Hyundai Ioniq 5

Am I correct in saying that the reason for the wide spread cancellations/rebooking was that trim level specs/model specs have changed and Hyundai decided to scrap all existing orders & rebook everyone for the 2023 model/trims? (if that's correct, I'm hoping that was a once off issue)

Are people going PCP or buying outright. PCP at 5.9% is a joke, i would not budge. While i would like the car, there is no way you can justify 5.9%, we are being mugged off

ok - mistake, sorry

You'd have to be buying outright I think. That 5.9% is unlikely to remain with yesterday's ECB 0.5% increase, will probably see 6.9% before people take delivery next Q1.

Heard the same - price and APR are honoured from date of order, not date of delivery. Something Nissan and Skoda were spectacularly unable/unwilling to do.

Anyone having an issue with the boot?

Quite often now when we let it open, it will hit the top and then come back down again, usually only does it the first time after opening up.

I did mention it while car was in for a service but they wanted the car for another 2-3 hours and I didn't have time.

I google'd and saw it mentioned a few times. It's just a bit annoying, especially when you forget and stand under it then realise it's coming back down!

5.9% is not too bad, a personal loan would be at least 7.9%. There's no such thing as free money! I bought one of these in January and did a lot of shopping around, Vag were 4.9% across the range at that stage. EVs are in such demand that if you don't like the finance deal someone else will just take it instead.

The difference with VAG is they have their own bank, Hyundai finance is with BOI.

on pcp that 5.9% is nearly 5k interest over the 3 years. That is a joke. There have been many 0% finance deals over the last 5 years from a number of manufacturers. It is bad, the minute you buy the car you will lose a good 7k walking out the door, add the 5k to that. then wait a further 3 years and resulting depreciation. It as a terrible agreement.

sit tight, be patient, it will come good or rather more sensible and a lot sooner than people think, i project a year. Manufacturers with popular models are not able to meet demand, they obviously know it and are making up the deficit by increasing prices and then hiking up the apr's on top of this. On Wednesday i was told of 1 main player in the motor industry considering new aprs at record levels but the is concern that sales will get hammered. I was told the apr - 8%. Can't see it happening myself, who in their right mind will go with that.

I didn't go pcp for that reason. Went on a 5 year HP and will own the car outright if we keep it that long but will probably change again after 3 years. Outstanding loan at that stage will be around €14k, the car should still be worth close to 30 all going well.

The market has shown in recent months that nobody is losing anything on new EVs, let alone 7K as you walk away from the showroom. In fact, 6-12 month old EVs from some manufacturers are fetching more than the new RRP due to immediate availability.

Got my first low battery warning for the 12v battery, the conditions for the last few weeks must really sucking the life out of it.

I expect there will be a few people having battery issues over the Christmas, just make sure you have some way of boosting your battery if you run into trouble.

Comparing a detailed look at the Ioniq 5 and Tesla MY here, once you step behind the headline of "41K on the road" it seems to me that you have to go to Platinum spec on the Ioniq to find an equivalent to the MY SR standard spec, but interested in what ye think.

That's 56,000 for the Hyundai OTR or 54,200 for the Tesla OTR (allowing for a colour choice other than white).

Is that the battery saver thing??????.

If so that will have charged the battery for a period of time when triggered.

I've had it pop up on my Ioniq a few times with no issues since August 2021.

The way it supposedly works is that the cars systems checks if 12 volt needs a top up every so often.

If it does need a top up the main battery is used to top up 12 volt - which then means you get a warning next time you fire up the car.

Check used to happen every 3 days but I understand at least some Hyundai EVs have had this changed* to every 24 hours as 12 volt batteries are a known weakspot.

Edit - I'm referring to what the system does when car is switched off. It should obviously charge the 12 volt when car is switched on and being used for driving.

*via software updates.