Hyundai’s go-fast N merchandise have made a reputation for themselves being quick, enjoyable and attainable.

However while you throw the 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N into the combination – priced from an eye-watering $111,000 earlier than on-roads – the attainable a part of that recipe is thrown out the window for lots of people.

So what’s its objective? Nicely, for starters it’s the primary all-electric Hyundai N automobile. And, it’s a correct showcase of what the model’s engineers can do with the Hyundai Group’s E-GMP devoted electrical structure and componentry.

The Ioniq 5 N is like no different manufacturing Hyundai earlier than it, both. Zero to 100km/h takes simply 3.four seconds in its most aggressive N Grin Enhance setting, and high pace is rated at 260km/h. Much more, it boasts a whopping 478kW and 770Nm.

That’s much more than Kia’s manic EV6 GT, which relies on the identical underpinnings – Kia’s model affords 430kW and 740Nm, which is just below the Ioniq 5 N’s outputs when it’s not in N Grin Enhance mode. Past its straight-line efficiency, the Ioniq 5 N can also be making daring claims about observe means which is a key pillar of the N model.

So to check the corporate’s claims, we attended the Australian media launch in New South Wales, testing Hyundai’s new flagship on street and on observe. How did it fare? Learn on to search out out.

How does the Hyundai Ioniq 5 evaluate?

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How a lot does the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N price?

The Ioniq 5 N sits on the high of the tree, commanding a close to $30,000 premium over the subsequent costliest variant.

2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 pricing:

• 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Normal Vary RWD
• 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Prolonged Vary RWD
  • Base: $71,000 (+$500)
  • Dynamiq: $76,000
  • Epiq: $79,500
• 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Prolonged Vary AWD
  • Dynamiq: $80,500
  • Epiq: $84,000
• 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: $111,000

Worth excludes on-road prices

To see how the Ioniq 5 shapes up in opposition to its rivals, try our comparisons device.

What’s the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N like on the within?

The revised inside of the Ioniq 5 N previews upcoming revisions for the usual automobile – as revealed earlier this week.

In comparison with the usual Ioniq 5, the N has a extra typical dashboard and console design and likewise debuts the Hyundai-Kia ccNC twin 12.3-inch shows for the driving force’s cluster and infotainment system.

This implies there’s the newest era of Bluelink linked and distant companies, wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, in addition to the newest UX design which has been seen within the likes of the Kona and Kia Sorento.

It’s a terrific system with net-based satellite tv for pc navigation to bolster accessible mapping from a linked smartphone, in addition to over-the-air (OTA) software program updates and a cleaner and extra upmarket interface.

The Ioniq 5 N additionally options the primary N instrument cluster format within the model’s electrical vary, and the configurable central tacho dial seems actually cool, virtually Lamborghini like. I a lot favor digital gauges versus the road bar shows in earlier E-GMP merchandise.

Up entrance there are N Mild bucket seats which feel and appear racy due to their built-in headrests and illuminated N logos, in addition to the mix leather-based and Alcantara trim.

Even higher, the entrance seats are heated and ventilated with three-stage controls. That actually makes up for the guide adjustment, which whereas not a difficulty for me is a sticking level for some anticipating some extra luxuries.

There’s in any other case heaps of storage even with the elimination of a movable centre console, together with a gripped open smartphone charging slot and loads of nooks and crannies to maintain your trinkets safe when having a crack.

You additionally get USB-C charging ports now, that are sooner charging than the USB-A ones within the pre-update Ioniq 5 presently on sale. You should use smartphone mirroring by way of cable if you want, too.

Regardless of the N’s driver focus, the rear seat stays a sensible house when you’ve got some co-drivers coming with you for a spirited blat.

Head and leg room are nonetheless superb for taller adults like 6’1 me (the large 3000mm wheelbase will do this) although the sporty entrance seats will impede ahead view to your rear passengers – one thing to notice when you’ve got nausea-prone kiddies.

Talking of the kiddies, the Ioniq 5 N retains its outboard ISOFIX anchors and high tether factors, which means this track-capable electrical specific may also ferry round your treasured little ones.

