Hyundai Ioniq 5

Have been watching some reviews - EU and US ones - on this as it's really piqued my interest. The Doug Demuro review really shows how large the interior and boot space is. I love the extras like the magnet (perfect for a phone) to the cool reclining seats and the interior/exterior V2L.

It's too expensive here, I can't believe I'm even considering a Hyundai priced beginning with a 6 ! I think the removal of the 5k grant and vrt relief is killing that model here. You'd have to be an idiot like me to even consider one. I'd be getting it to trade in 3 years for either the cybertruck if available or if not the Ioniq 7.

O briens in mullingar have one to test drive. I'll be ringing them first thing in the morning to book one

Kearys in Cork have one now too. Test drive in the morning.

Hi,

Sorry for a potential stupid question here, but am I reading this right?

The price on the Hyundai Ireland website says the IONIQ 5 Premium Plus is €53,495 and says that this includes the VRT relief and €5,000 SEAI Grant for Private Customers, so does that mean the original price was approx €65k and the price has come down to €53k after VRT and SEAI grant has been applied or is it that the €53,495 will be reduced downwards to €45k (ish) when the grant and tax relief have been factored in??

if it’s the former then it’s much more expensive than the two garages that I spoke to thought it would be before the prices were released!!

There's a whole lot of extras on the premium plus. V2L, sunroof, a whole bunch of safety stuff that really should be standard, those laziboy type seats (I'd never use these), HUD, powered tailgate etc. etc.

Well?

It's definitely not bigger than is expect. I expect an absolutely oversized hatchback machine with a nice front end and middling rear end. Huge yolk

Same system in the Kia. I turn it off every single time.

I saw one today in Kilkenny .Feels like the kinda car you need to be standing beside to grasp it's dimensions . Only saw it driving.

Sat into one today in Hyundai in Kildare Town. It was a white one, looked impressive from the outside and is about the size of a Tuscon, dwarfed an old style Ioniq which is was parked beside. Sales guy said there is huge interest in this and thinks they will only get 14 to sell. He could not talk prices or trade in values as they don't know the actual margins etc at the moment.

Realistically he said March 2022 delivery and come back in October to discuss pricing.

I was not too impressed with the interior, it does have a lot of space, but 3 adults in rear definitely a struggle, boot is small, frunk is useless really. Sharp design, no test drive though. Nice car, but not really for me, will be waiting for EV6 I think

Had a look at the Ioniq 5 this morning at Hyundai Wexford. It was a 58kWh Premium Model in white with the dark leather interior.

First impressions, loved the exterior , white suits it with the contrasting trim. Inside, not so sure. It was quite bland with the charcoal seat colour. Didn't feel very premium, sort of utilitarian but very practical if you need the room. Back seats sliding and reclining was nice, but not sure if would be much use for us. The info displayed is similar enough to our Ioniq, just more of it, so felt at home. An exception was the control switches under the screen which are on a silver strip, found them difficult to read without moving your head because of reflection. Actually a lot of the info on the two screens is quite small, not great if you are getting to the stage of needing reading glasses. 🙂. In my ID I have no problem reading anything..

Liked the gear selector by the wheel, best place IMO. In our classic Ioniq I still often have to look down to change (Mainly because it's not my main driver). But it seems a bit odd still having to turn on/off the power and handbrake and get all the chimes. Most cars now you just get in and drive, so much simpler. Noticed on the history of last trips, that the range was between 16 and 30kWh/100kms.

Was offered a drive, but declined due to a bit short of time. The garage knew very little about the car as yet and noticed the pricing/spec is down atm on Hyundai's webpage. But I think this one was about mid spec, not sure of price. I am sure in a higher spec and for me a lighter interior it would feel nicer.

Edit, see the pricing is back on Hyundai Ireland. This model is 45K plus metallic and delivery. I think better value would be the 73kWh Executive Plus at the same price. The half leather may look better IMO.

Wow did someone say a wait till march!they're nice though if a bit pricey-still waiting on my kuga phev-next month they tell me👍