Hyundai's green debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Hyundai will have its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed from the 11th –13th July in the ‘Green technology of tomorrow’ pavilion.

Hyundai has just been announced as the fifth largest automaker with the Hyundai-Kia group by Automotive News’s 2008 Global Market Data Book. There couldn’t be a more significant event to celebrate this news than at the worlds’ greatest celebration of automotive culture.

For the first time in the UK the Concept QarmaQ and i-Mode will be showcasing, only previously being on display at International Motor Shows.

Thanks to extensive use of advanced materials, QarmaQ is 60 kg lighter than a comparable vehicle made with traditional materials. The vehicle would require 80 fewer litres of fuel per year, and would cut annual greenhouse gas emissions by more than 200 kg.

The QarmaQ is designed and engineered in close cooperation with GE Plastics. The QarmaQ develops and validates over 30 key technologies, which will be selectively incorporated into future Hyundai production models.

The i-Mode (HED-5) is a combination of visionary styling with future technologies and advanced eco-dynamics. It has a 6-seater monocab that incorporates high-tech materials, a world premiere seating concept and a state of the art entertainment system.

The i-Mode is an innovatively styled and eco-friendly. The materials used are lighter and more adaptable than the metal and glass they replace. This, in combination with a lightweight body construction, reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Self-healing water based bodywork finishes add to the environmentally friendly concept of the vehicle and even let minor scratches magically disappear by themselves.

Source: http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/14-07-08_3?
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