Tråd: Hyundais få beskidte

Gnid dine øjne. Ja, det er en Hyundai skyhøje gennem luften.

Gnid dine øjne og ser igen. Ja, det er en Hyundai Veloster skyhøje gennem luften på hvad ser ud til at være en rally course.

Gnid dine øjne og ser en sidste gang. Ja, det er et rally-prepped Hyundai Veloster skyhøje gennem luften på hvad ser ud til at være en rally course.

Fra den fotografiske mundfuld sendt til os af koreanere – og nej, ligner ikke fra Calvin Kim eller I – Hyundai theyre kommer til at indtaste U. S. rally strejftog via Rally Americas Championship og Rallicross konkurrencer. Og at dømme efter den store Red Bull på passagerdøren og OEs tidligere engagement i drifting, driveren er mest sandsynligt vil være Rhys Millen, spekulerer fra ø tilstødende Down Under.

Newzealænderen, af off-road rally, og IMSA slægt, er ikke fremmed for snavs-Rhys selv har konkurreret i år i Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, kæmper en prototype Hyundai i Ubegrænset klasse sidste år.

Mens oplysninger er mangelfulde, som af endnu, Hyundai vil afsløre sin fulde rally planer i 2011 Chicago Auto Show, onsdag, februar 9, 9:45. m. Central time.

Rub your eyes. Yes, its a Hyundai soaring through the air.

Rub your eyes and look again. Yes, its a Hyundai Veloster soaring through the air on what looks to be a rally course.

Rub your eyes and look one last time. Yes, its a rally-prepped Hyundai Veloster soaring through the air on what looks to be a rally course.

From the photographic morsel sent to us by the Koreans – and no, not from Calvin Kim or I – Hyundai looks like theyre going to enter the U. S. rally foray via Rally Americas Championship and Rallicross competitions. And judging from the huge Red Bull on the passenger door and the OEs past involvement in drifting, the driver is most likely going to be Rhys Millen, the wonder from island neighboring Down Under.

The New Zealander, of the off-road, rally, and IMSA lineage, is no stranger to dirt—Rhys himself has competed for years in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, campaigning a prototype Hyundai in the Unlimited class last year.

While details are sketchy as of yet, Hyundai will reveal its full rally plans at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show, Wednesday, February 9 at 9:45 a. m. Central time.