Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Hyundai plans to launch a compact sports coupe

The new coupe can be done on the basis of the concept PassoCorto, which was presented at the Geneva Motor Show in early 2014 




The car will be ideologically similar to the model Coupé / Tiburon, Removing of production in 2009, but it will not be a full-fledged successor bygone model. 


Worked on the project PassoCorto group of students from the Italian branch of the European Institute of Design in Turin. The car turned a compact and lightweight. Its length is only 4 meters, width - 1.87 m, wheelbase and altogether is 2.45 meters, which, according to the designers, will add more sports car maneuverability. 


The prototype Hyundai PassoCorto mounted 1.6-liter 4-cylinder engine with two turbines, which develops 270 horsepower. When the mass of the car to 840 kilograms Hyundai PassoCorto should show good momentum. Though, whether there will be similar characteristics in the production model is not yet known.


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