Hyundai Motorsport unveils the new Elantra N TCR

Hyundai became the first manufacturer to design and build three different models for TCR competition. 
Today Hyundai Motorsport revealed the Elantra N TCR, a new addition to its range of TCR-specification packages offered to customer teams. The new racing car was unveiled at Beijing Motor Show following a busy first three months of testing, during which it completed 5,000km of running.
In line with the TCR regulations the Elantra N TCR is front-wheel drive and is powered by a two-litre turbocharged engine derived from a brand-new base engine taken from Hyundai’s family of road-going models. The car will share the same six-speed, paddle-shift operated gearbox as the other Hyundai TCR designs, the i30 N and Veloster N.
After a first test in June development of the Elantra N TCR is well underway. 
Testing with the car will continue in the coming months, with the first chassis to be delivered to customers before the end of 2020.

Hyundai Motorsport Team Principal Andrea Adamo said: “After three months of testing and development work I am very happy to finally be able to reveal the Elantra N TCR to the world. By starting with a clean sheet of paper the Customer Racing department designers and engineers have been able to take advantage of the opportunity to further improve all-round performance of the car, as well as use all of the knowledge and experience gained from two years of racing with the i30 N TCR and Veloster N TCR.” 
Gabriele Tarquini said: “As a driver the Elantra N TCR felt very nice, even from the first tests. I’ve already been able to complete a lot of laps in the car in testing, driving both the sprint and endurance versions, which are being developed together and we were able achieve good progress in developing the new car from the start. There are lots of small changes which customer teams and drivers will really appreciate, such as improvements in the steering system over the previous cars. Clearly the Elantra N TCR is much bigger, but the handling means that behind the wheel you cannot notice the difference.”

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