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Khyzyl Saleem stretched Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 N into a Group B-inspired rally car that looks ready to leave the tarmac and start hunting special stages. Saleem produced the renders for Hyundai USA as a follow-up to last month’s Baja Santa Fe concept, packing the already angular N hatch with period-correct 1980s rally aggression and a bodykit that completely changes its proportions.
Saleem rebuilt the nose around a deep carbon-fiber splitter that extends well forward, and he put more LED lighting across a massively vented hood. Ultra-wide fender extensions flare out over the wheels and conceal cooling intakes designed to feed whatever powertrain is housed behind the cabin. Those arches transform the relatively tall manufacturing IONIQ 5 N into a low, planted machine that Saleem calls huge.
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Flying buttresses rise from the back fenders to reach the C-pillars, resembling the Lancia Delta S4. IONIQ 5’s greenhouse already had subtle Delta proportions, so the additional building feels like a logical expansion rather than decoration. Lexan windows and a visible roll cage complete the particular stage treatment.
The main version’s tail features a massive rear wing and matching diffuser. Saleem also created a second take with a smaller wing and bronze paint, which looks like a road-legal homologation special. Both are mounted on five-spoke black alloy wheels. A third Instagram set features a wingless black treatment that Saleem refers to as Birmingham spec, a cleaner look he prefers.
Saleem favors the idea of running a roaring turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder from Hyundai’s current WRC i20 N Rally1 cars, positioned midship if packaging allows. A rotary is his second preference. Current Rally1 rules limit that turbo four to around 375 horsepower after the hybrid system is removed, which is far less than the 641 horsepower previously produced by the stock dual-motor Ioniq 5 N. Hyundai never competed in Group B, but has raced in the WRC since the Accent program in 2000, winning manufacturers’ titles with the i20 in 2019 and 2020, and a drivers’ title with Thierry Neuville in 2025.
Saleem created the concept using 3ds Max and Corona. For the time being, the Group B IONIQ 5 N remains on screen, but the widebody stance and period features create a compelling case for what a Hyundai rally monster from that era may have looked like.
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