The Ioniq 6 N takes the sleek, curvy design of the standard Ioniq 6 and injects it with the raw energy of Hyundai’s N performance division.
Using the same performance foundations as the Ioniq 5 N, this version transforms the elegant electric sedan into a true driver’s car.
It isn’t just about instant acceleration anymore. It’s about emotion, control, and the thrill of connection behind the wheel.
Dual motors deliver all-wheel drive. The front makes 234 horsepower. The rear produces 406 horsepower.
From the pedal in natural format, the Ioniq 6 N makes just over 600 horsepower and 568 pound-feet.
Hit the N Grin Boost button on the wheel and you get extra shove at 641 horsepower for ten seconds. After that you wait ten seconds before using it again.
Zero to 62 mph happens in 3.2 seconds. Top speed hits 160 mph. In-gear pull will make you swallow teeth.
The 84 kWh battery should deliver well over 300 miles of range if the standard all-wheel-drive car manages 322 miles WLTP.
There’s 11 kilowatt AC charging as standard plus 350 kilowatt DC capability from an 800-volt architecture.
Find a big enough charger and you’re looking at 10 to 80 per cent charge in 18 minutes.
The extra driver-centric additions make this an N product. N Battery lets you set for drag, sprint or endurance.
That optimises battery cooling and conditioning for whatever you’re doing. N Active Sound Plus lets you choose what this thing sounds like.
You get actual car noise with distinct V8 rumblings including lift-pops and bangs. Only the engine noise sounds any good. The rest are kind of Enya-adjacent.
N Launch Control does exactly what it says on the tin reliably and with enough force to remember this is definitely an EV with all-wheel drive.
N e-Shift gives you paddle-shifts so you can deliberately feel more involved.
In Ignition sound mode it really does electrically backfire a bit like an Audi S3 with a silly map.
You can hit a digital rev-limiter if you don’t shift. That’s a rev-limiter in an electric car.
N Torque Distribution and N Drift Optimiser let you set this car to have all the torque to the rear motor and make it rear-wheel drive.
Then arc your drift using the optimiser. Getting on for 378 horsepower to the rear is more than enough to get things moving.
It’s a fun car to play with thanks to a long wheelbase and steady reactions.
Does it feel faker than a market stall diamond? Nope. That’s the shocker.
It takes a little while to set things up as you like but then you save favourites to the two N buttons on the steering wheel.
The 6 N has a lower centre of gravity than the 5 N and features redesigned suspension geometry plus new stroke-sensing dampers.
It feeds itself along with stable calm, which makes it very fast indeed. Bad bits exist. The steering is accurate but hasn’t got a lot of feel.
The brakes are powerful but lack true delicacy. Around a track it feels a bit too heavy and isolated despite all the theatrics.
But as a thing? It’s brilliant. You keep forgetting it’s electric entirely, which serves as a massive compliment to the Hyundai engineers.
The Ioniq 6 N charges brilliantly and it’s super comfortable on the road with plenty of space.
Pricing is expected to be around $70,000 for the base model.
