Hyundai N Confirms Bespoke Halo Car
The company says its Veloster and i30 N hot hatches are just the beginning.


Hyundai is preparing to introduce a bespoke, halo N model to sit at the top of the Korean company's performance lineup, a new report says.
Speaking to Auto Express, Hyundai High Performance head Thomas Schemera said that a dedicated N division car not based on an existing Hyundai model is indeed on the automaker's agenda and that the Veloster and i30 N hot hatches were the "completion of the first phase of N vehicles."
"The whole idea is to strengthen the Hyundai brand, to bring more emotion," Schemera told the publication. "I can tell you [Hyundai engineering boss] Albert Biermann and myself are interested in hot things and have some ideas in the pipeline for a halo model—rest assured we are coming up with something."
Auto Express also reported Hyundai is still conflicted about whether said model would be a low-slung, two-seat sports car or a pseudo-luxury sports sedan in the same vein as the Kia Stinger and Genesis G70. For that reason, don't expect this thing to arrive for at least a few years.
For the time being, the sole Hyundai N product available in the U.S. is the 275-horsepower, three-doored Veloster N. The five-door i30 N remains foreign, forbidden fruit on the shores of North America. Unless you own a racing team, that is.
We've reached out to Hyundai for further comment on the newly confirmed halo model and will update this story if we hear back.
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