Hyundai IONIQ 5 N Wins Best Performance Car at 2024 Autocar Awards

Serial winner, the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N, has claimed another high-profile honor by being named Best Performance Car at the 2024 Autocar Awards. These prestigious awards, held annually by the world’s oldest motoring magazine, recognise the very best cars on the market today across various key segments.

The ground-breaking IONIQ 5 N competed against numerous traditional internal combustion models from established high-performance brands, as well as a range of ultra-powerful electrified cars. It impressed the expert judging panel with the sheer driving enjoyment it provides.

This high-performance model is based on the same Electrified-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) as the standard IONIQ 5 – the 2022 World Car of the Year – and incorporates motorsport-bred technologies and expertise from Hyundai’s N division to elevate driving pleasure to new heights.

Among its key technical advancements is a powertrain that delivers greater power output and enhanced performance in battery cooling and braking. The IONIQ 5 N’s electric motors spin up to 21,000 RPM, providing up to 609 PS under normal conditions, or 650 PS when the car’s N Grin Boost (NGB) feature is engaged, maximising acceleration for up to 10 seconds. It can achieve 0-62mph in 3.4 seconds, with a top speed of 161mph attainable on tracks.

The IONIQ 5 N also sets a new benchmark in terms of emotional engagement for a performance EV, thanks to N e-shift, which simulates the eight-speed dual-clutch transmission of internal combustion engine N cars, and the innovative N Active Sound+ technology that delivers an addictive soundtrack.

Recognition from Autocar adds to a series of accolades for the IONIQ 5 N, including being crowned 2024 World Performance Car in the World Car Awards. In December, it was named TopGear.com’s overall 2023 Car of the Year, followed by Best EV Hot Hatch in the TopGear.com Electric Awards in May. That same month, CAR magazine hailed it as the world’s best electric performance car after a definitive seven-car test, and in June, it won Auto Trader’s Rory Reid Award as the finest model tested by the presenter over the past year.

The IONIQ 5 N also made history at the Nürburgring, recording the fastest electric SUV lap time with Germany’s Sport Auto.


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