New Trademark Suggests Hyundai N Vision 74 Is Going To Production

A trademark application first discovered by a user on the7thMustang forum, of all places, has revealed that Hyundai has filed to protect the 'N 74' name. Since automakers tend to use the Vision name to identify concepts, dropping this part of the name suggests that the concept car revealed as theN Vision 74will be coming as a production car, and this is good news.

The N Vision 74 is a hydrogen fuel cell hybrid that draws design influence from theHyundai Pony Coupe conceptof 1974, and its retro design combined with forward-thinking powertrain technology made it a hit. Despite this, Hyundai has been umming and ahhing about bringing it to production, likely because it's not yet sure how successful theIoniq 5 Nwill be.

In February of this year, we learned thatsenior Hyundai officials were very excitedabout the prospect of bringing the car to market. Then, in May, we started hearing rumors that the vehicle wouldsee production as a modern Pony Coupe. A few days later, weheard contrarian reports. Another few days later, Hyundai Chief Creative Officer Luc Donckerwolke said that Hyundai isserious about making the concept car a reality.

But now that a trademark for the N 74 name has been filed, it seems almost guaranteed that the edgy design will make it to public roads someday soon.