The Pony's shape started as a concept Italdesign built on its own, with no Hyundai involvement — Hyundai only asked to put its name on it right before the Turin Motor Show opened.
Median 56 hp across 96 similar cars
Lead trim: 1.2 Mitsubishi 4G36 (55 PS) · up to 67 hp
Hyundai Pony first generation1975–1982
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Nobody in Burbles has spotted a Hyundai Pony first generation yet. See one on the street, point the app at it, and the first card is yours — with your @handle permanently credited on this page.
FactThe Pony's shape started as a concept Italdesign built on its own, with no Hyundai involvement — Hyundai only asked to put its name on it right before the Turin Motor Show opened.
South Korea's first mass-produced and exported car, styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign and presented as a coupé concept at the Turin show in October 1974. Introduced in December 1975 as a four-door saloon, it added a coupé-utility "pickup" in May 1976 and an estate in April 1977. Hyundai hired former British Leyland engineers (George Turnbull, hired in 1974 after his time at Austin and Morris) and used Mitsubishi engines and Lancer-derived platform, with parts from the licence-built Ford Cortina. Exports began in 1976 to Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Egypt and reached Belgium and the Netherlands in 1979.
Collectors Spotted in the Hyundai Pony Lineage
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Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 Mitsubishi 4G36 (55 PS) | 1975–1982 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 54 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1.4 Mitsubishi 4G33 (68 PS) | 1975–1982 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 67 hp | 82 lb-ft | 15.3 s | RWD | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
Hyundai expected to sell 5,000 Pony IIs in Canada for 1984. It sold 25,123 — five times the forecast, and enough to make the budget hatchback one of the country's top sellers.
The Pony's shape started as a concept Italdesign built on its own, with no Hyundai involvement — Hyundai only asked to put its name on it right before the Turin Motor Show opened.
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