- Wild Concept will attract crowds to Seoul Mobility Show
- Aggressive bodywork and sporting intention of hydraulic handbrake
- Could it be a more affordable alternative to the Renault 5 Turbo 3rd?
Hyundai unveiled his latest conceptal concept that attracts attention and it is so wild, we had to check with a public relations representative to ensure that it was not a kind of April Fool’s Game.
Inspired a lot from retro video games, Instteroid is, as its name suggests, an Inster diminutive on, ERM, steroids. But rather than strengthening it with a raised driving height and a roof grid like the cross variant, Insteroid takes things in a sporting direction and the search for thrills.
The bodywork, for example, sharing elements with the vision n vision 74, just as wild and fueled by hydrogen, with an extra-high-world position, “optimized” wheels and an impressive rear wing, you could with pleasure a Korean fried chicken bucket from the local car meeting.
Hyundai Insteroid Ev Concept-Cart pumping the beats pic.twitter.com/irdjhzkosApril 1, 2025
Inside, it is an interesting mixture of racy bucket seats, a roller cage and a steering wheel inspired by the track and an adjustable column. Hyundai says that each element of stripped cockpit is fully adjustable and that the images show that the group of retro-futuistic instruments, which seems to have been designed by teenage engineering, can be adapted and adjusted according to the individual.
According to Simon Loasby, main vice-president and head of the Hyundai Design Center, he also offers “immersive sound experience” which not only comes to life when led, but can also start the party when it is stationary.
This is helped by an integrated “Beat House” audio system and a grid of pixelated messages neat on the lower bumper which acts as a digital ticker for the dissemination of messages to the outside world. Alternatively, he can display an interactive graphical equalizer when pumping the air.
Compact hot hatches are back under the spotlight
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Although the Insteroid is a concept -ship concept for the moment, it gives a good indication of what a small hot and affordable hot hatch might look like – something that fills the void left by Volkswagen in place! GTI and the famous Renault Twingo RS, for example.
Speaking of Renault, the French brand has also explored what is possible with electric motors and batteries, pushing its latest Renault 5 to extremes with its recently unveiled Turbo 3 model. Although most predict, it will cost the same as most modern supercars.
Insteroid has a similar hydraulic handbrake and an interior inspired by the game that Renault made its debut on its 2022 turbo R5 Drifting R5, but shrinks in an even smaller package and, if it went to the more affordable and watered performance production borrowed from the excellent Hyundai Ioniq 5 N.
Be that as it may, whether it never goes to exhibition halls or not, Instiloid is the kind of concept car that electric vehicles are desperately needing at the moment.
Wild conceptions, innovative characteristics and a promise of sparkling electrical performance are things that have the potential to make people speak and the next generation really enthusiastic about the future of driving.
In addition, he draws from a young person who is currently celebrating the Maximum power era of unpleasant sound systems, Fast and FuriousStyle and wider car adjustment culture lighting. The 90s are so right now, just press Instagram for proof.
If Hyundai avoids the expensive wheel engines of Renault’s Turbo 3rd and borrows some of the most affordable elements of the Ioniq 5 N, we could have our first electric electric hatch respectful of the wallets in a high performance Institer variant.
It can then be to the owner, whether or not they want to adapt to an audio-special-special system in the trunk.
