Park Min Jun and Park Jeong Won, students from the Department of Automotive and Transportation Design at Kookmin University's College of Design, have won the Grand Prize at the ‘Hyundai Stella Restomod Design Competition’ held at Hyundai Motorstudio Seoul.

This competition, commemorating the 42nd anniversary of the launch of Hyundai Motor Company's iconic Stella model, centred on the theme of stylishly reinterpreting the Stella – one of the icons of Korean automotive history. The term ‘Restomod’ is a portmanteau of 'Restoration' and 'Modification', referring to the process of restoring a classic car while simultaneously incorporating modern interpretations, styling, and tuning to create a more refined, complete work of art.

This competition was jointly organised by Hyundai Motorstudio and the Erevo brand. The grand prize-winning ‘Stellar DTM’ project began with the question: “What if the Stella had been a high-performance saloon, based on a rear-wheel-drive platform, competing in the 1980s DTM races?” It was designed to convey a futuristic impression by applying Hyundai Motor's Seamless Horizon design language. Grand Prize winners Park Min Jun and Park Jeong Won shared their thoughts: “We are deeply honoured to have been selected for the Grand Prize. We feel a great sense of pride in having achieved further growth during the competition preparation process. The departmental courses over the past two years provided an excellent foundation for cultivating the ability to develop such a direction, and we are grateful to our professors for their excellent guidance.”

The exhibition of the winning entries from this competition will run until December at the Membership Lounge on the fifth floor of Hyundai Motorstudio Seoul, located on Dosan-daero.