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Our buddy Rich Truesdell over at
Automotive Traveler was out at one of his favorite spy shot locales and came across some
Hyundai prototypes under wraps. Among them was a hatchback that Rich initially figured was the new Accent. It turns out it's more likely the production version of the Hyundai HED-5 undergoing testing.
The
Elantra-based competitor for the
Mazda5 and the forthcoming
Ford Grand C-Max - was first shown as a
concept at the
Geneva Motor Show back in 2008, and then again in
Los Angeles where Hyundai quickly
confirmed it for production. Things got a bit quiet after that until February of this year when an alert reader sent us pics of a
cloaked version of the production microvan undergoing testing in Scandinavia.
The three-row space wagon shows signs that it will be blessed with Hyundai's new Fluidic Sculpture styling, a design language that we are finding very appealing, despite the kooky name. We're not sure what's under the hood, but Hyundai did mention its new 286-hp, 2.0-liter Theta Turbo GDI engine as a possibility when the concept was on the stand in
Los Angeles back in '08. That would certainly shake things up in this increasingly popular class, but such a powerful motor doesn't seem likely. However, were it to recceive the force-fed motor, who knows? It could singlehandedly force a business case for a Mazdaspeed5 as well. Hmmm.
Click on over to
Automotive Traveler for more pics of the cloaked Hyundai HED-5.
Gallery: Spy Shots: Hyundai HED-5
Gallery: Hyundai i-Mode concept
[Source:
Automotive Traveler]
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