Different facilities embrace pillar-mounted rear air vents, a fold-down centre armrest with cupholders, bottle holders within the doorways, and even a vehicle-to-load (V2L) connector with home three-pin outlet below the rear seat.

The Ioniq 5 N affords 480 litres of cargo quantity with the rear seats in place, increasing to 1362L with them folded. That’s just below 50L lower than non-N variations, and there’s no further ‘frunk’ storage like different variants.

Like most EVs, the Ioniq 5 N makes do with a tyre mobility package in lieu of an area saver spare.

What’s below the bonnet?

The Ioniq 5 N is packing some critical e-firepower.

How does the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N drive?

Day one was on-road, so let’s begin with that.

Leaving our lodge in Blacktown, NSW, firing up the Ioniq 5 N with its synthesised engine sounds was laughter-inducing. A complete line of this stuff abruptly began a refrain of pretend revs to the redline.

There are eight inside audio system and two exterior ones to play the sounds, which makes it extra than simply an in-car expertise. You may select from three profiles as nicely, starting from an ethereal jet fighter-like sound to a observe that’s modelled off the i30 N’s vocal turbocharged petrol engine.

I do know it sounds silly, but it surely’s a captivating element that you must expertise to understand. Silence is aside of the EV expertise, sure, however that doesn’t imply petrol heads changing to electrical energy don’t need some aural drama.

For some this may occasionally nonetheless be a gimmick, however props to Hyundai for attempting one thing totally different – there’s extra we’ll get onto in a bit.

Our street drive took us by means of Blacktown and out in direction of Laguna in regional NSW. We drove by means of suburban environments, freeways, B-roads and the like.

I used to be so enamoured by the N Customized mode with its simulated gearshifts, engine revs and engine sound that I did the majority of my drive on this mode. You may ask my co-driver, I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face.

Efficiency is plentiful as you’d count on, with 740Nm at your disposal from standstill. For reference, that’s the type of twist you get out of a twin-turbo Mercedes-AMG V8.

It fires off the road should you stab the throttle, pinning you in your seat and you’ll virtually really feel your abdomen hit your throat. You’ll beat nearly another automobile within the visitors gentle drag race – except you come up in opposition to a hypercar.

You don’t actually want this type of efficiency in on a regular basis situations, however the interior boy racer in me undoubtedly loved zipping by means of city streets and roundabouts.

If this firmer N Mode settings get a bit bouncy and the augmented drivetrain sounds droney, then you may par all of it again by urgent the steering-mounted drive mode button into Eco or Regular modes and drive this like another Hyundai Ioniq 5.

At a cruise on the town or on the freeway, the electrical N quietly scoots alongside and nonetheless retains a swift stage of efficiency for overtaking or zipping out from a slip lane. Street and wind noise are pretty nicely suppressed however these grippy Pirelli P Zero sports activities tyres – particularly developed for this automobile, thoughts you – can produce a little bit of street roar on coarser blacktop.

Every mode sees changes to the suspension, throttle and steering calibrations too, starting from agency to gentle and assisted. It’s by no means too free or too harsh in my view, even in N mode, however the big selection of adjustability is one thing we rejoice about VW Group merchandise, for instance.

I did discover the Freeway Driving Help (HDA) system would make the odd error throughout our stint on the Pacific Freeway, at one level drifting into the subsequent lane on a curve that actually wasn’t all that sharp. It’s not one thing I skilled within the Kia EV9 or the Genesis G70 Taking pictures Brake, so it may very well be an remoted incident.

As soon as we hit the winding again roads in direction of Laguna, I used to be capable of check out the Ioniq 5 N’s hillclimb capabilities.

The high-speed and twisty roads into the hills are the Ioniq 5 N’s searching floor. It provides it loads of house to stretch its legs, and there’s a lot grip that you could nook with confidence on this 2230kg (tare) hulking beast.

With a torque vectoring perform up entrance and an digital restricted slip differential (E-LSD) on the rear, the Ioniq 5 N turns in shortly and neatly, then blasts you out of corners with its mighty dual-motor drivetrian.

