Hyundai is Rebuilding The 1974 Pony Coupe Idea With Giugiaro

Hyundai will work with Italian design studio GFG Model was based by Giorgetto Giugiaro and his son Fabrizio to rebuild the 1974 Pony Coupe Idea that debuted on the 1974 Turin Motor Present.

The thought behind the unique Pony Coupe Idea was shaped in 1974 when the South Korean automaker contacted Giorgetto Giugiaro about designing a brand new mannequin. Giugiaro was tasked with designing the car, creating blueprints, and constructing 5 prototypes, considered one of which was a Coupe. Hyundai had hoped to promote the Pony Coupe in North America and Europe however the undertaking was killed off in 1981.

The Korean carmaker introduced plans to rebuild the 1974 Pony Coupe Idea throughout an occasion with the Giugiaros in addition to Hyundai Motor Group chief inventive officer Luc Donckerwolke and government vice chairman and head of Hyundai Motor’s International Design Middle, SangYup Lee.

“We’re completely thrilled to welcome Giorgetto and Fabrizio to Seoul for this uncommon event and we stay up for collaborating with them and GFG Model on this extraordinary design undertaking,” Donckerwolke mentioned. “Not solely does this undertaking maintain historic worth, nevertheless it additionally represents a cross-cultural trade that might pave the best way for extra collaborations down the highway.”

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The 1974 Pony Coupe Idea is taken into account a key a part of Hyundai’s legacy and an indicator of founding chairman Ju-Yong Chung’s imaginative and prescient for the corporate. The design of the unique examine and different Pony autos can nonetheless be felt at this time having straight influenced the all-electric Ioniq 5 and the N Imaginative and prescient 74 hydrogen-hybrid idea.

“I designed the Hyundai Pony once I was nonetheless a younger designer in the beginning of my profession,” Giorgetto Giugiaro mentioned. “I felt very proud that I used to be answerable for making a car for an organization and nation that was about to tackle a fiercely aggressive world market. Now, I’m deeply honored that Hyundai has requested me to rebuild it for posterity and as a celebration of the model’s heritage.”

Hyundai will unveil the rebuilt idea in spring of 2023.