00:07If I have any spare time, it doesn't matter in the morning, during lunchtime, at the weekend,
00:12you find me behind the wheel. I am a strong believer vehicle dynamics happens not by
00:19accident. It's crafted, it's refined. The only way to figure that out is let's go behind the wheel.
00:27My name is Manfred Haran. I am shaping the global lineup of HMG. And this is a tremendous
00:35responsibility and I take this responsibility personal. I did my PhD in vehicle dynamics and
00:54especially steering feel matters most for me. The steering feel stands for the connection
00:59between the driver and the machine and really in a fortunate position to make the right decisions
01:05on the vehicle, on the component level to figure out the best way to bring this feel across
01:10to our customers.
01:14I am an engineer at heart and driving dynamics are not only numbers. Driving dynamics is
01:19about the feel, about the perception of the car and every detail matters. It doesn't matter
01:24seating position, NVH. Is it the right quality? Is the steering feel? And how is it orchestrated?
01:31And even a short drive to this coffee shop here helps a lot to figure that out.
01:40You know, vehicle dynamics, the first thing is to get the fundamentals right. I am encouraging
01:44my whole team really to think through that and understand these fundamentals and basics.
01:50And it doesn't matter, is it an experienced engineer or is it a colleague working in an electronic
01:55ADAS environment. But they must understand what we want to achieve with the vehicle, the philosophy
02:04behind it.
02:05Starting with the 5N, our goal for the Hyundai 6N was to improve the vehicle performance,
02:12the vehicle dynamic even further, but also keep our level of driving comfort for the daily
02:18use of the car. We made a lot of small changes, but these changes are matters. It's a replacement
02:24of stroke sensing damper. It's revising the chassis kinematic. It's a new calibration of our torque
02:31vectoring system and the steering system. But these tweaks compose this new philosophy to
02:37improve the track performance of the 6N, but also keep our right comfort level for the daily
02:42drive.
02:44I am more than lucky to have access to world-class facilities. We have a racetrack here in Namyang,
02:50in South Korea, and we also can use the Nürburgring, the most demanding racetrack on earth in Germany.
02:56And as you maybe know, N stands for these both famous tracks. You need access to such kind of
03:02infrastructure to test high performance cars like the 6N with almost 650 horsepower.
03:09But in an early morning like today, I'm not chasing for lap time. I'm relaxing and enjoying the scenery.
03:15Most people don't know outside Seoul and the beautiful, lovely roads you can use.
03:20Also great coffee shops like here. Sitting here, grab a cup of coffee, thinking about challenges ahead of me.
03:27The best thing to start a morning.
03:32I think there was never been a more exciting time to be an automotive engineer.
03:38AI impacting our development processes or the ongoing transition to electrification.
03:45This is amazing. Or working on performance cars like the Hyundai 6N.
03:50But there's one thing I really want to highlight is driving pleasure matters most.
03:55To figure out if we nailed it, get up early and go behind the wheel.
04:21We'll find the area now.
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