Meet the Hyundai Kona that"s an 800bhp electric rally car

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"There"s sporting heart behind this I want cars to be loud and spectacular." That"s what WRC driver Hayden Paddon told Top Gear when we asked about what we can expect from the dramatic-looking Hyundai Kona rally car his team"s working on. Rally cars often sound good, of course, all pops, crackles and anti-lag. This one will be entirely electric powered, but Paddon promises it"ll still make a noise worth listening to. We ask what kind of noise. "You"ll find out next year! It"s something we"re currently working on." The Kona - just a model in these pictures - is being developed alongside Hyundai New Zealand in Paddon"s homeland, with the assistance of the University of Canterbury, Yes Power and Stard, an Austrian racing team that"s been working on electric rallycross cars.

Date written: 28 Aug 2019

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