I thought I recognised this road!

Dream car! Just a lottery win away 😬

It was the tax, mpg and bore scoring for me

You really change your brake pads after 200 miles 😮 ive got a white mk7 st and my brake pads have been on all year 😅

thanks for the honest guide on the range, this has swayed me, for the extra lease cost and reduction in range, I think ill go long range Ionic 5

This is hands down one of thee best video tutorials on changing brake pads. Well done and a very big thank you!

You have to be wealthy for the repair costs of any European car with over 100,000 miles. Lease them and get rid of them in 30,000 miles. I love the Camen coupes. American cars are just as bad. The Japanese cars dominate for longevity. .

Certainly an interesting car. I look forward to riding in it Mark.

Thank you.

Hey you guys the upper driver is driving manual transmission and is on par with the auto transmission😂😂😂 imagine both were auto trans then the upper one would be faster 4 sure🎉 awesome driving man anyway respect to Jon driving manual

Blimey ... a cayman and an ioniq 5 N ... you're living my ideal life .... that's the only EV I'd ever consider

I've only had mine a week and really not done anything besides very boring routine driving, but even then, you can just tell it has so much more to give. I really want to get some more interesting driving done the weekend, as I've only been sat in normal EV mode so far, so definitely missing out on involvement & fun. Moving on from a Fiesta ST, so I'm being very gentle with everything at the moment, especially in the cold and damp. Regarding the colour, I got mine in white and I think it looks great (looks good in any colour available really). I considered the orange, but it's a very close colour to my outgoing ST so I fancied a change, and it's slightly off from the orange trim and it was driving me a bit nuts tbh! Looking forward to further videos, might actually see another one on the road one day! 👍

Aren’t cars on track so slow and boring… good effort though . I guess you need a euro lotto win to get some serious speed going on … looks fun though … That’s why I stick with bikes! All the best

Great review mate, super accurate and great to see the Poorsha too! 😜 Honestly the only EV that excites me at all... 😉

Amazing car! Congratulations!

Love the car and the clour Mark. I wanted to get this car too, but the lease would have been to much for my finances at this current time 😞 How much is it per month if you don't mind me asking?

Did you overtake on a solid white line? :)

I owned the I30N in various guises DCT and manual from launch in 2018 until 2023. Fantastic cars. Nothing but praise for the cars and the N division. I’m not there though in any way, shape or form in terms of EV’s though. So this car does nothing for me. Nice video all the same.

take the protective plastic pff the N logo on the seat

Mark is clearly a petrolhead but I reckon he’s going to be a convert to a Duracell man too! What a car; great noise especially as you have many choices and a great colour too.

This is my first time watching and I enjoyed your appraisal. The colour is awesome ( Im a KTM bike fan so Orange is my favourite colour) . I am holding off till I can get similar performance on a smaller chassis. Was really looking forward to the Alpine A290 but it just isn't quick enough . Thanks

The colour is fantastic

It's a pity that the car doesn't have an engine.

Will be interesting to see the values of these in a few years when my current EV lease is up. I want one! 😂

If you watched Ashley Neal you would see that you are meant to move your head and body while driving. You profess to be a "driver" and I'm surprised that you don't move naturally.

Lovely car and colour. The sounds are hilarious, great that boy racers can get their crackle and pop fix without annoying everyone else 😂

An amazing car (mind you I loved the i3s too)

Honestly, if this is the future of performance EV’s and especially hot hatch EV’s, well I can’t see no issues at all! Sublime car.

Great review! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the series

Had mine for just over a month, same colour, mine looks more 'blood orange' in real life.. I hadn't thought about using e-gears as usual brakes + a bit fun, I will use and abuse that when the summer tyres are back on.

I've yet to see a journalist give this a rubbish review...Cars Mega..Ha! There's a Black one by me,and yeah,they're massive...!

It will be fascinating whether you keep using the gear mode over time as you say. I’m equally interested having had the EV6 GT for 2 years to test drive one to see whether the gears and noise have the same effect for me or if I find them unnecessary now. I suspect my brain has calibrated itself not to expect the noise now but we’ll see!

Great video, we have a blue one in the family. Great car, seriously quick.

Brilliant video Mark. I've had a KIA EV6 GT for 2 years and as you say, these EV's handle far better than the weight would suggest. I daily drove a Porsche 997 before that and even next to that the KIA is great fun (and a LOT faster). I'm very tempted to try an Ionic 5N or the revised EV6 GT which will apparently have the same tech. Like you, I actually enjoy driving the EV6 GT with the low centre of gravity and immense punch out of corners. I even took it to Brands Hatch when it was too wet for my usual track car and it was brilliant. My track machine of choice is a BAC Mono, so the fact that I'm impressed by the EV6 says it all really. The naysayers on Pistonheads and elsewhere need to get over their prejudices and just try one! Great channel, I've subscribed! Like you, I like petrol cars (have a BAC Mono, Ferrari 355, Honda NSX and McLaren 12c) but that doesn't have to mean you can't like EVs as well for what they do well (and better)! (Oh and after 24,000 miles my average is 2.8m/kWh, brake pad wear is 5% and my battery wear is 1.5%)

I've been watching your content since the Fiesta ST days because i had one. Now, a couple of days after i purchase an Ioniq 5, you post about a 5N. Amazing! looking foward to your future content.

