Yahoo Autos Hyundai reveals it nearly made a mid-engine supercar
Hyundai rolled out a number of mid-engine concept cars in the 2010s. None saw the light that awaits at the end of a production line, and that's because the company's performance-oriented N division ended up having to can what would have been a rival to the Acura NSX.
"We were working on an N supercar," affirmed Albert Biermann, the former head of Hyundai's N division, in an interview with Top Gear.
He added that the car didn't have an official name; his team simply referred to it as "The Chairman's Car." As for the specifications, it sounds like nothing was set in stone when the project was canceled but Biermann envisioned the model with a carbon fiber tub and a mid-mounted engine that could have worked with a hybrid system if needed. Alternatively, The Chairman's Car could have used a hydrogen fuel cell.
What could have been is a model with supercar power, supercar handling, and a relatively affordable price tag. Kind of like the NSX, right?
