The Hyundai Ioniq 5N is more than just a token EV. This performance-focused electric vehicle delivers on its promise of driving fun, proving itself capable on the track and as a daily driver.
It would have to be a very special EV to earn a place in our hearts - here's why the 5N is just that. In a PH favourite cars list will be like that of my colleague and dear friend Ben. Which essentially amounted to asking whether its inclusion was a box-ticking exercise, a token EV to show some awareness of the wider world or perhaps a requirement from higher up to fulfil a quota. You might even be thinking that PH is running its own ZEV mandate - i.e.
ensuring that 20 per cent of our shortlist this year is powered by a plug. Nothing could be further from the truth when it comes to the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N. Sure, a reliance on public chargers for a few days and a few hundred miles tried my patience (and the budget of the CarGurus expense department), but as a car to drive, appreciate, and enjoy, I left the Peak District even more convinced of the 5N’s merits than before we arrived. And it has already made an overwhelmingly positive impression, first showing off its electric box of tricks (and impressive circuit stamina) on the From launch, it’s been easy to get behind the 5N’s cause. As so many other manufacturers bleat on about connected mobility and low-carbon transport solutions, here was an EV explicitly concerned with driving fun. ‘Corner Rascal’ could have sounded silly if the i20 and i30 hadn’t been very serious about being exactly that, and the fourth bullet point of the press release spoke of both chassis reinforcements as well as ‘rally-inspired dual-motor AWD cornering’. The plethora of EV-specific performance features sounded overwhelming (they still do, in fact), but long experience of those combustion hatches meant there was hope for substance behind the gimmicks. And the Ioniq 5N more than delivered. It proved happy to play apex clipping track car, oversteering hooligan, flingable hot hatch and family EV, all with absolute convictio
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