The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N isn’t finished. The noises it’ll pump into the cabin aren’t finalised yet. Its pumped-up bodywork is hidden under a garish shrink-wrapped disguise. Inside there’s a sporty new steering wheel and sporty bucket seats… which we can’t tell you about.
So, why are we in the Arctic Circle, invading Hyundai’s secret testing programme for its new 600bhp, £70,000 hot hatch? Well, this is a big one: the first all-electric N car, and an EV that promises more than just straight-line performance. Hyundai’s engineers insist the effort they’re making up here means this car with corner, steer and drift like a proper performance hero.
To find out how they’re getting on with that sizeable task, TopGear magazine’s Ollie Kew has been to investigate, in his thermal underwear.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N
02:36 Drift mode
04:17 Top secret stuff
07:32 Is this the future?
10:31 Chatting to Albert Biermann
14:12 Conclusion
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I would love the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N to be sold in Romania.
HA-JUNDAY
You can talk normal, I think we understand the name of the company, if you say it normal.
What is this!!!
I think the magic of N cars is you feel excited every time drive them. That's true for my I30 sedan N (Elantra N). The exhaust note, gear shift, engine response, and handling, are matched up perfectly. People just smile at you if they know what the car is. I believe IONIQ 5 N can make me excited as well! Albert Biermann knows car enthusiasts' minds very well!
EV IS A SHAM!!! Nothing will replace the I.C.E!!! Yeah, add some B.S artificial engine sound generator and FAKE PEDALS!!! DISGRACE!!!
Mmm, be good if they got someone that knows a bit more about this stuff to do the reporting.
Performance in an EV typically increases with increases in range – as there is a direct correlation between battery size and power capability.
The commentary around why would people buy a N-electric car rather than going for more range, seems like a really mute point when you consider that all the performance versions of ICE cars also have less range than their entry non-sporty counterparts.
There's a market for fast fun cars, where you make sacrifices on practicality. Don't know why so many people are suddenly expecting that just cause it's electric the same doesn't apply.
Where’s the sound? 😢
No it's not. Hot hatch are supposed to be small, this is SUV sized.
Old school from the 90s? Hang on while I climb into my zimmer….. 😂
06:03 – I was half expecting with you saying about all those lines of coding and such, that you'd press a button and, the car would powerslide itself!!! Hahaha
Its a beast but weight is still a glaring issue for "sports" EVs. Better start buying some stock in tire companies. Lol
I know EV is the future, that's inevitable. But we're still a long ways off from this tech being actually good. Right now it's nice, and just "good enough". I'd like to see advances in weight reduction, range, cold performance, better standards for charging (including infrastructure because what exists now is a straight up joke), and above all else. Cost.
While the Ionic 5 N counteracts it's weight with MOAR POWAH. The handling is still compromised. 4000lbs is ungogly heavy for a "hot hatch". $63k is also not a "hot hatch".
I'll be keeping my GTI, and what ever future cars I get until the EV sector starts getting refined. It's cool seeing all the new innovation coming from this sector though. But still a ways off.
The only thing that will get me into an EV is a hot hatch. All i'm seeing are giant boring SUVs.
Does it have Golf size? Ioniq 5 seems to be much bigger than any hot hatch.
EV,s SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WERE DOES THE POWER COME FROM???????? TO STAY CHARGED UP!!!!!
It won't ever be a hatchback. It's 17cm taller than what a car should be. So it's an SUV that just took design cues from Alfa Romeo RZ/SZ and wants to best the Golf and the Corolla. Why is size and comfort so overrated? Make cars smaller and lighter. I like Hyundai's but this is a missed opportunity to make an ultimate real hothatch and make yet another SUV. SUVs suck no matter what, they are wrong. Their existence is not driven by driver needs but manufacturer needs, and that need is money.
I like it but come on I think a PEEL P50 could drift around that track….. it’s ICE
Big fat heavy blob
I don't agree at all about range anxiety but understand it's real for some. People who drive their cars that far daily do not spend bookoo dollars on a specialty model like the N. If you do, you're one of the very few. People who buy a hard to find overpriced N or any special model baby their cars. Only really unleashing it at a track if at all.
The guy has no idea what he is talking about. Put some smaller wheels on the Model 3 Performance and the range is the same as that of the LR. Why should anyone prefer the LR if money is no subject? It's like that with most of the EV's, the power of the engine doesn't matter until it is used!
Not a hot hatch. This car is enormous.
Is it finished…….. boring 🥱we all still want a feeling, emotion that electric can’t bring.
"Millions of lines of computer code" – no, it's not.
Your comment about the Teslas don't really make sense. M3P/MYP don't suffer that much in range compared to other performance EVs. It's actually the main thing that Tesla does well – and most of the range loss isn't from the performance drivetrain, it's from the tires and wheels.
calling an Ioniq 5 a hatchback is a bit of a stretch…its a CUV, or depending on the size of the one you're asking an SUV…
Please learn how to pronounce Hyundai. It is just two syllables: "hyun" and "day". NOT; "Hi-un-dai"
Buyers of cars like Corvettes, higher perf Porches, Lamborghinis, top line Camaros and Mustangs, and Hemis, do they “prioritize getting sideways or getting home”? Impractical buyers buy impractical cars.
"Hot hatch"
Ok buddy 😂 its a crossover.
Hot hatches are supposed to be affordable.
Flop Gear
Nothing would make me love this bloated cr:p
Are jurnos contractually obliged to mention Albert Biermann in every piece of N content?
4:50 They finally put a rear windshield wiper on it!!
These EVs are cool and all but I'll still want some fun internal combustion engines, I don't care how much more efficient electric motora are than internal combustion ones, internal combustion will always be cooler.