Hyundai wants a sports car build

Posted on 23-10-2014 at 18:59 by ricardo – 29 Comments”

Sporty, is it a word that we will soon be able to associate with the Korean carmaker?

Hyundai, in the past three months the net profit by 29 percent saw it go up to 1.5 billion won (1.1 billion euros), is ready for the sports segment to enter, where they have since the phasing out of the Coupe and that is pretty nice Genesis is not more truly to be found.

Hyunda-president Allan Rushforth has left to Coach know that they are hungry for something sportiefs. Think not, however, to a TT-like. “Cars like the TT a large question at the beginning, but that fades fairly quickly,” said Rushfort. Unfortunately, he did not say in what segment or what body style Hyundai or a sportsman wants to make. He showed only that a car must be that global inzetbaat.

The reason for and the sporty Hyundai is actually a logical, now they are active in the World Rally Championship and with the N performance division counterparts for VW’s R-division want to create.

Photo: Hyundai PassaCorto, introduced at the Geneva motor show.