Not a hatch, but still interesting:
Overview
Now that Hyundai has shown it's serious about legitimate performance cars with the
visceral Veloster N, the company looks to make the leap from hot hatches to mid-engine sports cars with the 2023 RM20 N. While the final product is still a few years away, and we have a lot left to learn,
our brief encounter with a mid-engine prototype showed us that the Korean automaker isn't just blowing tire smoke up our tailpipes. The production model will undoubtedly be more civil to drive and might develop less horsepower than the prototype's claimed 390 ponies, but it should boast an impressive power-to-weight ratio that could help its performance compete with mid-engine stars such as the
Chevy C8 Corvette and
Porsche 718 Cayman. We'll keep our ear to the ground while we wait for
Hyundai to divulge more details, but here's what we know so far.
What's New for 2023?
Although Hyundai has confirmed that it's
developing a mid-engine sports car for production, we have very little concrete information on the final product. We expect that the RM20 N (what we're calling it for now) will be a less extreme version of the RM19 concept car that debuted at the
2019 L.A. auto show. Hyundai has told us the production model is still a couple years away.