The real joke is that Hyundai isn’t building this N Roadster

Welcome to Hyundai’s idea of an April Fool’s Day prank—teasing us with a car we want very much, but no matter how often we ask, it simply will not build. Not cool, guys. Don’t be joking about things like this.

PHOTO: Yeonjoon Park

The renders up top are the work of Korean designer Yeonjoon Park. Shared by the N Division’s official Australian Facebook page on April 1st, it’s an entirely speculative take on what a two-seat, rear-drive Hyundai roadster might look like. Park says it would use a six-speed manual transmission, and a 250hp 2.0-liter engine it would presumably share with the i30N. We like it a lot, bar the tacked-on spoiler, and from the comments N is getting on the original post, it looks like you do, too. Reminds us of a beefier Daihatsu Copen, and that’s just fine.

It’s common knowledge N is working on a bespoke ‘halo’ car—not another warmed-over version of one of the brand’s existing models (like the nevertheless tremendous i30N), but a bespoke, ground-up performance car. We’d legit be pretty pleased if it turned out this was it, though the chances are slim to nonexistent. Boo. Good as the MX-5 is, the world needs more cars like this

PHOTO: Yeonjoon Park

Anyway...what do you think? Should N suck it up, get its credit card out, and give Mazda something to think about?

PHOTO: Yeonjoon Park

PHOTO: Yeonjoon Park

PHOTO: Yeonjoon Park

PHOTO: Yeonjoon Park

NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.