Whatever car this top secret project between Croatian entrepreneur Mate Rimac and car giant Hyundai is set to produce in the end, the fruit of the cooperation between the two will only be produced in a very limited series.
As Poslovni Dnevnik/VLM writes on the 17th of September, 2019, Hyundai is working on a limited-edition sports car with Mate Rimac, the US-based CarBuzz reported after speaking with the head of research and development at the huge Korean company.
Back in May this year, Hyundai and Kia announced plans to invest an enormous 80 million euros in this Croatian company based in Sveta Nedelja near Zagreb, and in return, they should receive assistance in developing at least two electric vehicles.
Dr. Albert Biermann said it was still too early to talk about the details, but he noted one thingm and that was what has already been mentioned. This top secret project with Mate Rimac will see the end result produced in a very limited series.
He also mentioned that he had recently visited Rimac’s headquarters in Croatia and that he was satisfied with their relationship, which he described as very fruitful.
”The level of technology with Rimac is very high. This is in line with our belief that nothing is impossible,” said Biermann.
According to earlier rumours, the Hyundai and Rimac sports car will be a production version of last year’s Genesis Essentia concept, but Biermann did not want to go into details when asked about the matter. He said they set a deadline for presenting the new car and were in no hurry because they wanted to do everything absolutely right.
“I can only tell everyone that they will be pleasantly surprised,” Biermann said encouragingly.
CarBuzz also writes that Hyundai is currently working on an RM20 electric race car with Rimac.
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