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N Brand Hyundai Motor and Toyota Motor Corporation to Jointly Host ‘Hyundai N x TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Festival’ in Korea
N Brand Hyundai Motor and Toyota Motor Corporation to Jointly Host ‘Hyundai N x TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Festival’ in Korea
N Brand Hyundai Motor and Toyota Motor Corporation to Jointly Host ‘Hyundai N x TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Festival’ in Korea
N Brand Hyundai Motor and Toyota Motor Corporation to Jointly Host ‘Hyundai N x TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Festival’ in Korea
N Brand Hyundai Motor and Toyota Motor Corporation to Jointly Host ‘Hyundai N x TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Festival’ in Korea
Hyundai Motor and Toyota Motor Corporation to Jointly Host ‘Hyundai N x TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Festival’ in Korea
SEOUL, October 8, 2024 – Hyundai Motor Company, in collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation, announced today the brands will host a unique motorsport event, the ‘Hyundai N x TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Festival’.
Scheduled for October 27, 2024 at the Everland Speedway in Yong-in, South Korea, the event represents the inaugural collaboration between Hyundai N and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing in Korea. It aims to showcase high-performance models and racing cars from both companies, while also providing Korean fans with unparalleled opportunities to experience the thrilling world of motorsport.
Hyundai Motor Company and Toyota Motor Corporation will host a ‘Track Day’ event where customers can immerse themselves in high-performance culture and witness Hyundai N and Toyota GR vehicles in action.
The highlight of the event will be a thrilling demo drive, reminiscent of an actual rally, featuring racing cars and professional drivers from each company’s World Rally Team. Customers can also experience the performance of these competition vehicles firsthand through a unique test ride. This special collaboration aims to propel Korean motorsport culture to new heights.
Euisun Chung, Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair, will attend the special event and will be joined by Akio Toyoda, Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation, who often engages in driver activities under the name of ‘Morizo’.
Hyundai N will showcase rally cars from its successful World Rally Championship (WRC) program, including the i20 N Rally 1 Hybrid and i20 N Rally 2, driven by Hyundai Motorsport WRC drivers Thierry Neuville, Dani Sordo, and Andreas Mikkelsen. Hyundai’s TCR drivers Norbert Mischelisz, and Mikel Azcona will drive Hyundai N’s production car lineup, including the IONIQ 5 N and ELANTRA N models.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will present its GR YARIS Rally 1 Hybrid, GR Yaris Rally 2, GR Supra, and GR86, as well as other rally cars and high-performance models. Current Toyota WRC driver Takamoto Katsuta, Jari-Matti Latvala of the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team principal, and Takamoto Katsuta’s father, nine-time Japan Rally Champion Norihiko Katsuta, are set to participate as Toyota drivers.
In a nod towards the future of motorsport, the festival will also showcase future-oriented prototypes, such as Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 5 N Drift Spec and hydrogen-powered N Vision 74, as well as the Pikes Peak record-holding IONIQ 5 N TA Spec.
Toyota will showcase TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s hydrogen combustion engine AE86 H2 Concept based on the Sprinter Trueno, which was presented Japanese animation Initial D, and the liquid hydrogen-powered GR Corolla, powered by liquid hydrogen to show Toyota Motor’s multi-pathway approach, offering a wide range of electrification options to meet the diverse needs of their customers.
We are excited to welcome the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing team, our competitors in the WRC, to Korea. This event will emphasize the fierce competition and friendship that coexist in motorsport and is an opportunity to demonstrate the pure passion for cars shared by both Hyundai and Toyota, as well as our commitment to further expand motorsport culture in the future.
Executive Vice President, Global Operations Division
Both brands will come together to celebrate the spirit of competition at the Everland Speedway in Yong-in.
We’re glad that Hyundai N and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing, which are competitors in world motorsport, are working together to create an opportunity to enjoy car culture beyond motorsport. Toyota remains committed to furthering and strengthening motorsports culture.
CEO and President of Toyota Motor Korea
For more than 20 years Hyundai Motor has sponsored and held various competitions to help develop motorsport in Korea, including the Hyundai Click Speed Festival (2003-2010), the Korea Speed Festival (2011-2018) and the Hyundai N Festival (2019-2018).
Please visit the ‘Hyundai N x TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’ website(https://www.hn-tgr-festival.com) and Hyundai N and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s official social media channels for more information.
Sooho Jung
sooho.jung@hyundai.com
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