Actually, it’s faster than you’re capable of utilise legally on Australian public roads – blink and also you’ve eclipsed 100km/h.

I used the B-road blat as a possibility to essentially check out the N e-Shift perform in efficiency driving, which simulates the shifts of the model’s eight-speed DCT used within the i30 N.

This provides a extra typical level of engagement with the car, and the best way it jolts between shifts is basically convincing to the purpose you would possibly sometimes overlook you’re driving an EV. If there was a criticism, that feeling of engine braking as you downshift wasn’t actually replicated – however it is a pretty small factor.

It’s in any other case actually good enjoyable to rifle by means of the gears and watch the digital tacho needle swing in direction of the fantasy redline. There are even shift gentle, audible pops and cracks on upshifts and overrun – it’s simply foolish, however in one of the simplest ways.

Even set to its harshest setup, the Ioniq 5 N by no means felt too agency on the poorer surfaces of the Nice North Street, and strikes the identical type of delicate steadiness you’d count on of a benchmark efficiency mannequin. Comparisons to the likes of the Audi e-tron GT and Porsche Taycan have been thrown round by journalists on the occasion, and that’s an enormous praise.

Provided that you got here in too scorching might you actually really feel all the Ioniq 5 N’s heft, as a sudden correction or change of route would trigger it to shift fairly noticeably and upset the steadiness considerably. Even then, it’s very spectacular for what it’s.

Day two was all in regards to the observe – so we headed to Japanese Creek Raceway at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Uninhibited by public pace limits, the circuit setting gave us the prospect to completely unleash the Ioniq 5 N. We used the GP Circuit, which is a 3.93km route that features lengthy straights, sweeping curves and a few tighter hairpins.

After getting some pointers from Hyundai’s TCR champion, Josh Buchan, I had a correct crack at a collection of laps. This factor actually flies, solely beginning to run out of momentum as you see the speedo eclipse 215km/h on the primary straight.

It holds on admirably by means of increased pace corners, although on the odd event you may really feel its weight illicit some understeer, and should you hit the throttle exhausting too early out of an apex the again would possibly kick out.

Even so, it’s all very controllable and even for somebody not a seasoned observe driver like myself, the Ioniq 5 N instills lots of confidence to push on and wring its neck – it principally begs you for it.

I didn’t check out the N Drift Optimiser, which manages torque distribution to keep up the proper sideways slide. Nor did I check out the Left Foot Braking or N Pedal features, the latter providing one-pedal driving for “professional driver model weight switch and switch in”

Even after quite a few observe periods – which have been one out lap, two or three scorching laps, then one in lap – the brakes didn’t seem to fade noticeably – these beefy 400mm entrance rotors with four-piston calipers and 360mm rears are fairly beefy, thoughts you. The P Zero tyres additionally held up very nicely for grip. I did hear, although, {that a} drift session the day prior to this for B-roll had chewed up a set of rears fairly shortly.

However actually props to Hyundai for developing with an electrical efficiency automobile that emulates a combustion engined efficiency and observe expertise in a manner that’s enjoyable and objectively succesful. The model’s reps overtly stated their N automobiles are extra about enjoyable and smiles than outright lap occasions, and this undoubtedly achieves that.

It makes me surprise if a future Hyundai N EV that’s somewhat smaller and lighter might make it to manufacturing, it could be virtually unstoppable with all of the Ioniq 5 N’s cool gadgetry on board. Even a decrease and sleeker Ioniq 6 N may very well be a extra centered weapon – and the RN22e rolling lab idea is proof one thing like that’s nicely on the best way.

What do you get?

