View Photos of the Mid-Engine Hyundai RM19
The RM19 is a prototype, but Hyundai is very much working on a mid-engine performance car for production.
Hyundai is hard at work creating its first high-performance production car with its engine behind the driver. The turbocharged RM19 is the prototype, and it can be a handful on the race track. Read the full story here.
Powered by a 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder that develops at least 390 horsepower on pump gas, the RM19 is rear-wheel drive.
The RM19’s DOHC engine is mounted atop its control-arm rear suspension and bolted to a six-speed sequential gearbox with straight-cut gears.
The RM19 started life as a production Hyundai Veloster, with much of its bodywork and dashboard still intact.
Its interior is race-car rowdy, with racing seats, four-point harnesses, and a roll cage.
There is a clutch pedal, but it isn’t needed when shifting the sequential gearbox with the RM19’s carbon-fiber paddle shifters.
The RM19’s bumpers, fender flares, hood, and rear spoiler are made of carbon fiber. The car weighs about 3200 pounds.
Rolling stock consists of forged aluminum wheels and a chunky set of Pirelli P Zero summer tires, sized 245/30ZR-20 up front and 305/30ZR-20 in the rear.
Hyundai has tested the RM19 extensively at the Nürburgring and in a rolling-road wind tunnel.
A large turbocharger from a Mercedes-AMG A45 produces a maximum of 21.8 pounds of boost from 4000 rpm to 5500.
Two large side scoops feed the intercooler, which also has water sprayers for additional cooling. The engine breathes through a round hole in the bodywork behind the driver’s door.
Hyundai RM19
Hyundai RM19
Hyundai RM19
Hyundai RM19
Hyundai RM19
Hyundai RM19
Hyundai RM19
Hyundai RM19
Hyundai RM19
Hyundai RM19
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