IONIQ 5N - Hot hatch or SUV?
Discussion
What are your thoughts?
FOR
- Hot hatch sounds (internal)
- Cool gismos
- Great paintwork with red bits
- Well sorted chassis
- Lots of power
AGAINST:
- Longer than an I-Pace
- Wider than an X3
- Lower than a most SUVs, but still way higher than most conventional hatches (1400-1450)
- Heavier than all other hatches by a significant margin - 2,235KG
I ask because I see it top the list of "Top EV Hot Hatch", but, I'm not sure if this is doing the rest of the hot hatch line up and actually the community a disservice. Its sort of like disguising a heavy weight wrestler as a cruiser weight. That's great when you're going head to head on a track, but on a single track B-road or in the narrow pot holed roads of your town/city, I'm not sure it can perform. If a Golf GTI sits on the left of the scale, and a Range Rover sits on the right of the scale, I feel this car would be much closer mates with the Range Rover.
Thoughts?
Edit: If its not an EV hot hatch, what is the current best EV hot hatch on the market ? To me it seems the MG4 XPower is the only car gives similiar thrills in a normal package.
FOR
- Hot hatch sounds (internal)
- Cool gismos
- Great paintwork with red bits
- Well sorted chassis
- Lots of power
AGAINST:
- Longer than an I-Pace
- Wider than an X3
- Lower than a most SUVs, but still way higher than most conventional hatches (1400-1450)
- Heavier than all other hatches by a significant margin - 2,235KG
I ask because I see it top the list of "Top EV Hot Hatch", but, I'm not sure if this is doing the rest of the hot hatch line up and actually the community a disservice. Its sort of like disguising a heavy weight wrestler as a cruiser weight. That's great when you're going head to head on a track, but on a single track B-road or in the narrow pot holed roads of your town/city, I'm not sure it can perform. If a Golf GTI sits on the left of the scale, and a Range Rover sits on the right of the scale, I feel this car would be much closer mates with the Range Rover.
Thoughts?
Edit: If its not an EV hot hatch, what is the current best EV hot hatch on the market ? To me it seems the MG4 XPower is the only car gives similiar thrills in a normal package.
Edited by Harrison-91xcg on Monday 20th October 20:45
I don't consider the Ioniq 5 a "hatchback" as it's so much bigger than a Focus or Golf in all directions. It's also either RWD or 4WD, whereas a 'hatch' is classically FWD.
I also don't consider it an "SUV" as to me those are larger and more offroad-oriented cars, like a Range Rover or Touareg.
I'd call the I5 a medium size crossover, i.e. basically an MPV package but styled with some off-road cues.
I think they're dead cool, but most reviewers have said it was far, far bigger than they expected.
I saw this in action myself when someone pulled away from letting someone past and took out the entire side of a parked car.
They said they'd picked it up a couple of days ago.
I can't imagine it's ever going to be light on its feet, but no doubt they'd pulled lots of tricks to approximate it.
I saw this in action myself when someone pulled away from letting someone past and took out the entire side of a parked car.
They said they'd picked it up a couple of days ago.
I can't imagine it's ever going to be light on its feet, but no doubt they'd pulled lots of tricks to approximate it.
bloomen said:
I think they're dead cool, but most reviewers have said it was far, far bigger than they expected.
I saw this in action myself when someone pulled away from letting someone past and took out the entire side of a parked car.
They said they'd picked it up a couple of days ago.
That seems quite worrying. Imagine being on a bicycle or walking when they were driving past in a vehicle that they could not judge the width of after a couple of days! I saw this in action myself when someone pulled away from letting someone past and took out the entire side of a parked car.
They said they'd picked it up a couple of days ago.
I'd say it's not an SUV but a tall car that needs to be called an SUV to get people in the showroom door. Not sure many traditional hot hatches exist any more, I feel that the Golf R's and A-Class AMGs have taken the power and tech to a point where they just get a bit boring. The Hyundai somehow seems a lot more tradional than most in that it is a bit rorty and doesn't take itself to seriously yet can still do the daily driver bit very well.
Youreterriblemuriel said:
Not sure many traditional hot hatches exist any more, I feel that the Golf R's and A-Class AMGs have taken the power and tech to a point where they just get a bit boring.
They’re apparently not hot hatches anyway, being four wheel drive and automatic.(Manual Golf R discontinued in all markets a year or two ago, none newer than 2018 on autotrader)
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