REVIEW: Can Hyundai take its fun, exciting hot hatch recipe into the electric era? We find out with an early drive of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N...
won’t yet tell us about the Ioniq 5 N, its first electric performance car. Price, power, torque, weight, battery size and even how some of the modes operate are under more wraps than the exterior.
But having driven it extensively on road and track, I can tell you that Hyundai’s N division, currently the maker of the world’s most engaging, has taken to the electric era with the same commitment and provided the most fun – and, as crucially, excitement – that I’ve ever had in an EV. Plus a bit more.
As many basics as I can, then: Hyundai’s biggish, tallish crossover has had its body reinforced in places , gained new suspension subframes and been given unique kinematics, including more camber, quicker steering, a reinforced steering rack, four-wheel drive from a motor at each end and the ability to divert power as it or its driver pleases.
Remember that you can select from a bewildering number of driving-mode combinations in the i30 N? Now imagine that but also with everything a four-wheel drive EV can do, including torque-vectoring and adjusting front-to-rear power distribution; plus some synthetic noises and a fake tacho and gearshift via the steering-mounted paddles.
It’s so convincing on a circuit that I think I preferred it there to on the road – which I don’t think I’ve ever said about an EV before, except a
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