Our First EV!

[Sunny]

Technically wife's car, but loving it so much, I think I will be driving it more .

 

[Giannis]

Well, congrats Sunny and Sunny's wife! May I wish you many many happy and safe miles!

 

[Merc1]

Congrats. More pics please.

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[Rolf]

Congratulations, it looks great in red.

 

[tristatez28lt1]

Great choice, what a fun (and practical) car!

 

[klier]

Technically wife's car, but loving it so much, I think I will be driving it more .

10 years ago, I bet you'd say it would be impossible to even contemplate a Hyundai.......

Congrats. The car looks fantastic in red.

 

[Porsche Guy]

Awesome. This is the most compelling EV I've seen to date.

 

[Gianclaudio]

Congrats Sunny!! I love that car, such a nice design.

Enjoy it (you and your family) in good health.

 

[martinbo]

Congrats to you and the missus, Sunny. Many happy, safe and - hopefully - fuss-free miles.

 

[Sunny]

Thanks all. I am still getting used to the clusterf#ck of a UX. Will share a more informed opinion once I have figured all the modes/options.
But here is my early opinion -

The good stuff -

• Beneath all the gimmicks, the car is a honest to good car. It goes/turns/slows when you ask it to, where you ask it to, how much you ask it.
• It is not light on its feet like GT3/4 (obviously), but more of a brute like that GTR that bearhugs the road into submission.
• You know it is heavy, but it is not like you feel the weight in some some part of it like you feel the heavy nose in a heavy ICE sedan/suv. Instead it feels like one solid mass.
• The ride feels quite good so far. You can even use the hardest setting for almost everything around here except the really broken roads.
• If I didn’t mention it, it is fast!
• For < 60k that it cost us, I can't think of many cars, let alone practical family cars that come close to how capable and fun it is, EV or not...

The gimmicks -

• The fake shifts, works really well. I bet if you didn't know beforehand, you would think there was a real DCT transmission.
• The fake sound - when you first turn on the fake sound, you are very aware it is fake, but 2 mins into it, it feels more natural. They went with turbo 4 cylinder (apparently from one of the other N cars), so not the greatest sound.
• In the end, both combined works. It adds the texture and tactility that we associate with performance driving back into the mix.

The interior -

• The N specific stuff - the steering and bucket seats are nice. Rest, carried over from basic Ioniq 5 is whatever - like the center console is very minivan-ish.
• Materials - most prominent areas are covered in leather with deviated stitching. But if you dig around, lot of cheap stuff, At the same time, I sat in a RS3 (same base price) and it has way more cheaper stuff, so for 60k, this is as good as it gets.
• Except for the climate controls, everything else is real buttons. No haptic/touch crap.
• The bucket seats hold you nicely without being a torture to get in and out of like the Porsche ones.

The sucky parts -

• Range downright sucks - claim 220 miles, but if you drive like it is meant to be, probably more like 180 miles. Not important for what we got the car for - local use. But not ideal for road trips. But charging rate is really good - will charge to 80% in ~20 mins.
• The UX is a clusterf#ck. There are gazzilion different modes and settings and navigating them is a maze.

Congratulations, it looks great in red.

They actually call it something Orange, but yea it is close to red.

 

[Tuffode]

Congrats! Great color choice.

 

[Centurion]

Thanks for the review. The car is a banger! Good to know that the shifts are convincing. 220 range is low but if you average journey is well bewel 100miles than it doesn't matter.

 

[Big Sam]

Wow, that looks great in that colour! Congratulations to you and your wife. I've only ever seen this in the press light blue.

I'm amazed this is your first EV. I thought you had a Tesla?

 

[AndreB]

Congrats! The 5N is very cool car and as fast as the Urus.

 

[Sunny]

Thanks for the review. The car is a banger! Good to know that the shifts are convincing. 220 range is low but if you average journey is well bewel 100miles than it doesn't matter.

Unless we go on a roadtrip, almost everything we do is within 60 miles.

I'm amazed this is your first EV. I thought you had a Tesla?

We had rental Teslas few times, but never owned one.

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Congrats mate!

My wife really wants this car as well. She says it's her clear favorite right now, specifically the N version!

How'd you get it for over $60K, especially here in the Bay Area?

I remember a few months back dealers were slapping $20K mark ups on these. Glad to see that's no longer the case.

 

[Sunny]

Congrats mate!

My wife really wants this car as well. She says it's her clear favorite right now, specifically the N version!

How'd you get it for over $60K, especially here in the Bay Area?

I remember a few months back dealers were slapping $20K mark ups on these. Glad to see that's no longer the case.

We got ~2k discount from the dealer without even trying + Hyundai offers 7.5k off for leasing (which is what we did). If I pressed harder I could have probably got 3k off, but I hate haggling. If you want the similar deal, let me know I can refer you our sales person, she was good (which seems to be a rarity with Hyundai dealerships). I think they have a white one too in stock (which was my preference, but wife wanted orange).

Maybe there was a mark up earlier, but not any longer. I doubt there is a big market for 60k+ Hyundais. Most people are stuck on brands at that price point.

 

[kiki voinea]

Congrats for the color combo ! Looks awesome !

 

[Yaz]

Congratulations to the Mrs on the orange Cheeto
Now, like Matt Farah said, if only you can download and use other sounds like the GT3's

 

[Sunny]

Now, like Matt Farah said, if only you can download and use other sounds like the GT3's

Yea, they could even sell additional sound tracks and people would happily pay.