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Electric VehiclesHyundai’s first electric N model has already started something of a trend, with a few brands, including Porsche and BMW, now borrowing some of its signature features.
For the 2026 model year, Hyundai is upping the ante. Hyundai announced on Wednesday that the 2026 IONIQ 5 N has a “substantially lower starting price” at just $59,900, or $6,300 less than last year’s model.
“Our 2026 IONIQ 5 N is one of the most critically acclaimed models we’ve ever offered,” according to Ricky Lao, director of product planning at Hyundai Motor North America.
Despite the lower price, the new 2026 model brings a few updates. For one, the 2026 IONIQ 5 N now has a native NACS port, following the standard IONIQ 5, enabling access to Tesla Superchargers without an adapter.
That's a pretty car, especially in the non-standard colors. Only complaints: boot is a tad small (because the whole car is a tad small) and the Android-based interface and the physical knobs etc is a bit shit.
because the whole car is a tad small
lol wut?
If you're used to mid-size sedans and wagons, the Ioniq 5's exterior dimensions are in fact pretty small. This necessitates either a small boot, a small interior, or both. From my testing of the Ioniq 5, I'd say the interior was fine (not particularly spacious, but not super cramped), so that leaves the boot.
compared to (ICE) sedans the difference is the shorter engine compartment. The Ioniq5 is also quite wide and high (at least to my standards).
comparison vs toyota camry:
https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/toyota-camry-2024-sedan-vs-hyundai-ioniq-5-2021-suv/
cargo space: 527 l (ioniq) vs 428 l (camry)
THE CAR. IT'S A BIT SMALL.
I just bought a used 2023 id4 for 20k. That's just outside of my comfort zone.
Chevy did the same thing when the rebates ended in 2021.
This just shows you the rebates didn't save anyone any money.
The rebates probably helped Hyundai pay the r&d costs and get more people buying them.
The price drop could be similar to how PlayStations and other tech drops in price new after a few years.
This isn't true at all. The first round of rebates didn't when include Hyundai EVs. So it didn't noting for Hyundai r&d.
Replace Hyundai with any electric company name that benefited from the rebates.
Yes the companies and dealers benefits from the rebates. I'm not arguing that.
The customer did not benefit from the rebates is my argument.
The customer benefits from having access to a wide array of electric cars now due to those subsidies.
The majority of EVs are made outside of the USA, and didn't benefit from the subsidies. The subsidies did biting for EV production for r&d for a majority of EV manufacturers.
It did help tesla make record profits though.
$59,900 is still vastly outside of the pricing most people can afford.
Sure, but this is also basically a top model performance version of the ioniq 5, which starts at 35k. That's closer to a reasonable number.
But you realize this promo uses words like "affordable" to describe an insane price tag. That's the point I took from this, even before "[the price on a completely different model not mentioned here is] closer to a reasonable number."
If you think this is insane, you haven’t shopped for a new car recently.
The mere fact all prices are insane does not magically make them sane.
The average cost of a new car in the US is apparently 51k, so you're dead on. This "performance verison" is well within the range of a normal upgrade package.
Especially when you have Chinese EVs at half to 1/3 of that price in most countries.
And $6300 price drop is just Hyundai testing the waters, because car prices have NOTHING to do with manufacturing costs.
I’m using my ICE car until it’s dead, but this is what I’ve got my eye on as a replacement (used, of course)
Make sure to get one where the ICCU has been replaced recently, they now have a 15 year warranty on it but you don't want to be left stranded. It can happen very fast when it fails because the 12 volt battery runs everything that's not the electric motors and the ICCU failure causes it to no longer be charged from the big battery.
Otherwise those are really fun little vehicles. I test drove the original release version (before the N came out) and I didn't find it particularly comfortable since I'm used to slightly more premium cars (but usually at much cheaper prices - I also buy used, but 15+ years old mostly with two exceptions), but for what it cost, you get a lot of tech, it looks cool, and the performance is great. The standard Ioniq 5 handled poorly in that there was no steering feel whatsoever (and yet I felt every bump I drove over, just not through the steering wheel). I'm hoping they've done something with the N to make it handle better and perhaps even feel better.
this is the way
I dunno about you guys but I buy electric cars because I like electric cars. Electric cars that emulate the annoyances of gas cars does not appeal to me.
Is it this part that bothers you?
