If you thought Hyundai wasn't serious about building some incredible high-performance hardware, you might want to check those thoughts at the door. The Korean automaker has poached yet another engineer from BMW's M performance brand, appointing him head of a newly created High Performance Vehicle & Motorsport Division within the company. Thomas Schemera will be responsible for strategy, product planning, sales, and marketing of Hyundai's bonkers future sports cars.

Fresh off revealing the new Hyundai Veloster N at the 2018 North America International Auto Show, the Korean automaker isn't content to bask in the hot hatchback's cool blue glow. Before joining Hyundai, Schemera was Head of BMW M and BMW Individual in the Americas. He'd been with BMW since 1987, practically making him a roundel lifer before the jump to the South Korean-based automaker. Schemera isn't the first M engineer to jump ship to Hyundai. Schemera's boss, Albert Biermann, is also a BMW M veteran who moved to the Korean automaker in 2015. The second M jumper was Fayez Abdul Rahman. While all are likely working on future N models, they could be joining to support Hyundai's supercar project.

While the forthcoming Veloster N is certainly a welcomed addition-and many would argue it's now what the Veloster should have always been-hot hatches are not the forte of BMW engineers. Earlier this month, Hyundai's global sales boss hinted at an N version of the Tucson being in the works, but that still doesn't fit the BMW M mold. Regardless, Hyundai has put other automakers on notice, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Who would have thought 10 years ago we'd be expecting a supercar from the Koreans?