Just Launched, Hyundai Plans To Present A Sporty Variant From Inster

Hyundai Inster. (Doc. Hyundai Motor Group)

JAKARTA - Not long ago, Hyundai officially launched the Inster model as an electric vehicle (EV) at affordable prices. In fact, this South Korean manufacturer plans to add to the model line in sports.

Reporting from Drive, Saturday, June 29, Hyundai opens the possibility to build Inster in the N Line version. This means that the tiny EV will be changed to more sporty than the standard version.

However, the possibility of being presented in the form of an Inster N is very small considering that the car is based on an Nepalese gasoline engine and has affordable batteries that are not designed for high performance. However, Hyundai Motor Director of Product and Pricing Raf Van Nuffel said that his party would discuss further the presence of another version of Inster.

"Another version, maybe we can talk about it in the future," said Van Nuffel. Meanwhile, Hyundai N Technical Advisor Albert Biemann, said that being presented high-performance vehicles in affordable electric cars was not possible.

"Will Hyundai N, who has racing track skills, present EVs with cheap batteries? That won't happen. We need the best batteries to buy with money in mass production," said Biermann.

Thus, the most likely thing is that Hyundai presents the N Line version, which is to have an exterior look more sporting but not change in terms of performance. Meanwhile, version N is a high-performance vehicle line owned by this brand. Hyundai has successfully presented Ioniq 5 N which was launched globally in the middle of last year and successfully stole the public's attention thanks to its performance and reliability.

Returning to Inster, this model is offered in two variants of powertrain, namely with 71.1 kW of power in the basic variant and 84.5 kW in the long-range type. Both are offered with 147 Nm of torque.

Regarding the distance, Inster has a 42 kWh battery at the base type and 49 kWh in the Long Range type. Thus, this model offers a distance of up to 355 km according to WLTP on the Long Range type with an energy consumption of 15.3 kWh/100 km. This compact-sized model has the ability to charge with a DC fast-charger of 120 kW from 10 to 80 percent in 30 minutes. Hyundai Inster is also compatible with onboard charging of 11 kW AC.

This tiny car will be launched for the first time in Korea this summer, followed by Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Further specifications will be announced ahead of its sales.