The original ambition.
Giorgetto Giugiaro designed the Pony Coupe for Hyundai. Unveiled in Turin, it led to sports-car prototypes, but never reached production.
HYDROGEN HYBRID ROLLING LAB
A future.
With a past.
Hyundai N Vision 74
A 1974 design legacy.
A hydrogen-powered experiment.
Meet the N Vision 74.
500+ kWRear motor power
900+ NmRear motor torque
600+ kmDriving range
05 minHydrogen refuelling
HERITAGE TO VISION
An idea.
Decades in the making.
N Vision 74 brings two stories together: the 1974 Pony Coupe and seven years of hydrogen performance research. A rolling lab puts those ideas on a real circuit.
A hydrogen vision.
N launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show alongside N 2025 Vision Gran Turismo: a concept exploring hydrogen-powered performance.
The working experiment.
Seven years later, N Vision 74 combines a fuel cell, battery and rear electric motors to test that vision on the track.
Inside the Pony Coupe archive
01 / THE DESIGN
The Pony Coupe.
Reimagined.
Hyundai revisits the Pony Coupe concept with pixel lighting and a body shaped around cooling and aerodynamics.
1974 PONY COUPEN VISION 74
A SHARED SILHOUETTEFrom the wedge profile to the rear wing.
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TIMELESS DESIGN
A familiar line.
A new expression.
The low wedge, clean surfaces and distinctive B-pillar recall the Pony Coupe. Parametric Pixel lamps give that silhouette a contemporary signature.
FUNCTIONAL AESTHETICS
Shaped by airflow.
The cooling inlets, side skirts and rear wing serve the hydrogen hybrid drivetrain. Aerodynamics and heat management are designed into the bodywork.
THE DRIVER’S SPACE
Heritage, from
the inside.
N Vision 74 reinterprets the Pony’s driver-focused cockpit with digital instruments, physical controls, motorsport seats and Performance Blue details.
02 / THE ENGINEERING
Hydrogen power.
Electric drive.
A new layout for high performance.
A front-mounted fuel cell and a T-shaped battery supply two rear motors. The layout gives each system room to work, with independent cooling for the demands of a circuit.
Inside the numbersH₂Hydrogen fuel cell
62.4 kWhBattery capacity
N VISION 74 / ON TRACKTHE HYBRID SYSTEM
Under the
bodywork.
Four systems working together. Select a marker to explore the original Hyundai cutaway.
Three cooling circuits.
Separate circuits regulate the fuel cell stack, battery and power electronics. Each can shed heat independently during sustained track driving.
3independent cooling systems
Two power sources,
one control system.
The controller coordinates the front fuel cell and the T-shaped, underfloor battery, balancing their contribution as driving conditions change.
95 kWmaximum fuel cell output
Power to each
rear wheel.
Torque vectoring varies the output of the two rear motors to manage grip and cornering. Hyundai’s e-TVTM development tests used a 235 kW motor at each rear wheel.
500+ kWcombined rear output in the published specification
Hydrogen, stored
at the rear.
Two tanks above the rear axle hold 4.2 kg in total. They supply the second-generation fuel cell at the front, supporting a stated range of over 600 km.
4.2 kgcombined hydrogen capacity
FROM CONCEPT TO CIRCUIT
Built to test
the possibilities.
A rolling lab lets Hyundai develop and verify technology before bringing it to future N models.
The 2015 promise.
N 2025 Vision Gran Turismo imagined a hydrogen performance car. N Vision 74 carries that research into a drivable prototype.
A layout from scratch.
Rear-wheel drive and twin motors became the starting point for packaging the battery and fuel cell, with electronic torque vectoring developed around them.
Finding the balance.
The hybrid system adds weight and heat. Three-channel cooling and motorsport-inspired bodywork address the demands of sustained performance.
A shorter pit stop.
Hyundai reports an 80% hydrogen fill in five minutes. Rapid refuelling and a range above 600 km open a potential route for hydrogen in motorsport.
03 / THE SPECIFICATIONS
The vision.
In numbers.
Explore the engineering behind Hyundai’s hydrogen hybrid rolling lab.
N VISION 74 HYDROGEN HYBRID
Power & performance
- Rear motor power
- Over 500 kW
- Rear motor torque
- Over 900 Nm
- Top speed
- Over 250 km/h
- Driving range
- Over 600 km
Battery & hydrogen
- Battery capacity
- 62.4 kWh
- Fast-charging capability
- 800 V
- Hydrogen capacity
- 4.2 kg
- Fuel cell output
- 85 kW / 95 kW max
- Hydrogen refuelling
- 5 min
Dimensions
- Length
- 4,952 mm
- Width
- 1,995 mm
- Height
- 1,331 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2,905 mm
Rolling lab specifications. Source: Hyundai N
04 / THE GALLERY
Take a closer look.
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05 / AFTER DARK
Take it for a spin.
Orbit the N Vision 74 as it drifts through a neon-lit city. Change your angle, get closer or pause to explore the details.
3D model by MojoLeeDa / CC BY 4.0. Adapted for the web with custom animation and environment. City textures: Poly Haven / CC0.
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