Hyundai plans for ‘N’ range of performance cars for the Genesis brand.

It looks like Hyundai is locking horns with the bigger German boys as it announced its ‘N’ high performance models. These models will come under the preview of Genesis which is under the patronage of Hyundai.

Genesis plans to have their own range of high performance ’N’ models to compete with its German rivals. In fact, in an interview with Car Advice at the 2016 Detroit show, Albert Biermann – Hyundai’s recently-appointed head of vehicle test and high performance development, and ex BMW M division vice president of engineering – mentioned that the Genesis brand could include N models, stating: “N is a sub-brand and with N high performance cars we work for both brands – so you have to be ready for N versions for Hyundai and for Genesis.”

As if taunting BMW’s iconic M-division, Genesis’ N-branded high-performance models won’t be just high-powered variants of their regular cars, but fully-fledged, racetrack-going, high-performance cars, with more than one model planned: “More than one. We have a nice roadmap for the next five years working [for N] so there will be Genesis cars included.”

To top it off, the future models will apparently offer a sporty character to begin with, bringing a capable platform in the business (which could be the basis of the first N-branded Genesis vehicle), as Biermann continued: “The G70, that’s a whole new animal. You can expect some really nice handling cars. It’s a G70 but you can expect also some powerful G70 [models]. That platform is good for a lot of power.”

As if challenging the premium German car manufacturers on their home turf wasn’t enough, Hyundai’s newly-born standalone brand, Genesis, could have its very own line-up of high performance “N” models.

Source: Car Scoops