---
title: "The Hyundai Vision T Concept Previews a Glamorous Future We Can Get Behind"
description: "Who cares about MPGs? This car is all about the LEDs."
date: "2019-11-20"
modified: "2019-11-20"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/31111/the-hyundai-vision-t-concept-previews-a-glamorous-future-we-can-get-behind"
categories:
  - "Hyundai News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "concept car"
  - "Hyundai"
---

# The Hyundai Vision T Concept Previews a Glamorous Future We Can Get Behind

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Making its debut at the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show is the [Hyundai](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/25689/2019-hyundai-kona-electric-review-the-longest-range-electric-car-you-can-buy-thats-not-a-tesla>) Vision T plug-in hybrid SUV concept, a car seemingly designed around pretty lights.

Finished in matte green, the Vision T's visual party piece is a front fascia that blends in its [headlights](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/16833/the-problem-with-iihs-headlight-testing>) with the grille—a trick also seen in the automaker's recently revealed [2020 Azera](<https://www.motor1.com/news/380112/2020-hyundai-grandeur-azera-revealed/>). When the front lamps are turned off, they appear dark, mirrored chrome, making the whole car look like somebody who fell asleep with sunglasses on.

![message-editor%2F1574196065926-large-39340-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1574196065926-large-39340-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg>)
**Hyundai Motor America**

![message-editor%2F1574196151259-large-39339-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1574196151259-large-39339-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg>)
*Hyundai Motor America*

![message-editor%2F1574196155628-large-39340-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1574196155628-large-39340-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg>)
*Hyundai Motor America*

![message-editor%2F1574196159266-large-39342-hyundaivisiontconcept1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1574196159266-large-39342-hyundaivisiontconcept1.jpg>)
*Hyundai Motor America*

![message-editor%2F1574196217514-large-39494-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1574196217514-large-39494-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg>)
*Hyundai Motor America*

That big, fancy grille also shuts and closes but not all at once like a [Ford Focus](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/10481/long-term-reliability-how-ford-completely-lost-the-focus>), but with each individual cell moving in a pre-determined sequence, adapting to the vehicle's speed. Naturally, the entire thing is closed at a stop to give it a clean look and to prevent delinquent passersby from dropping pebbles into it.

At the rear, the Vision T's taillights and illuminated Hyundai logo shut off in a sequence when the car is turned off, cinematically leaving the glowing H lit up by itself at the end before everything goes dark. The charging port, meanwhile, hides behind a sliding cover and is located inside of a ring of blue lights that form a complete circle when the car is fully charged.

![message-editor%2F1574196373251-large-39495-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1574196373251-large-39495-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg>)
*Hyundai Motor America*

![message-editor%2F1574196367989-large-39473-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1574196367989-large-39473-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg>)
*Hyundai Motor America*

![message-editor%2F1574196430887-large-39508-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1574196430887-large-39508-hyundaivisiontconcept.jpg>)
*Hyundai Motor America*

It's like a designer at Hyundai took one look at the sequential turn signals on an [Audi](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/27582/listen-to-the-2020-audi-rs-7-assault-the-nurburgring-with-its-thunderous-twin-turbo-v-8>) and said, "That. I want to design an entire car around that."

Hyundai didn't offer much in the way of powertrain or technical details of any kind but did say the Vision T would hint at a "new [urban adventurer SUV](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/23169/2019-hyundai-santa-fe-first-drive-review-how-times-have-changed-for-hyundais-midsize-suv>) design direction."

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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