Hyundai Insteroid concept officially teased with Pac-Man ghosts

Hyundai has issued a much more revealing set of teaser images of a wacky concept car that’ll be revealed in full at the Seoul Mobility Show in early April. The Insteroid, as it will be called, is a rally-raid-inspired take on the cute Inster EV, full of aggressive design elements and funky detailing. 

The car is designed as a ‘dream reinterpretation’ of the Inster, and its name combines the production car’s name with Steroid; many of its unique design elements take inspiration from the gaming world. 

These include hugely widened wheelarches, 21-inch wheels, a huge rear spoiler and rear diffuser, plus the integration of Hyundai’s now trademark ‘pixel’ lighting elements. However, one of the more interesting elements is the introduction of a cute little graphic that looks to take inspiration from the Pac-Man Ghost. 

The graphics are found on various elements around the car, including on the high-mounted bright orange rear wing, on the window glass black-out zones, and other locations around the cabin. 

The most substantive detail in terms of the car’s focus is probably a racing car-like steering wheel that shows various controls including a Boost button and track modes. Given Hyundai’s association with high-performance EVs like the Ioniq 5 N and the incoming Ioniq 6 N, this suggests that this concept will be all-electric as well. 

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