The virtual gear shift, called N e-Shift, is what caught most people’s attention. When paired with its N Active Sound System, the setup mimics the sound and feel of an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission.
Basically we now build ICE driving simulation interfaces into electric vehicles. All stupid because people who read car magazines need "soul" and to make brum brum noises.
Yeah that’s weird. Does it mimic the change in torque at different “rpm” for each “gear”?
The same buyers who modify their motors so they crack and pop like an old carburetor motor. My car is modified to release steam because that's the ways I like it.
Mine is modified to start with a crank.
It’s like trying to make an ICE car feel like riding a horse.
Lowriders can kinda do that. Dressage in a sense.
Takes all kinds.
Yes!
I remember people saying that a lot of cars or whatever mimic what older cars did because people associated it with power. Like the engine noise is played through speakers or something like that. So even ICE cars imitate that as well.
I'm in agreement with you some of these vestiges should die.
why does a completely optional feature bother you? jist don't use it if you don't like it? it's not like the car's default mode has that enabled.
let hyindai make fun silly things for people that enjoy them for basically no extra cost.
Uh, it's a huge extra cost over the base model without all that fake bullshit.
No? The fake gears are not an option on the N model, it's standard.
Yes the N is more expensive. You think the fake gears is the only thing the N adds over the base model Ioniq 5?
I don't know that it is optional. Or that it can be disabled without disabling a bunch of other performance options.
Hyundai can obviously make whatever they want. And I reserve the right to dislike them.
It is off by default. You don't have to disable it.
It's a specific setting and a specific drive mode and you can have an "individual" drive mode with whatever settings you want.
It sounds appealing to me. From what I’ve understood the near-linear acceleration for electric cars contributes to nausea and a numbed driving experience.
For me, that feature alone is the main draw of this and the GV60 Magma.
It sounds appealing to me.
Cool!
the near-linear acceleration for electric cars contributes to nausea and a numbed driving experience.
This is the first I'm hearing of this. I can tell you it's not something I've ever experienced.
File that with "windmills give us headaches".
EVs sold in the US are massively overweight, which means the suspension damping can't remove the wallowing over bumps, causing sea sickness. I used to get this as a kid in those 80s ICE land yachts.
People drive golf carts all the time. You should really test drive one, it's just been tricky finding am EV that doesn't fake it.
Meanwhile in Singapore: https://www.sgcarmart.com/new-cars/info/21923/hyundai-ioniq-5-n-electric
SGD $385k :)))
Most expensive place to own a car, the government also charge extra tax for loss of gas sales which is very dumb for a country that have to import oil.
Australia checking in.
A$ 123,000 (~ US$ 86,000 at current rate)
The main reason I was thinking of paying more for an ioniq5N (besides the fact that it’s hella fast) was because I don’t want the NACS port on my ioniq5.
My current ioniq5 has the CCS1, my home charger is CCS1, the free chargers at my work are CCS1, and most of the paid charging stations around me are CCS1.
My wish? They should have the NACS port recessed into the car body deep enough so that a CCS1 adapter can be installed and left inside. I know this isn’t possible for a few reasons, but I just hate having to deal with adapters.
EDIT: I typed CCS2 before when you meant CCS1
Having recently driven a bunch of EVs while shopping for a replacement to my poor dead subaru, the 5N is... painfully fine. Like if someone offered you one for free say yes, but.... It just kinda feels like you're driving your standard daily driver, and someone snuck in and replaced the engine with some star trek bullshit. It's as comfy as a nissan minivan, and has better acceleration than anything short of a true ICE supercar, and it's just... I don't know, it's a really weird feeling to drive. Honestly it was just a little too discordant for me and I passed. If you want an EV that really nails the feeling of driving a proper classic muscle car though, the Mustang Mach-E is by far the best. Kinda a stupid car by every other metric (just like the ICE mustangs!) but damn if it isn't satisfying to some deep, cliche'd part of my soul.
(That said if you like rally, the ioniq 5 XRT is the best rally car I have ever driven. Mach-E Rally feels deeply undercooked in comparison, XRT with a bit of suspension tuning feels like the car is having just as much fun as you are)
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Also, and this is incredibly petty of me, embrace the NACS port. It's not particularly better than CCS (but everyone has finally agreed on a standard, so that's good at least) and the adapters are clunky and a pain, but Tesla drivers get so damn butthurt about non-teslas taking up slots at the superchargers, and it's Fucking Wonderful. I see your "I got it before I knew he was crazy sticker" and nah, fam, you're driving a model Y; we all knew what he was by that point. Nice try, now get in line -- the non-fascists need to charge.
