Green powerhouse: Hydrogen-fuelled Hyundai N 74 Vision supercar primed for 2026 debut
The wild Hyundai N 74 Vision concept will be produced after all, say two respected Korean sources who both claim the hydrogen-fuelled retro supercar will enter limited production in 2026.
According to two Korean news outlets, Hyundai is hatching top-secret plans to make just 200 of its Hyundai N 74 Vision supercars, over two years from the middle of 2026.
First revealed as a concept back in 2022, there has been persistent rumours that Hyundai would make the 1974 Hyundai Pony Coupe-inspired flagship in a dramatic bid to show off the maturity of its hydrogen knowhow, and now, according to The Korea Economic Daily, those whispers might be true.
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“We were notified that the group plans to start mass production of the N74 in June 2026 with a schedule to manufacture only 100 units annually for two years”, reported the newswire after speaking to a supplier for the Korean car-maker.
Adding credibility to the reports, Korean website Hankyung announced that production was going ahead under the N74 codename, with Hyundai now keen to offer a select bunch of owners the opportunity to snap up the world’s first hydrogen-powered supercar in 2026.
Hankyung went on to confirm a prototype version of the Hyundai N74 would be completed this August ahead of performance verification.
Fuelling speculation, the Korean supercar might be offered in Australia the ‘Hyundai N74’ nameplate has already been trademarked in Australia back in September 2023.
When it arrives, it’s been tipped that the N74 concept will combine dual-motors mounted on the rear axle with a 62.4kWh lithium-ion battery, a fuel-cell stack and a small hydrogen fuel tank, with the hydrogen part of the powertrain kicking in at higher speeds.
While the concept produced a combined 500kW and 900Nm of torque, for the production version engineers will reportedly up the ante and offer 578kW and even more torque.
That should see the concept’s zero to 100km/h sprint of 3.0 seconds drop by at least a couple of tenths, making the N74 one of the fastest zero-emission supercars out there, although we don’t expect it to trouble the 1.8-ish seconds it takes for the Rimac Nevera to hit 100km/h from rest.
It’s also tipped to offer a range of 600km and super-quick refills – if you can find a hydrogen-filling station.
Considering the limited 200-run of cars you might think that Hyundai could be tempted to charge a healthy premium for each N74 it produces, and you’d unfortunately be right. The Korean media outlets all forecast that when it makes its debut in 2026 the world’s first (and only) hydrogen-powered supercar will cost around 500 million won ($A550,000).
