In December, when Hyundai hosted its N Pageant in its house market, Automotive Scene Korea bought photos of an automaker presentation about future racing actions. The large splash was a rendering of an electrical race automobile based mostly 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 seems. There have been a large pair of entrance intakes above an ankle-slicing splitter, a widebody package 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 seems 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 typically use “X” to characterize an idea, we’ll guess may be parsed into N Efficiency Idea 1.
If it is a race-ready model of the eN1, we would 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 standard FIA security measures like a six-point roll-cage, and pit-crew comfort tweaks like an air elevate jack. As a part of a one-make collection, groups would create their very own race automobile sounds. Within the finals, drivers can be required to make use of the N e-shift system, and for passing may use the “NGB” button — shorthand for N Grin Increase — to briefly improve output.
The adjustments not associated to an electrical powertrain sound like these reportedly deliberate for the brand new Elantra N Cup Automotive. Moreover, experiences say Hyundai’s concentrating on a testing marketing campaign for the eN1 Cup Automotive that begins in Could, across the identical time because the Elantra N Cup Automotive hits the monitor. Within the Elantra report, automaker execs spoke of desirous to broaden the collection to Europe and the U.S., we would not be shocked at some demo runs in any case earlier than the yr is out.
The NPX1 video can 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.