Unleashing the Beast: Ioniq 5N Takes on the Supercar World with Jaw-Dropping Performance
- Hyundai Motor Company's first high-performance electric vehicle, the IONIQ 5N, has been making waves in the automotive world.
- The IONIQ 5N's rise to fame began when it was selected as the "World High-Performance Car of the Year" at the "World Car Awards 2024" in late March.
- Since then, foreign automotive YouTubers have regularly featured the IONIQ 5N in drag racing content, racing at full speed along a 400-meter straight.
Hyundai IONIQ 5N: A High-Performance Electric Vehicle Taking the World by Storm
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Hyundai Motor Company’s first high-performance electric vehicle, the IONIQ 5N, has been making waves in the automotive world. Celebrating its first anniversary, the IONIQ 5N has established itself as a high-performance car by competing in short-distance races with high-performance internal combustion engine models.
The IONIQ 5N’s rise to fame began when it was selected as the “World High-Performance Car of the Year” at the “World Car Awards 2024” in late March. It took first place, beating top models such as the BMW XM, Ferrari Purosange, and Porsche Cayenne Turbo E-Hybrid.
Since then, foreign automotive YouTubers have regularly featured the IONIQ 5N in drag racing content, racing at full speed along a 400-meter straight. The British automotive YouTube channel “CarWow”, with 9.56 million subscribers, has uploaded 19 drag racing videos in the past two months, with the IONIQ 5N appearing in 4 of them.
In these videos, the IONIQ 5N has competed with the Mercedes-Benz AMG GT, Tesla Model 3 Performance, and Audi RS7, starting with the Lamborghini Aventador SV in early July. While the IONIQ 5N lost to the Aventador and RS7, it beat the AMG GT and Model 3 Performance.
What’s notable is that the IONIQ 5N competed on equal terms with these expensive supercars. The Aventador took 10.9 seconds and the IONIQ 5N 11.3 seconds to cross the 400-meter mark. Considering the retail price in the UK alone, the IONIQ 5N is listed at 65,000 pounds (about 114 million won), which is half the price of the Aventador, which costs 238,000 pounds (about 417 million won).
In short-distance racing, electric vehicles have an advantage over internal combustion engine vehicles in demonstrating their driving performance. Electric vehicles can make full use of the engine’s rotational force as soon as the accelerator pedal is pressed, while internal combustion engine vehicles need to shift gears step by step according to the rpm and increase the engine speed to the maximum range.
Hyundai Motor Company’s position in the high-performance car market is expected to be further strengthened in the future. The company has unveiled the IONIQ 6-based high-performance concept car “RN22e” and the high-performance hydrogen-electric hybrid concept car “N Vision 74” in the second half of 2022. These concept cars are expected to be released as mass-produced models in the near future.
Lee Hang-gu, head of the Automotive Convergence Technology Institute, said: “Hyundai Motors has remained a latecomer in the high-performance internal combustion engine vehicle market, but as a leader in the field of high-performance electric vehicles, it is showing excellent results with competitive pricing and excellent driving performance.”