In what must be the longest and most-leaked launch in history, IONIQ 5 N is here. Hyundai’s first electric N car is not just a regular IONIQ 5 in a fancy frock, it has been fully re-worked by a team determined to turn fantasy into reality. Hyundai has been drip-feeding buyers with teaser images and local cars in camo for what feels like an eternity.

IONIQ 5 N has big figures to match its big price. The substantial $111,000 gets you a mountainous 478kw/770Nm dual motor electric SUV/Crossover/Hatch that is as sexy as it equally capable siblings. The shape, already a familiar sight on Australian roads, has N enhancements to bring controlled insanity to an already quick EV.

N cars have been all about making the engines more powerful, the suspension more robust, the brakes grippier, and the look an assault on the senses. N cars are designed to fill an experience with drama and excitement, and in many way the electric drivetrain makes the process easier. EVs already have more power and torque than their ICE cousins. Despite a heavy battery, possibilities now seem unlimited

Baby-Faced Tim Rodgers is Hyundai’s Australian Product Development Manager, and found himself embedded in the international team from the outset, nice work if you can get it. Extensive testing in Korea and Europe has fine-tuned IONIQ 5 N to within an inch of its life. Extra touches were finessed once the IONIQ 5 N got to Australian conditions.

IONIQ 5 N gains 80mm in length yet loses 20mm in height. The exterior’s delicious N colour schemes include 4 matte hews, and the body kit accommodates a wider track.

Hot hatches are big in the gay and lesbian community, and none comes with a hairier chest than the long awaited IONIQ 5 N.

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The cabin has sport seats, Alcantara and leather upholstery, and an N centre console.

Other enhancements include hidden wipers, a rear wiper, a digital rearview mirror, and body and suspension tuning changes. The active suspension has extra attention to suit the more robust of Australian roads, and all of this with the driver and safety aids still present.

The battery increases from 77.4kWh to 84kWh, the range is 448km, the max speed 260kph, and the 0-100 is a spritely 3.4 seconds. The battery is a little heavier too, now weighing 485.7kg, the same as 5 beef lads.

Much of the extra cost is secreted in places where it can’t be seen. The suspension is electronically controlled, with handling improved even more by an e-LSD, and rack mounted electric steering. The motors are considerably gruntier, and mechanicals toughened.

Track day cooling is uprated with an extra upper intake and upgraded heat exchanger. The motor oil and battery chilling is thus improved over the regular IONIQ 5 so a drive day isn’t riddled with a myriad of stops to allow the hot hatch to cool its heels.

IONIQ 5 IONIQ 5 N vs IONIQ 5
Motor oil cooler Columns 10 12 20%

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Plate type Embo Inner fin
Battery chiller Columns 30 53 70%

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No track day would be complete without track noise other than the scrub of tyres, and there is plenty of Hyundai-enhanced fake noise to go around. While that is probably not absolutely necessary, the drift mode certainly is. N-drift mode is a track day highlight, but it is the N e-Shift that will need a tryout. It simulates snappy gear shifts. Like the fake sound, fake shifts could be lost without any difference to your driving pleasure.

Finally, N-Launch mode uses the full potential of the electric motors, the with regular output boosted.

Specification summary IONIQ 5 N (AWD)
Basic Dimensions (mm) Overall length (mm) 4,715
Overall width (mm) 1,940
Overall height (mm) 1,585
Wheelbase (mm) 3,000
Battery Capacity (kWh) 84.0
Motor Max. output (kW) 448 / 478 (N Grin Boost)
Max. torque (Nm) 740 / 770 (N Grin Boost)
Maximum Speed (km/h) 260
0-100km/h (sec) 3.5 / 3.4 (N Grin Boost)
Driving Range (WLTP) 448 km
Charging Time DC 350kW charger (10 – 80%) Approximately 18 mins
DC 50kW charger (10 – 80%) Approximately 1 hr 10 mins
AC 7kW charger (10 – 100%) Approximately 10 hr 50mins
Trunk Capacity (L) 480 (VDA)

Our full review comes soon.

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