On the off chance that you thought the Hyundai Ioniq 5 seemed to be a reawakened ’80s hot lid previously, check out the new Ioniq 5 N. All rakish and bulgy, this minimal hybrid wears its exhibition duds well, with 21-inch wheels pushed out to each of the four corners, a meaner face, practical air overhauls and charming minimal radiant red accents. ( You’ve need to have charming minimal dazzling red accents.)

Stunningly better, this pocket-rocket outfit isn’t only to look good. There’s a genuine games vehicle under that retro-cool skin. Speedy, raucous and loaded with modes and settings ready for the playing, the Ioniq 5 N says, “Goodness, you think our electric future will be exhausting? Here, let me show you the way.”

How N goes electric

Transforming an Ioniq 5 into an Ioniq 5 N isn’t just about helping power, yet that is surely a decent spot to begin. The N has a 84-kilowatt-hour battery pack and two electric engines — one at every hub — and you could in fact physically change the force dispersion to send as much as 100 percent to one or the other pivot. Want to give the 5 N a front-wheel-drive feel? Do it. Maybe mess with back tire drive? Go for it. The world’s your shellfish.

With respect to yield, the sets of engines makes a joined 601 strength and 545 pound-feet of force, however you can up the previous to 641 hp for brief blasts utilizing the N Smile Lift button on the controlling wheel. With send off control enacted, Hyundai says the Ioniq 5 N can advance to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds, which isn’t terrible, taking into account this is a minimal electric hybrid that weighs 2.2 tons.

The N benefits from the Ioniq 5’s 800-volt engineering, meaning it can deal with quick energizing rates of to 238 kW. Hyundai will allow you to precondition the battery for track use which is said to give more steady execution for a really long time. Previous Research and development supervisor Albert Biermann said the objective was to have the option to do “20, 20, 20” – 20 minutes of lapping, 20 minutes of charging, and 20 minutes of lapping once more. Additionally, Biermann ordered that the Ioniq 5 N ought to have the option to finish two laps of the famously difficult Nürburgring Nordschleife with next to no exhibition debasement.

Really astonishing all around

Contrasted with a standard Ioniq 5, the N is 2.0 inches more extensive and 3.2 inches longer, which gives it a more pleasant position and more noteworthy check request. Bigger 15.7-inch front and 14.2-inch brakes sit behind those 21-inch wheels, and you can in any case drive the Ioniq 5 of every one-pedal mode, with fluctuating degrees of regen accessible by means of the oar shifters. Going above and beyond, there’s a N Pedal setting that expands the regenerative power for track obligation, so it’s similar to a one-pedal race mode, giving up to 0.6 g of deceleration.

It’s truly enjoyable to bomb around a track along these lines, lifting your foot and feeling the N’s plunge like it would under hard slowing down. The vehicle stays made and surefooted during its regenerative slowing down, however, so be certain that you can utilize N Pedal without expecting to change your driving style profoundly. At the point when you truly do require extra mechanical halting power, the progress among electronic and physical slowing down is impalpable.

Bombarding around is certainly what this thing does best; the Ioniq 5 N has the very raucous soul that Hyundai heats into all its N vehicles (holler to the Elantra N, Kona N and find happiness in the hereafter Veloster N). The fast controlling is brimming with correspondence and the Ioniq 5 N really feels like it needs to be thrown into a corner, cutting each red-and-white-striped check. Stiffer suspension parts make all the difference to keep the Ioniq 5 N level through turns, and having that large battery counterweight in the skeleton is a shelter for in general taking care of, as well.

Give a shift – no, truly

Like most current EVs, the Ioniq 5 N has one or two powertrain sounds that can be channeled into the lodge. There’s the standard spaceshippy cutting edge sound, and one more that should impersonate the commotion of a turbocharged four-chamber motor. Tragically, nor is especially great: I’ve heard better sounds from ’90s computer games. However I actually wind up driving with the super four soundtrack on.

That is on the grounds that the Ioniq 5 N has an unbelievably cool component called N E-Shift which changes the powertrain programming to cause the vehicle to feel like it has a gas powered motor and double grip programmed transmission. I realize this could sound cheesy, however in addition to the fact that it works, it totally upgrades the experience. The vehicle sways and there are power pinnacles and valleys. The transmission kicks with each phony stuff change and the ‘exhaust’ snaps, snaps, and pops.

Want to assume control over issues? Put it all on the line. The regen paddles on the directing wheel can become artificial stuff shifters in N E-Shift mode, and indeed, you can ‘fire up’ the engine to high paradise and the vehicle will jettison as you bang the fanciful fire up limiter. On a race track, this is a tactile happiness, and it truly increases the experience of tossing this thing around a circuit. I even like having the N E-Shift actuated in ordinary street use. Attempt it — it’s rad.

Same incredible inside, same extraordinary tech

Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the Ioniq 5 N is most importantly an exhibition vehicle, yet it’s not so firmly sprung or difficult to tame that you were unable to involve it as an everyday driver. Toiling through South Korean traffic, the N is pretty much as wonderful as a standard Ioniq 5, with agreeable seats, incredible perceivability, and an entire wreck of standard driver-help highlights.

Lodge tech is likewise in high stockpile: each Ioniq 5 N has a couple of 12.3-inch shows on the dashboard, and hello, significant furthermore, the infotainment framework at last backings remote Apple CarPlay and Android Auto availability. You’ll find a remote charging cushion in the updated mid control area, which is N-explicit in that it’s not the portable arrangement from the ordinary Ioniq 5, and there are little knee cushions for the driver and traveler – you know, for those serious cornering circumstances.

Back travelers have as much head-and legroom as they do in a standard Ioniq 5 N, and the trapdoor is enormous and valuable, as well. Another pleasant reality: Hyundai added a back wiper to the rear of the Ioniq 5 N, which is something that ought to have been on the standard vehicle from the beginning. Hopefully every Ioniq 5 gets one of these soon.

Can’t arrive soon enough

The primary round of Ioniq 5 Ns will not show up at Hyundai vendors until Walk 2024, significance there are as yet a couple of significant subtleties we don’t yet have any idea. Reach will probably be declared before long, however you can risk everything will endure a shot over the Ioniq 5 Long Reach AWD’s 260 miles.

Estimating is likewise to be determined right now, and this could end up being a trouble spot for certain clients. Hyundai’s inner burning N vehicles have forever been shockingly reasonable, however taking into account the N-ified EV works off a completely stacked Ioniq 5, I will not be stunned on the off chance that its beginning MSRP lands somewhere close to $65,000 and $70,000.

On the other hand, dislike the Ioniq 5 N has any real contest in the EV space. Its nearest adversary is really its kin: the Kia EV6 GT. All things considered, the Ioniq 5 N is essentially — and I mean altogether — seriously fascinating and energizing to drive. The EV6 GT simply feels like a speedy EV6, yet the Ioniq 5 N is a full scale creature.

More than anything, however, the Ioniq 5 N makes me stirred up for the fate of Hyundai’s exhibition items. Realizing that the organization can keep its N vehicles’ pretentious soul pressing onward with an electric powertrain implies we have a great deal to anticipate. Ioniq 6 N, anybody? I bet one of those would tear.