camaro, Lee has no shortage of experience when it comes to creating muscular coupes, with the N Vision 74’s inspiration coming from a planned two-door version of Hyundai’s very first independently produced car, the Pony hatchback.
Before driving I get to experience the N Vision 74 from the passenger seat, with development engineer Jonghyuk Kwon. Bilster Berg is a brave place to launch anything potent, and although Hyundai isn’t using the full layout, the concept will be negotiating several of the fast-falling corners which make the most of the spectacular elevation changes.
What’s missing is much in the way of aural drama. The soundtrack is one of rushing wind and the noise of the battery of cooling fans that work flat-out to keep temperatures in check. Sitting on road-spec Pirelli P-Zero 4S tyres, and weighing around two tonnes according to Hyundai engineers, the N Vision also felt obviously heavy under braking. The pedal seemed wooden and wasn’t great to modulate, and stopping distances into some of the tighter turns were long.
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