TCR World and life

5 WITH I30, VELOSTER AND ELANTRA, THE KOREAN BRAND IS THE FIRST TO BUILD DIFFERENT TCR CARS FOR DIFFERENT MARKETS ringcartrinity Hyundai Motorsport’s new Elantra N TCR has already been a big hit in 2021. The new sedan TCR car is a strong seller and a title contender in WTCR, TCR Europe, and the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series – with 21 cars already sold, after being announced just over a year ago. Hyundai is the first manufacturer to produce a series of different cars for its customer racing programmes. While CUPRA, Honda, and Audi have all developed new cars, they’ve all been second-generation models of their respective racers, Hyundai has market specific cars across its range, first with the European-focussed i30 N TCR, then the US-ready Veloster, and now a racing version of the more widely available Elantra. The car is not just a booted i30 however. The Hyundai Motorsport team has taken what it’s learned over four years with the successful hatchback and put that all into the new Elantra. Already a four-time race winner in WTCR, the Elantra’s an aggressive looking race car, and was already out on track before the roadgoing version of the Elantra N, which is expected to be a popular seller in the United States and Asia.