“This is it!” exulted editor-in-chief Daniel Pund about the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N. “This is the type of electric vehicle we were hoping for when Road & Track started Performance Electric Vehicle of the Year. All of these cars are fast, and many are stupid fast, but this is the most fun by far.”
The plain Ioniq 5 has become a familiar face since its introduction for 2022, its nostalgic Eighties sheetmetal morphing toward boxy anonymity. And the N still fades into the background. That’s a tactical advantage. It’s a sleeper, like the fuel-injected 1957 Chevrolet 150 Black Widow or the original BMW M5. At $68,705, the 5 N is an expensive Hyundai. It’s also a Hyundai that has 641 hp, slashes to 60 mph in 3.0 seconds, and orbited the…
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Road & Track (Digital) - 1 Issue, December/January 2025