Hyundai Motor Company has gone back to the future by creating a retro-modern reconstruction of the first-generation Pony light-car which was produced from 1975 to 1982.
According to Hyundai, the first-generation Pony was South Korea’s first mass-produced and exported vehicle.
It was imported into New Zealand by the Giltrap Group, alongside the Hyundai Stellar mid-sized sedan.
The Pony’s exterior design was conceived by Italian automotive designer Giorgetto Giugiaro.
Featured at the Hyundai Motorstudio Busan in South Korea as part of its ‘Reflections in Motion’ exhibition, from April 8 through June 27, the Heritage Series Pony combines legacy design features with modern touches to offer a glimpse of the future says the manufacturer.
The Heritage Series Pony’s exterior is finished in matte silver. Notable features include camera-based, fender-mounted exterior mirrors to the fore of the windshield, pixelated round headlights and U-shaped taillights made of LED lights.
The pixelated round headlights and U-shaped taillights embody the company’s ‘Pixel Road Trip’ design approach that incorporates pixels and eight-bit graphics also utilised in the IONIQ 5 and 45 concept car.
The interior boasts modern accoutrements, including doors made of premium materials that exude a classic feel, a modern lighting system, a speed-gauging instrument panel made of lighted vacuum tubes as well as other stylishly retrofitted design elements.
It also contains future-oriented elements. The digital touch transmission, cradle space for mobile phone and voice-activated steering wheel conveys a modern sensibility that will catch people by surprise.
The ‘Reflections in Motion’ exhibition invites visitors to explore and reflect on the interactive relationships between time and design as well as technology and styling, with various featured installations underscoring Hyundai Motor’s vision centred on enabling ‘Progress for Humanity’.
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