1970s Hyundai Pony Restored with EV Powertrain, Ultra-Cool Interior

• Hyundai has created a one-off design concept based on a model from the 1970s.

• The first-generation Pony was never sold in the States but was a significant car in Hyundai's history.

• This restomod creation has an electric powertrain and modern design touches.

Here's something cool that appeared inconspicuously on Instagram and in a release celebrating Hyundai's new customer center in Busan, Korea: A restomod variation of a first-generation Hyundai Pony fitted with an unspecified electric powertrain and ultra-modern head- and taillights. It also has camera-based, fender-mounted exterior mirrors and nixie-tube instrumentation that's both retro and futuristic and epitomizes the height of 1970s style.

The project was led byHyundai's interior chief designer Hak Soo Ha. It is not simply a retro design "inspired" by the 1970s, but the real thing: Hyundai took an actual first-generation car, disassembled it, and added the artistic touches and the EV powertrain.