If rumors are to be believed, Hyundai is creeping ever nearer to constructing a manufacturing model of the insanely cool Pony-inspired N Imaginative and prescient 74. A contemporary report from the Korean Economic system Day by day means that not solely will the automotive be constructed, however will probably be a high-performance, hydrogen-powered supercar launched in solely restricted portions. This is not the primary time we have heard fuel-cell rumors in regards to the nostalgia-juiced idea, lending much more credibility to the report.
Per this newest report, the manufacturing model will arrive for the 2026 mannequin yr packing a rear-wheel-drive structure. The gasoline cell stack will energy electrical motors with a mixed output of greater than 775 horsepower, propelling the automotive to 62 mph in 3.0 seconds or much less. That matches up fairly properly with what we had been instructed again when the idea debuted, nonetheless, the dual-motor setup within the idea was solely claimed to supply 670 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque. If this report is correct, it will recommend that Hyundai’s engineers have been quietly dialing up the wick because the N74 strikes nearer to manufacturing.
And whereas it is nominally a fuel-cell car, there’s nonetheless a battery concerned. When the idea was revealed, Hyundai stated its 62.4-kWh battery pack would enable for respectable vary by itself, however the 85-kilowatt gasoline cell stack acts as a large vary extender with its personal 4.2-kg hydrogen gasoline tank. Hyundai’s engineers even instructed it will be able to charging like a plug-in hybrid, which means it will nonetheless be attainable to function the N74 as an all-electric car when hydrogen refueling isn’t out there. Hyundai instructed the full vary for the N Imaginative and prescient 74 could be greater than 370 miles.
Whole manufacturing might be restricted to simply 200 items (up from 100 as beforehand reported) and KED means that the value for the N74 could be round 500 million Korean received, or roughly $365,000 on the present alternate price, placing it comfortably in unobtanium territory with the likes of the Cadillac Celestiq.
