In December, when Hyundai hosted its N Pageant in its house market, Automotive Scene Korea acquired footage of an automaker presentation about future racing actions. The massive splash was a rendering of an electrical race automobile primarily based on the Ioniq 5 referred to as the eN1 Cup Automotive. It went far past the Ioniq 5 N, boosting the manufacturing automobile’s Pace Racer good occasions with Pace Racer appears to be like. There have been an enormous pair of entrance intakes above an ankle-slicing splitter, a widebody equipment with flared arches and aspect sill extensions, and a whopping rear wing. Hyundai’s N Efficiency division simply teased one thing for the Tokyo Auto Salon that begins tomorrow, and by golly it appears to be like an terrible lot just like the eN1 Cup Automotive. The title for the present automobile for now’s the NPX1, which, seeing how Hyundai Group manufacturers usually use “X” to symbolize an idea, we’ll guess might be parsed into N Efficiency Idea 1.
If this can be a race-ready model of the eN1, we’d have gotten a preview of what is coming. On the N Pageant presentation, particulars on the eN1 Cup Automotive outlined a weight discount of as much as 551 kilos in comparison with the retail Ioniq 5 N because of measures like a stripped-out inside and polycarbonate home windows. An adjustable suspension with pillow ball bushings would decrease the physique as a lot as 2.1 inches over 18-inch wheels carrying 280/60 racing slicks, these wheels hiding six-piston brake calipers in entrance and four-piston within the rear. There’d be additional safety for the battery pack in addition to the same old FIA security measures like a six-point roll-cage, and pit-crew comfort tweaks like an air carry jack. As a part of a one-make collection, groups would create their very own race automobile sounds. Within the finals, drivers could be required to make use of the N e-shift system, and for passing might use the “NGB” button — shorthand for N Grin Enhance — to briefly enhance output.
The adjustments not associated to an electrical powertrain sound like these reportedly deliberate for the brand new Elantra N Cup Automotive. Moreover, studies say Hyundai’s concentrating on a testing marketing campaign for the eN1 Cup Automotive that begins in Could, across the similar time because the Elantra N Cup Automotive hits the monitor. Within the Elantra report, automaker execs spoke of eager to broaden the collection to Europe and the U.S., we would not be stunned at some demo runs at least earlier than the 12 months is out.
The NPX1 video can also be tagged with #NPerformanceParts, so there’ll undoubtedly be one thing for us. Hyundai took a prototype Dymag carbon fiber wheel to Goodwood final summer season, then confirmed the refreshed Tucson N in December with light-weight wheels and carbon fiber heart caps.
The Tokyo Auto Salon begins tomorrow, keep tuned.