For its latest automotive masterpiece, Hyundai looks back at the past — notably, at the very first car it ever made. After almost 50 years since it first debuted, Hyundai has re-made the Pony Coupe Concept, a car that served as the blueprint for its first customer-centric cars and the Hyundai brand as we know it today.
It’s pure ’70s nostalgia throughout, with the exterior looking like a wedge of cheese. What’s particularly special about the recreated concept is that it is 100% true to the original, with no contemporary bells or whistles. Instead, we find the flat front accented with yellow bulb lights, four-spoke chrome rims on the sides, and a host of materials taken straight from 1974.
The car was co-designed with the man who originally designed it, the Italian Giorgetto Giugiaro. Per TopGear, he said: “I was skeptical at first because I didn’t know Hyundai Motor at the time. We were all impressed by the passion and commitment of the Hyundai engineers. They were sharp, curious, open and extremely eager to learn.”
At the time, the Pony Coupe Concept was a slice of the future. Ironically, it now falls well within Hyundai’s current design language, à la the IONIC 5 electric car. It’s been busy remembering the past, delivering the N Vision 74 (itself a continuation of the Pony style) alongside remakes of the Grandeur, the 1975 Pony, and more.
Keeping to the classic theme, the Pony Coupe Concept also features a typically ’70s city car engine: a 1.2-liter four pot putting out 81 BHP.
Take a look at the Hyundai Pony Coupe Concept above.
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