DRIFTED: THE FIRST e-SUPER HATCH?
I can’t tell you anything about what the Hyundai Ioniq 5 Nis like to drive. Sorry. I have ‘driven’ the circa £70k, 600bhp electric reinvention of the hot hatch, but it was mainly sideways on a frozen lake in northern Sweden... Hyundai is making a huge effort to inject genuine old school fun into this two-tonne crossover: there’s an idiot proof drift mode, a torque-kick function to punt the tail sideways when you pull both paddleshifters, and there’ll be a variety of futuristic sounds available to play out of the underbody speaker, simulating engine noise. But with so much EV chat still focusing on range, charging times and cold weather anxiety, will the N Division really convince a groundswell of future hot hatch lovers to prioritise getting slippy over getting home?
Now go and watch the video on topgear.com
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