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Hyundai Motor and Toyota Motor Corporation to Jointly Host 'Hyundai N x TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Festival' in Korea
Euisun Chung , Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair, will also attend the special event and will be joined by Akio Toyoda , Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation, who often engages in driver activities under the name of 'Morizo'.
Hyundai N will showcase rally cars from its successful World Rally Championship (WRC) program, including the i20 N Rally 1 Hybrid and i20 N Rally 2, driven by Hyundai Motorsport WRC drivers Thierry Neuville , Dani Sordo , and Andreas Mikkelsen . Hyundai's TCR drivers Norbert Mischelisz, and Mikel Azcona will drive Hyundai N's production car lineup, including the IONIQ 5 N and Elantra N models.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will present its GR YARIS Rally 1 Hybrid, GR Yaris Rally 2, GR Supra, and GR86, as well as other rally cars and high-performance models. Current Toyota WRC driver Takamoto Katsuta,
Jari-Matti Latvala of the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team principal, and Takamoto Katsuta's father, nine-time Japan Rally Champion
Norihiko Katsuta , are set to participate as Toyota drivers.
In a nod towards the future of motorsport, the festival will also showcase future-oriented prototypes, such as Hyundai Motor's IONIQ 5 N Drift Spec and hydrogen-powered N Vision 74, as well as the Pikes Peak record-holding IONIQ 5 N TA Spec. Toyota will showcase TOYOTA GAZOO Racing's hydrogen combustion engine AE86 H2 Concept based on the Sprinter Trueno and the liquid hydrogen-powered GR Corolla.
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