Hyundai N Division Says It Has Porsche In It's Sights

Once the helmsman of BMW's racy M division, Albert Biermann has turned Hyundai's own N division skunkworks into an overnight success. Cars like the phenomenal Veloster N, the prototype RM19, and reportedly terrific i30 N (unavailable in the United States), informed now-great expectations of future N cars, which Biermann revealed in an interview could go as far upmarket as Hyundai pleases—as long as there's money to be made.
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MDarringer - 1/2/2020 10:54:46 AM

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You benchmark the best when you design and if you're aspiring, you do likewise because even if you fall short, you'll have achieved something quite good.

Truthy - 1/2/2020 1:13:43 PM

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It also gets press, like this article.

sethm - 1/2/2020 2:54:32 PM

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Would be nice to see their 2 door coupe make a come back.

MDarringer - 1/3/2020 5:58:04 PM

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The Genesis Coupe should have been aimed squarely at the Mustang with a V8 for $35K and a V6 and 2.0T below it. That strategy would also work today because in the end--for Genesis especially--its sales that count.

cidflekken - 1/2/2020 3:14:48 PM

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It can also make you look foolish if you're aiming too high. Hyundai has yet to build any car that resembles a Porsche in any way, shape, or form. To put it out there that you're aiming for one of the most iconic brands when you can't even outright beat Honda/Toyota at the main core of your current business, it can come off as a bit foolish.

carloslassiter - 1/2/2020 5:37:45 PM

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Most ridiculous article headline I've read in here.

What's more likely to happen: The N division is a big success, or the N division get's scrapped because no is buying a performance Hyundai.

ricks0me - 1/2/2020 8:19:28 PM

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I want a wanna be Porsche from Hyundai with a coffee can muffler.... no thanx, I'll take a nice pair of tennis shoes instead.

Section_31_JTK - 1/3/2020 2:46:41 AM

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N as in NOPE, not even close.

qwertyfla1 - 1/3/2020 12:41:34 PM

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Shouldn't Hyundai focus on making cars that don't suck ass first?

MDarringer - 1/3/2020 1:17:32 PM

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Maybe you should work on not being a racist bigot first.

qwertyfla1 - 1/3/2020 4:05:23 PM

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Oh listen to the kettle calling the pot black -very rich indeed. No KIA salesman bias here. You're a real keyboard tough guy aren't you?

trboaccord - 1/3/2020 1:03:23 PM

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hyundai cant make a decent or even good looking car to save its life and now they want to do something they will never be able to do... HAHAHAHAHA

MDarringer - 1/3/2020 1:32:58 PM

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The evidence refutes you.

valhallakey - 1/3/2020 4:28:17 PM

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Good for Hyundai. Smart move pulling over Albert from BMW as it adds some credibility out of the gate. They do need to temper expectations as I doubt they will steal sales from Porsche for quite some time. But start that journey today!