Ioniq 5 N highlights:

• 275/31 R21 Pirelli P Zero HN tyres
• 21-inch cast wheels with aero inserts
• 400mm ventilated entrance rotors with N brake calipers
• 360mm ventilated rear rotors
• Digital Management Suspension (ECS)
• Digital limited-slip differential (E-LSD)
• Launch management
• Keyless entry, begin
• Energy tailgate
• Rear privateness glass
• Rain-sensing wipers
• Heated, power-folding mirrors
• LED headlights
• Automated high-beam
• Distant Good Parking Assistant 2
  • Semi-automatic parking, managed by way of key fob
• 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster
• 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system
• Wi-fi Apple CarPlay, Android Auto
• Satellite tv for pc navigation
• Bluelink linked companies
• Alcantara and leather-based upholstery
• N Mild Seats with guide adjustment
• Heated entrance seats
• Ventilated entrance seats
• Metallic pedals
• Metallic scuff plates
• Ambient lighting
• 8-speaker Bose sound system
• Head-up show
• Wi-fi cellphone charger
• USB-C charging ports
• Digital rear-view mirror incl. electrochromic perform
• Twin-zone local weather management
• Warmth pump

A Imaginative and prescient Roof – or mounted panoramic glass roof – is a $2000 possibility.

Is the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N protected?

Whereas the usual Hyundai Ioniq 5 has a five-star ANCAP security ranking, the N is unrated for now.

Normal security tools contains:

• 6 airbags
• Autonomous emergency braking
  • Automotive, Pedestrian, Bike owner detection
  • Junction turning/crossing
  • Direct oncoming
  • Lane change oncoming/aspect
• Blind-spot help
• Blind-Spot View Monitor
• Driver consideration warning
• Evasive Steering Help
• Freeway Driving Help 2
  • Adaptive cruise management with cease/go
  • Lane change help
  • Lane following off-set management
• Clever pace restrict help
• Lane-keep help
• Lane Following Help
• Parking Collision Avoidance Help – entrance, aspect, rear
• Rear cross-traffic help
• Protected Exit Help
• Multi-collision brake
• Rear occupant warning

How a lot does the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N price to run?

The Ioniq 5 N is backed by a five-year, unlimited-kilometre car guarantee and an eight-year, 160,000km battery guarantee.

Servicing is required each 24 months or 30,000km, whichever comes first. The primary three companies are capped at $625 every.

Whereas we didn’t do a correct vary and charging check on the launch, and due to this fact unable to offer you real-world effectivity figures and vary projections, utilizing this automobile within the supposed manner will make it exhausting to hit that 448km declare.

That stated, we have been seeing low to mid-20kWh/100km from the journey laptop throughout extra sedate sections of driving, making Hyundai’s 21.2kWh effectivity declare appear correct.

Additional, the corporate claims the Ioniq 5 N’s bigger 84kWh lithium-ion battery could be charged from 10 to 80 per cent in round 70 minutes with a 50kW DC charger, or 18 minutes at its most 350kW charge. At 7kW by way of AC charging, you’re taking a look at 10 hours 50 minutes.

CarExpert’s Tackle the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

I assumed the EV6 GT was nice, however that is on one other stage.

Hyundai N’s three pillars are Nook Rascal, Racetrack Functionality and On a regular basis Sportscar. Similar to the i20 N, i30 N and Kona N earlier than it, the Ioniq 5 N delivers.

You most likely received’t be beating a Porsche Taycan Turbo’s lap time, nor will it substitute for a equally priced track-capable ICE when it comes to pure engagement and noise; however far out, the Koreans have executed a bloody good job.

I can think about in a world the place ICE for the plenty is lengthy gone, it’ll be automobiles just like the Ioniq 5 N that will likely be a wonderful throwback to what efficiency motoring was like “again in my day”.

Even at present, in 2024, it’s proof that petrol heads don’t have to be afraid about electrical automobiles or the combustion engine and fossil fuels sooner or later turning into the minority – and even extinct. I didn’t wish to cease driving this factor, whether or not we have been on the street or on the observe.

It’s a terrific evolution of the ‘scorching hatch’ method, even when it’s extra of a crossover. It’s foolish quick and enjoyable to drive, snug and sensible sufficient to day by day, whereas providing zero native emissions, usable driving vary (if with a measured proper foot), in addition to quick to cost.

There’s additionally a lot customisation on provide, moreso than another N earlier than it. It actually permits you to make your automobile your individual, in addition to provide that Jekyll and Hyde cut up character that nice scorching hatches are cherished for. The choices are virtually limitless.

If it means something, I might actually contemplate one if I had the money. Few electrical automobiles have made made me really feel like this one has.

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