I Couldn't Believe It | Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Review

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Hyundai understands the assignment.

Im not a fan of the whole fact that its a synthetic experience. However, every single part of my brain was telling me "this is an ICE car" when you were driving. Incredible job Hyundai N, you guys are wizards.

Huge props to Hyundai for making real automotive innovation for ENTHUSIASTS. Seriously gives hope for the future of EV sports cars and having an actual fun and engaging driving experience, no way this tech doesn’t catch on to all the other manufacturers.

I had the chance to test the Ioniq5N for a little bit on city streets recently and even driving fairly slow, I laughed like a crazy person. It is so different than any other EV, it is mindblowing. It basically makes itself slower by going through gears and hitting the rev limiter to emulate a gas powered car, but that makes it so much more communicative. And since it got crazy instant EV torque, even in "dumb down mode" it feels and probably is faster and more powerful than an equal gas powered car. It is a driving experience unlike anything else.

We live in crazy times man. Hyundais making 600+ hp at reasonable prices

Professional wrestling isn't real, people know it, and people still love it. The Ioniq5 N is the pro wrestler of the EV world.

Matt sounds like he's really convinced the car has gears. Hyundai really done the magic.

If Hyundai put the N Vision 74 body on this skateboard, I would buy one immediately. Well done Matt, I value your opinion.

I remember when Top Gear did a video on this months ago, they had a similar response to Matt and lots of UK motoring journalists just dismissed it, now they’re all getting to drive it and reacting like this lol

Best burbble tune ever! Only the people in the car can hear it, and everyone else doesn't have to suffer.

I'm genuinely impressed. Well done Hyundai! This looks like a blast to drive

The Ioniq5N engineers must be hardcore sim-racing enthusiasts. How fast can you stack gears when you downshift?

I kind of had a revelation with this excellent video. The sensor experience an ICE gives us is really baked into motorsports. It's not an advancement of the sport to remove those sensory inputs with EV's, but really amazing we could configure and EV to emulate them in a satisfactory way.

dang when he hit the boost button and it went dead quiet... this car legit makes you forget its electric

I think Hyundai found the secret sauce for performance EVs. Love that there are different sounds to choose from. Hopefully this catches on with BMW and Porsche.

I just want an EV that’s fun. And this thing looks like a load of fun.

It lies so good you thought you needed a cool down lap 😂😂

I haven't played Gran Turismo for 15 years but the in-car footage gave me intense flashbacks! 😂 I kind of feel that I shouldn't like this car because it's fake, but actually it's been done so well and completely makes the experience, what's not to like? Tyre wear probably! 😂 Well done Hyundai! 🏆

A different way of describing it instead of saying that the car lies to you is: the car communicates with the driver in the enthusiast language. Using engine sounds and combustion engine traits.