At the ‘Car Design Event 2025’ in Munich, a special Hyundai was present. This Hyundai Obsidian is the creation of a group of students who have looked closely at another example.
It’s not easy these days to come up with a car design that largely leaves the familiar as it is. We found the particularly strikingly designed Honda 0 Saloon somewhat reminiscent of Lamborghini, while this Hyundai Obsidian, in turn, is almost a copy of that Honda. At least, it looks strikingly like the study model from the front, which was already a harbinger of it in early 2024.
The Hyundai, which undoubtedly owes its name to the shade of black in which it is painted, is according to Hyundai a creation of a student from the Munich University of Applied Sciences. The plagiarism check doesn’t seem to be entirely in order there. It is, however, no more than a design study, and you shouldn’t assume that Hyundai will do anything very concrete with it. Given the not entirely justified H on the nose, it seems better not to.