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The recent Hyundai Ioniq 6 N will arrive in Australia sooner than anticipated however, in distinction, its tamer electrical sedan counterparts have been delayed.
“6 N goes to be right here first half of subsequent 12 months, and we’re nonetheless engaged on our plan for the remainder of the 6 vary,” mentioned a Hyundai Australia spokesperson on the launch of the brand new Palisade massive SUV.
The brand new Ioniq 6 N had beforehand been anticipated on sale right here through the second half of 2026, whereas the core Ioniq 6 lineup was anticipated to be launched through the second half of this 12 months in facelifted guise.
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It seems Hyundai could possibly be evaluating what the up to date Ioniq 6 lineup will appear to be in Australia.
It’s no secret the slinky battery-powered sedan – or ‘streamliner’, in Hyundai parlance – hasn’t been an enormous vendor domestically, which isn’t altogether stunning given the final market pattern away from sedans.
Hyundai Australia continues to be attempting to shift mannequin 12 months 2023 (MY23) inventory of the electrical car (EV), asserting lower than a month in the past it was providing reductions of between $27,564 and $34,142 to maneuver steel.
The Korean model supplied the pre-facelift Ioniq 6 in Dynamiq, Techniq and Epiq trim ranges domestically. The facelifted sedan will, for the primary time, be supplied in sporty-looking N Line trim, although Hyundai Australia has but to verify which variants can be supplied right here past the N.
The facelifted Ioniq 6 options sleeker front-end styling, in addition to tweaks to the rear and, contained in the cabin, a redesigned steering wheel and centre console, in addition to a bigger local weather management show.
It’s additionally accessible with a brand new, bigger 84kWh battery, changing the previous 77.4kWh unit. This bigger pack is the one one supplied within the new N flagship.
The electrical sports activities sedan pumps out 448kW of energy (478kW in N Grin Enhance mode) and 770Nm of torque, and it’s claimed to finish the 0-100km/h sprint in simply 3.2 seconds.
Redesigned suspension geometry is alleged to deliver a decrease centre of gravity and is tuned to ship extra high-speed stability and mechanical cornering grip, with adaptive dampers fitted as normal.
Additionally normal are 20-inch alloy wheels wrapped in 275/35 Pirelli tyres, which Hyundai says had been developed particularly for the Ioniq 6 N, in addition to upgraded brakes with four-piston calipers and 400mm rotors up entrance, and single-piston/360mm items on the rear.
To the tip of September, Hyundai has delivered simply 93 Ioniq 6 sedans this 12 months, down 71.8 per cent on the identical interval final 12 months.
That places it nicely behind not solely the associated Ioniq 5 (535 deliveries), which rides the identical platform however has extra of a crossover form that has wider attraction to Australian consumers. It additionally sees the Ioniq 6 outpaced by rivals just like the BYD Seal (2955 gross sales, down 44.3 per cent year-to-date) and Tesla Mannequin 3 (5416, down 61.5 per cent).
It could possibly be extra than simply the sedan physique fashion guilty for gradual Ioniq 6 gross sales.
“I used to be so impressed that we made it appear to be it all the time ought to have been like that, and now I’m pondering, ‘Why did we do it like that earlier than?’,” mentioned the senior vice chairman and head of Hyundai Design Heart, Simon Loasby, to Australian media on the up to date Ioniq 6’s reveal in April.
“Given time, you’ll be able to all the time discover one thing which you could refine and tweak… Taking parts away usually offers you extra, and that’s what occurred right here.
“It’s extra an acknowledgement that we had extra time simply to maintain going and enhancing. It seems decrease, wider, cleaner.”
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