Accent

In September 2003, Altaya launched the PRO collection, comprising 60 instalments and 6 cars: 4 supplied with the instalments and 2 exclusive to subscribers. Deliveries continued until January 2005. This Hyundai Accent had no lights and featured four-wheel drive powered by a double-ended motor and a guide with double pickup braids. Finished in silver and red, it carries race number 11, the names F. Loix and S. Smeets, and a Monte Carlo Rally decal. Altaya reproduced the car that competed in Monte Carlo in 2003.

The Hyundai Accent WRC was the first car with which the South Korean manufacturer officially competed in the World Rally Championship between 2002 and 2003, developed by MSD in the United Kingdom. It underwent three evolutions (WRC1, WRC2 and WRC3), progressively improving the suspension, aerodynamics and 2.0-litre turbocharged engine, although it never achieved a podium finish. It provided a technical and experiential foundation for Hyundai’s later triumphant return with the i20 WRC. In 2003, Freddy Loix and Sven Smeets competed in the Monte Carlo Rally in a Hyundai Accent WRC3 entered by the Hyundai World Rally Team. They retired on stage 9 following an accident. Altaya based its PRO collection model on this car.