The Elantra N TCR was unveiled by Hyundai Motorsport in September 2020, before which it took part in an intensive test program for three months. With the help of Gabriele Tarquini, among others, ran 5,000 km (3,100 mi). both longer competition packages were developed in parallel.[2] Spy photos of the events were also leaked.[3]
The car is equipped with front-wheel drive and a two-liter turbocharged engine in accordance with the TCR rules, which came from the base engine of the then-completely new Hyundai Elantra. It has the same six-speed transmission with shift paddles as the previous two Hyundai TCR models and was officially unveiled at Auto China.[4] Hyundai Motorsport said the project started with a completely blank sheet of paper, allowing designers and engineers in the Customer Racing department to take full advantage of Elantra's stable, high-performance chassis and limousine body to optimize design - its predecessors were sloping. To create the best competitive package, they were able to leverage the experience of more than two years of racing customers of the i30 N TCR and Veloster N TCR, while taking advantage of opportunities to upgrade their existing car wherever possible.[2]
