Hyundai came to the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este this year with the N Vision 74 Concept, releasing a beautiful gallery of photos from the event. The automaker recently crushed earlier rumors about a possible production model inspired by the concept, but this didn’t stop them from exhibiting it once more in the flesh.
The model was originally introduced in July 2022 and made an appearance at the LA Auto Show in November 2022. Still, the photos from Villa d’Este are the most flattering yet, with the cloudy and rainy weather creating the most fitting background for the retro-futuristic lines of the sportscar.
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Hyundai refers to the N Vision 74 as a “rolling lab“. The concept incorporates styling and technology features that are showing the way for the future of “sustainable high-performance mobility”. It also pays homage to the 1974 Hyundai Pony Coupe Concept, penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro, which was recently recreated with the help of his firm GFG Style. The result was exhibited together with the N Vision 74 in Lake Como in Italy, prior to the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este that is held nearby.
Besides the nostalgic body and the motorsport-derived aero package, the N Vision 74 comes fitted with a hydrogen fuel cell electric hybrid powertrain with dual electric motors producing a combined 670 hp (500 kW / 680 PS) and 664 lb-ft (900 Nm) of torque. The concept features a 62.4 kWh battery and dual hydrogen fuel tanks that can be refilled in 5 minutes allowing a range of 373 miles (600 km).
SangYup Lee, Vice President and Head of Hyundai Motor Design Center, said: “It is a great honor to participate in such a prestigious event in Italy, the country that marked the beginning of our design heritage as we uncover the roots of Hyundai’s design DNA. N Vision 74 is a tribute to our past efforts and a declaration of our future, carrying forward the bold spirit of the Pony Coupe Concept into a futuristic design that realizes the dream of our engineers to create Korea’s first sports car.”
