√2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N rendered: Here’s what it could look like

Hyundai’s N performance division is turning its attention to the brand’s first dedicated electric car, the Ioniq 5. Here’s what it may look like.

The Hyundai N performance division’s first electric car, the 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, is on the way – and here is what it could look like, once it launches in Europe and Australia from next year.

Spy photos recently published in South Korea and Germany gave our first look at an Ioniq 5 N prototype in its production body – rather than test ‘mules’ under standard Ioniq 5 bodywork – with the styling enhancements expected of a Hyundai N car.

Drive tasked resident render artist Theophilus Chin (@theottle) with stripping away the camouflage to provide a look at the Ioniq 5 N’s final form, due to be revealed in full sometime next year, ahead of an Australian launch previously reported for 2024.

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Key design upgrades includes new front and rear bumpers, sportier side skirts, wider wheel-arch flares – finished in the body colour, without the indentations of the standard Ioniq 5 – and red accents along the lower edges of the car.

New two-tone 21-inch alloy wheels fill the arches – hiding larger performance brakes with red calipers – while at the rear there’s a new rear spoiler similar in style to the Hyundai i30 N hot hatch, with spy photos suggest could be a triangular brake light at its centre.

Photos of Ioniq 5 N prototypes testing in South Korea confirm the Hyundai N division’s signature Performance Blue exterior colour will be available, accented with black and red highlights.

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Inside, spy photos appear to confirm the hot Ioniq 5 will gain the ‘N Light’ sports bucket seats from the i30 N and Kona N models, featuring illuminated N logos in their backrests.

The list of other interior upgrades the Ioniq 5 N will score is unclear, however if the recent RN22e concept (above) – a preview of an Ioniq 6 N sedan – is any guide, expect leather and suede trim, blue accents, an N-specific steering wheel, and metallic sports pedals.

Details of what will power the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N are also unclear – however the most likely option is a version of the system underneath its twin under the skin, the Kia EV6 GT.

It uses 160kW front and 270kW rear electric motors for combined outputs of 430kW and 740Nm – about 200kW and 130Nm more than a standard all-wheel-drive Ioniq 5 – from a 77.4kWh battery pack under the floor.

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Kia quotes a 3.5-second 0-100km/h acceleration time, and a 260km/h top speed. The Ioniq 5 N may go quicker than its EV6 GT twin, as lesser versions of the Hyundai are 0.1s quicker to 100km/h than equivalent Kia EV6 variants.

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N may draw from the Kia EV6 GT’s range of performance-enhancing parts, including an electronic limited-slip rear differential, adaptive suspension, upgraded brake discs (380mm front diameter) and calipers, and unique steering tuning.

The 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is due to be revealed sometime next year, ahead of an Australian launch expected to occur in 2024. Stay tuned to Drive for more news as these dates approach.

Pricing is yet to be confirmed, however if overseas figures for the Kia EV6 GT are any guide, the Ioniq 5 N may become the first Hyundai to cost more than $100,000.

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