In our First Drive report on the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, our penultimate paragraph included the road, “This gained’t be some stripper-spec sports activities automobile. Nor ought to or not it’s, contemplating the Ioniq 5 N will possible be priced within the $65,000 to $70,000 vary when it goes on sale subsequent March – an informed guess based mostly on present Ioniq 5 MSRPs.” The ultimate quantity landed virtually lifeless heart of the prediction, Hyundai asserting what it calls “the brand new benchmark for high-performance, all-electric driver engagement” will value $66,100 earlier than a $1,375 vacation spot cost. Put these two numbers collectively to get $67,475 for a single trim that ought to have each substantial possibility in-built, solely leaving empty packing containers for small beer like a cargo internet or wheel locks, if that.
Yeah, that determine makes the Ioniq 5 N the costliest Hyundai product on the U.S. market, about $5,000 above the Nexo fuel-cell SUV, about $25,000 above the entry-level Ioniq 5 N, and roughly $7,000 over the Ioniq 5 Disney 100 limited-edition trim that celebrates the mouse gang. The most recent N outdoes its company sibling, the Kia EV6 GT, by about $5,000. The Ioniq 5 N can also be extra highly effective than the EV6 GT, faster to 60 miles per hour, packs a bigger battery, and gives a spread of options the Kia does not. The decision is out on vary for now, with neither Hyundai nor the EPA prepared to supply an estimated determine.
And yeah, the Ioniq 5 N is about $14,000 greater than a Tesla Mannequin Y Efficiency, although that’s earlier than evaluating like-for-like. Any paint apart from Stealth Grey on the Tesla provides $1,000, and Full Self-Driving — to check with Hyundai’s Freeway Driving Help 2 — provides $12,000 to the value, making this a lifeless warmth earlier than turning to the matter of incentives: The Tesla qualifies for a $7,500 federal tax credit score, the Ioniq 5 N doesn’t.
Thoughts you, Hyundai threw a ton of engineering on the hatch that bought simply shy of 34,000 models within the U.S. final 12 months. The construction’s stiffer because of further welds and bonding and stouter connecting factors for powertrain {hardware}; the steering is faster and extra communicative; the N Grin Enhance operate plumps energy from 601 to 641 hp for 10 seconds, to go together with 545 of torque; the N e-Shift function reads like questionable theater however really improves fanatic enjoyment; the heated and ventilated entrance seats sit decrease within the cabin; 21-inch cast aluminum wheels in Pirelli P Zero tires are reined in by an e-LSD and a gaggle of programmable N-branded software program; and Freeway Driving Help 2 comes with the value.
Convey on the comparability checks. We predict they are going to be good.