Hyundai is setting their sights on compact SUV buyers who want ruggedness and go-anywhere capability, without sacrificing comfort. The Crater Concept (stylized “CRATER”) takes on the spirit of Hyundai’s XRT badge, but takes them on an extreme level.
Showing posts with label Hyundai Concept Cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hyundai Concept Cars. Show all posts
November 21, 2025
The Hyundai Crater Concept Could Preview An Off-Road Compact SUV
Hyundai is setting their sights on compact SUV buyers who want ruggedness and go-anywhere capability, without sacrificing comfort. The Crater Concept (stylized “CRATER”) takes on the spirit of Hyundai’s XRT badge, but takes them on an extreme level.
September 10, 2025
Is Hyundai Plotting The Return Of The Veloster? The Concept Three Shows The Way
Hyundai is growing its Ioniq EV sub-brand with the preview of an upcoming compact hatchback via the Concept Three. And yes, it’s easy to see some Veloster vibes going on here.
September 2, 2025
Hyundai's Design Language Moves to "Art Of Steel"
Hyundai is moving away from its current design language, Sensuous Sportiness, for Art of Steel. It will make its global debut with the Concept Three—the Ioniq sub-brand’s first-ever compact battery electric vehicle.
April 1, 2025
The Hyundai Insteroid Is What You Get When Car Designs Become Unhinged
Car designers are often constrained either by engineers or worse, by financers. But what happens when those limitations are removed? You get one-off concept cars like the Hyundai Insteroid.
March 26, 2025
Hyundai Calls The Insteroid EV An Automotive Glitch
Remember the funky Inster? Hyundai’s sub-compact EV SUV? What happens if you add some musculature to that cutesy look? You get the Insteroid—a new show car that’s meant to showcase the emotional experience that you could get with electric cars.
May 22, 2023
Pony Coupe Concept Restoration Marks The Start Of Hyundai Embracing Its Heritage
Founded just 55 years ago, Hyundai can’t claim to have a lengthy or storied history like many other more established carmakers. However, that’s all about to change with the start of Hyundai Reunion—a platform by which the Korean automaker can start showcasing their brand’s heritage. And marking the start, they’ve restored the Pony Coupe Concept.
July 15, 2022
Hyundai Thinks The Future Of High-Performance Will Be All-Electric
Hyundai’s future of high-performance vehicles will be centered around electrification whether it’s using battery electric technology or fuel cell technology. Unveiled are the RN22e and N Vision 74—two rolling laboratories where the Korean automaker will test and verify advanced technologies before applying them to production vehicles.
November 18, 2021
Hyundai's New Concept Car Is All About Relaxing, Lounging In A Pandemic
Like its sister company, Kia, Hyundai is showing off an electric vehicle concept that’s meant to preview an upcoming electric SUV. The Hyundai Seven Concept which will likely become the Ioniq 7, is closer to a concept car than a production vehicle at the moment, but the Korean carmaker did confirm that it will use the E-GMP platform—same as their Ioniq 5.
November 15, 2021
Hyundai Reimagining Its Historic Cars With The Heritage Series
Hyundai has given a second model a restomod treatment, and this time, they’re using the 1986 Grandeur flagship sedan as basis.
November 5, 2021
Hyundai Previews EV Concept Called Seven
Hyundai Motor Company today revealed teaser images of the sleek and spacious Seven, an all-electric SUV concept to be fully unveiled later this month.
October 8, 2020
Hyundai Looks to Electrification to Boost Performance Aspirations
Hyundai is showing off its newest performance “rolling laboratory” with the RM20e. It’s a further evolution of the Korean carmaker’s supercar aspirations first shown by the RM19 last year.
March 4, 2020
Hyundai's Future Design is Basically a Porsche
Hyundai has unveiled what its future EVs could look like with the Prophecy. Supposedly a clear expression of their latest design philosophy, Sensuous Sportiness and their “ultimate automotive form,” it’s basically a Porsche with a Hyundai badge. I mean, just look at it.
February 27, 2020
Is Hyundai Making a High-Performance All Electric Vehicle?
Hyundai’s “Sensuous Sportiness” design philosophy is coming to EVs, and it’ll be previewed by the Prophecy which will be shown in full at the upcoming Geneva International Motor Show.
November 24, 2019
Hyundai Could Be Chasing After Supras With This 390-Horsepower Sportscar
It sure looks like a beefed-up Veloster, but beneath this weird looking exterior could be Hyundai’s high-performance future. How high-performance? Well, it’s time to think supercar levels.
November 21, 2019
Hyundai Previews Next-Generation Tucson with the Vision T Concept
Hyundai is showing off what its next-generation Tucson compact SUV could look like with the Vision T Plug-In Hybrid SUV Concept. The seventh model in a series of concepts from the Hyundai Design Center, it is a strong indication that the upcoming Tucson will finally carry the Sensuous Sportiness design concept.
September 11, 2019
The Hyundai 45 Concept Shows Koreans Now Look at Iconic Models for Inspiration
Hyundai is having one eye looking firmly at the past, while showing off a concept of the future: meet their 45, an electric vehicle concept that fuses the Korean carmaker’s heritage while also showing off their advancements in electrification and autonomous driving tech.
February 11, 2019
Hyundai Designs Win Anew at iF Design Award 2019
Hyundai Motor Company has been recognized for its cutting-edge vehicle design at the world-renowned iF Design Award 2019 for the fifth straight year. The Palisade and Le Fil Rouge concept vehicle each won the Automobiles/Vehicles category at the eminent competition in the global automotive industry.
January 14, 2019
Hyundai Wants to Make a Car That Can Walk (w/ Video)
Currently, it’s unimaginable, but Hyundai thinks future cars could be capable of walking; that’s right, walking. On legs. Like a dog or a horse. It’s insane, but that’s exactly what the Hyundai Elevate concept vehicle does.
March 6, 2018
Hyundai's Le Fil Rouge Concept Looks a Lot Like a Mazda Design
Hyundai Motor showed off its “Le Fil Rouge” a concept car that provides a glimpse of the Korean carmaker’s new styling direction moving forward. And while it’s evocative, it’s also very, very familiar. Yes, it pretty much apes Mazda’s Vision Coupe Concept closely.
April 3, 2015
Hyundai HND-12 Enduro Concept is an Urban Sports Crossover
Hyundai Motor Company showed off an interesting new concept at the 2015 Seoul Motor Show: the HND-12 Enduro. The Enduro is a small urban crossover that’s aimed squarely at individuals with energetic and athletic lifestyles. It’s dubbed the “Professional Gear” for those who want to escape an ordinary life.
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