Hyundai Motorsport HQ opens, readies for 2014 WRC

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It’s shaping up to be a busy time for Hyundai in Europe – the company’s vehicle test centre at the Nürburgring is set to open in August, and its motorsports division has just inaugurated its new headquarters in Germany. The 8,200m² building is home to the brand’s World Rally Championship team, which is set to compete in the championship from 2014, with the i20 WRC its challenger.

The Hyundai Motorsport GmbH facility in Alzenau, 30 km east of Frankfurt, started full operation at the beginning of 2013, and employs 50 WRC specialists from 11 nations. It’s relatively close by to the Hyundai European Technical and Design Centre located at Russelsheim and the Hyundai Motor Europe office at Offenbach.

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Anthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap. Having spent more than a decade and a half with an English tabloid daily never being able to grasp the meaning of brevity or being succinct, he wags his tail furiously at the idea of waffling - in greater detail - about cars and all their intrinsic peculiarities here.

 

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  • neemfa on Jun 17, 2013 at 2:06 pm

    Hyundai is going all out.. once they sort out the handling, they are in the game.

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    • namanama on Jun 17, 2013 at 3:57 pm

      Agree but only for europe.

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      • neemfa on Jun 17, 2013 at 4:25 pm

        They’ll learn a trick or two during the race development stage.. then implement them in the production cars..

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  • flat_tire on Jun 17, 2013 at 7:39 pm

    Hyundai see.. Hyundai do..

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  • Jitkaram on Jun 18, 2013 at 7:54 am

    Come on Proton prove your CFE engine on WRC Rally…stop wasting time at APRC, IRC rally…VW, Hyundai already joined WRC, Proton bila lagi…??? Oh no bajet kah…kesian

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  • Norman on Jun 22, 2013 at 4:10 am

    First of all they got the govt full backing and cash,Secondly their people is patriotic enough to push where they’re now.Thirdly they aren’t stingy to fit the latest gadgets into their vehicles..If Proton can achieve 75% of this then can talk about WRC.

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