The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is proving to be a formidable drag racer. The little electrical crossover not too long ago shamed a number of high-end, high-powered SUVs, together with a Lamborghini Urus and a Brabus-tuned Mercedes-AMG G63. It is now unleashed its fury on a extra acceptable opponent—the Mercedes-AMG GT.
The coupe has AMG’s twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 engine underneath the hood, which delivers 585 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque to all 4 wheels. The Hyundai has two electrical motors that give it all-wheel drive, collectively producing 650 hp and 545 lb-ft of twist. The AMG has a weight benefit, weighing about 298 kilos lower than the electrical crossover.
The Hyundai is a fast household hauler. It beat the coupe off the road within the first run and stayed forward previous the end line. The GT obtained a a lot better begin within the second race, launching forward of the 5 N, however the EV reeled within the AMG and beat it by a bumper to the end line. Each vehicles accomplished the quarter-mile race in 11.4 seconds—spectacular for a $66,000 electrical household crossover that may create pretend gearshifts and corresponding exhaust sounds.
The Ioniq additionally has a couple of software program methods that had been deployed through the rolling races. The EV’s pretend gear shifts didn’t assist it in opposition to the AMG, shedding by fairly a spot. Nevertheless, a easy setting change and a press of the enhance button within the Ioniq made the second run a totally totally different race, with the Hyundai leaving the Mercedes behind.
We reside in a wild time when fairly priced Hyundai crossovers outperform six-figure sports activities vehicles in a straight line, however that’s the massive profit battery-electric automobiles supply. They democratize horsepower, and it feels just like the 5 N is just the start of a brand new age of efficiency vehicles that would alter the automotive hierarchy constructed on combustion energy.
