Lost and found: The iconic 1973 Hyundai Pony Coupé Concept gets a stunning redux, thanks to renowned designer Giorgetto Giugiaro and his son.
, searched high and low. “And believe me,” he asserts, “we looked everywhere to find this lost icon.”
The Pony Coupé Concept has since inspired attention-grabbing concepts like the wild, hydrogen-hybrid electric N Vision 74 concept. With the original Pony Coupé Concept missing but the designer still around, the decision was made to commission Giugiaro to recreate the concept. Production and fabrication have advanced considerably since his heyday , so the legend enlisted his son Fabrizio to support on the technical end.
Designer Giorgetto Giugiaro sits inside the re-created concept with Euisun Chung, the executive chair of Hyundai Motor Group.In the flesh, the ’73 concept holds up remarkably well considering its 50-year-old age. Sure, there is a distinct of-the-period feeling to its proportions and dimensionality, from the relatively small wheel arches to the prevailing naïveté of its presence.
Elements of this car have become revitalized in the N Vision 74 Concept. SangYup Lee says, “We wanted to create something futuristic that has the essence of the Pony Coupe. That was a big challenge for us and I think that is something we always keep in mind—creating the future by respecting the past.”
Giugiaro’s angular coupé presents clean, flush surfaces, but just enough jauntiness to lend it some attitude.But the redux version of the original also represents more than merely a springboard for the carmaker’s future design language. “My father and I are very proud to have created the prototype of the Pony Coupé,” says Fabrizio Giugiaro.
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