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NA EV choices are shit, but Canada will be getting these next year...
And we are getting DONGFENG models. Check out my big shiny DONG.
Yeah, the fascists have really fucked the EV market here. Canada/Mexico are maneuvering to get around our bullshit, but it's been... disappointingly slow. We all get some really kickass options if you want to spend ~$50,000 USD (or more) on a car, but I don't think there even ARE any EVs available in the US for less than ~$30,000 sticker price, and then on top you're paying 10%-25% in taxes + fees. Anecdotally I know tons of people that want an EV in the US, but the capacity to purchase a new car is plummeting (by some reporting it's even hit an all-time low) right now thanks to Trump's economy, and there really hasn't been time for a used-EV market to establish itself.
Hoping the Dongfeng cars aren't absolutely obliterated with regulatory/procedural bullshit by the Trumpers because man do we need something to fill that market segment already.
Like it or not, NACS will be the new standard. So your choices are simply to use an adapter now or later.
Where are you located where you currently have CCS2 (primarily Europe, Australia/NZ, parts of Asia), but new models have NACS (North America)?
Shit You’re right. It’s CCS1 I have. Not CCS2. My mistake.
The only ioniq I was even marginally interested in was the sedan... and they killed it. Nice work Hyundai!
I honestly wonder how many people they lose due to this.
In general there's no shortage of ev suv s and crossovers but if you want just a car, not a lot of options. Especially if you want to avoid supporting a Nazi.
Ya but it's a Hyundai...
Hyundai has been a world class brand for years now, nothing like their mid 2000s self. Ioniq 5 got world car of the year several years in a row. Hyundai and Kia have topped the list for several years.
https://www.worldcarawards.com/files/WCA_History_Year.pdf?p=45726
Car awards are fake bullshit. Kia and Hyundai have had major engine issues for years with shavings in motors, flagged by Consumer Reports. Up to 2019 for recalls, then 2020s have the same problem.
https://safetyresearch.net/hyundai-kias-billion-dollar-engine-problem-that-broke-the-nhtsa-civil-penalty-barrier/
Ioniq 5 has had a chronic ICCU problem.
(Not OP)
Hyundai/Kia certainly have some selling points, and I would seriously consider the Ioniq for my next car. But we shouldn't pretend that they're beyond reproach. The whole theft problem came from years of them cutting corners. Their response to it showed a level of corporate incompetence that borders on malice. And the cherry on top, the ICCU response mirrors the previous incompetence. From what I've seen, the infotainment software is buggy and unintuitive.
They still offer a good value for the money, but you may pay for that with time/frustration. Like everything else, we should evaluate it honestly.
The fact that they devalue over 50% in 3 years says a lot.
Not as much about the car as it does the market. For a variety of reasons, very few people are considering a used EV. Which is a shame, because there are some incredible deals to be had for any potential buyers.
Don’t get me wrong, I have plenty to complain about with my Ioniq 5. But being a bad car isn’t one of them. I haven’t had the ICCU issue, but I do have a letter from them telling me as soon as I do get it to just take the letter with the car in to get it all replaced. I don’t really know what else you expect them to do. A full recall wouldn’t have solved anything because as far as I’m aware they still aren’t entirely sure what causes it.
My wife has a kia that she had the theft immobilizer installed on. They also told her to go in and get it for free. I understand that wasn’t most people’s experience, and their public excuses were bad too but /shrug.
The problem with both of those examples is that's where it landed eventually. You're ignoring all of the time that Kia ignored/denied the issue, then the half-assed answers done with only a quarter-ass (The Club, distributed through an unpredictable patchwork of local PDs), and only after several years finally fixed it. Or at least that's what they claim.
BTW, I don't think they installed physical immobilizers, at least not on all models. It was some sort of software update, but I don't have the details on how it could even work. But at least it came with The Club direct from Kia/the dealer.
Hyundai EVs are a wholly different animal than their ICE cars. I have an ioniq5 and it is absolutely fantastic.
I see your faulty Hyundai engines and raise you a faulty Hyundai ICCU.
They got a culture problem.
At least they recall and fix, or extend warranty.
Detroit ownership just means being a plaintiff on a class action sooner or later.
