Hyundai Reveals Art Work on New Tucson N Line | Hyundai N

21 March 2019 - Hyundai Motor is offering European customers a growing range of attractive N choices.

With the launch of the New Tucson N Line, customers have the chance to drive the brand’s first SUV with the sporty N look and feel. To mark the occasion, Hyundai enlisted German artist Andreas Preis to create the ‘Drive A Statement’ Project Tucson, a unique illustration on a New Tucson N Line.

The New Tucson N Line combines the popular design, safety, and comfort of Tucson with the motorsport-inspired dynamic styling and attitude of N Line. With its sportier, aggressive design elements, the model is aimed at people who want to "drive a statement" that is sophisticated, yet bold. It is a grown-up model for people who want more and are not afraid to ask for it.

For this special occasion, Hyundai chose to work with Andreas Preis as he is renowned for his multi-faceted works of art. He specialises in illustration, murals, and live paintings. Furthermore, he likes to draw and paint portraits of abstract shapes and ornaments through a range of different mediums, including paper, canvas, walls, and wood.

For the 'Drive A Statement' Project Tucson, Hyundai asked Preis to create a truly eye-catching design that turns the New Tucson N Line into a real statement, while emphasising the car's new features. It is inspired by Hyundai N's heritage, and takes many cues from motorsport, with references to corners, chicanes, curbs, and chequered flags, as well as the livery of Hyundai's i20 Coupe WRC and i30 N TCR models. The visual elements and lines also create a dynamic and fast look, especially along the sides of the car.

The base colour of the illustration is Engine Red, and the artist has utilised the N Line colour palette of black, white, red, and light blue. Preis' design highlights critical aspects of the model, such as its more aggressive and sporty front, which includes a new grille design, refined daytime running lights, and new black-bezel headlamps. It also draws attention to the car's elegant glossy black accents on the side mirrors and rear spoiler, as well as the dark alloy wheels and N Line badge. After designing the illustration, Preis transferred the work onto the car by hand with great attention to detail, with the whole production taking 72 hours of painting.

New Tucson N Line: a family SUV with Hyundai N sportiness

The Tucson N Line is the first Hyundai SUV with the sporty N Line look and feel. Available in three powertrain variants, the model provides customers with the option to choose a family-friendly vehicle that suits their daily driving needs.

The new trim features exterior and interior elements inspired by N, Hyundai's high-performance range. The dynamic design features on the two petrol models are complemented by refined chassis and suspension settings so that customers can experience a more sporty drive feel. In the interior, consumers can enjoy N-branded leather sport seats and a sport steering wheel. Other enhancements include alloy pedals and the leather-wrapped, red-accented N gear shift lever.

About Andreas Preis

The 'Drive A Statement' Project Tucson has been developed by Andreas Preis, a designer, illustrator, and artist who currently lives and works in Berlin. Born in the Bavarian Forest in 1984, he became fascinated with drawing and colours from an early age before going on to study communications design at Georg-Simon-Ohm University in Nuremberg. Preis has previously worked with a variety of brands, including Google, Nike, and Samsung.