Great car. Amazing choice. Do you mind me asking what your paying per month on this lease on 12000 miles and deposit etc.?

I would have loved them to build a golf sized one and called it the 3. I'm not a fan of huge cars. I went with the born instead. I must admit, I'd like the fake gears, but then my "mog" ml/kW would be just as bad as yours. 🙈

I'm amazed this is the free colour, as it's my favourite too, but I've only ever seen one other, so thought it was an expensive extra.

Long highway trips... noise off... Darting through traffic... noise on....

Great work mate

Why is this car so expensive to insure? 20yrs ncb and um getting quoted 2.5k?? For context the new M3 is £1200 and the new type r £700.

It’s hilarious to see this thing going sideways around roundabouts with the fake noise but almost feels like you’re not breaking the law because it’s silent outside!! Glad you’re enjoying it, looking forward on videos to come. The “manual” box seems like an epic idea, just hearing what the car is doing adds so much more involvement. Having the sound on without the gears just sounds like you’re driving an ICE car in 1st gear all the time haha Can you have the “gearbox” but have it shift automatically if that makes sense like a normal auto? Enjoy and happy new year!!

Yawn…….

Thanks for sharing. I should be the last person to love this car. I've only wanted to own the smallest gasoline driver's cars that serve my daily needs, and thought it very important a driver's car is light. In also hated the fake engine noises my cars were delivered with the last 12 years already, switched that all off and tinkered a whole lot with aftermarket exhausts to get the sounds I wanted. Reviews that claimed I was wrong and a test drive to see what it's all about changed all that. Ive owned my 5N half a year now and still love it. Not tired of the fake gears + ignition yet, still hate the fake sound without the gears. Don't use the ICE mode on boring drives with too much traffic, but as soon as the road opens up... Perfect combination. The chassis is great, much work has been put in I can really feel that, without that I would not like this car.... It replaced my fun gasoline cars, not only that it also took the role of the main family car. Didn't think any car could be good at being both a great driver's car and a great family car, this one pulls it of. Hats off Hyundai N! Will be interesting to see how you get on, and hopefully we'll learn from each other.

Very glad we'll get to watch you enjoy this over the coming months!

Love it in Orange!

Oh great!! A new car, Mark. And one that’s on my radar. I’ve got a Tesla model 3 performance as a daily now. Sold my RS when you did. Just sold my Cayman a couple if months ago and thinking of the N for when the Tesla goes back. I don’t know about you but I still miss the Focus RS rawness and theatre, if not the issues! The N could have all the benefits of EV with a touch of RS’ ness about it. Will look forward to future videos.

Happy new year Enjoy your new car 👍👍👍

Watched your Videos since the Focus/M140i times when i also decided between both cars. Got a M140i, a Fiesta ST after that and now cross shopping the Ioniq 5N with a M2 G87 as my next car. Nice to see you in the Hyundai now, love your opinion on it. I knew the range would be bad, but your estimated range is shocking me. 😅 Do not have home charging at the moment, at least 150miles from 20-80% would be nice. I also checked the insurance, which unfortunately is extremely expensive even compared to the M2. Also there are some reliability concerns. Really like this car and will give it a test drive in spring. But I am leaning towards the M2.

Really interesting to see if you think the 5n is actually "more fun" than the i3s? I have test drove the 5n, and yes, it's balistic, grippy, and handles brilliantly, but, but, honestly, for the driving i do, it's TOO Fast, and TOO grippy, and handles TOO well! What makes the i3s so fun is it has low limits, its incredibly narrow and nibble, and at just around 1300kg, when you overcook it, you have room to gather it all up before you hit something. The 5n, sure on track the i3 wouldn't see which way it went, but on the road, nah, you simply can't drive it hard enough (leagally and sensibly speaking) to actually make it fun. The other thing was the ability to accurately read the amount of grip you have from the handwheel, ie the feedback from the front tyres. The i3s, with it's narrow tyres and modest grip is a car that you can use 100% of the grip all the time, in fact, ime, it's even better when it's wet and slippy because it doesn't actually loose much grip as it never had that much when conditions were perfect, the 5n on the otherhand, well i drove it in 3 to 5 degC and honestly, it could be a bit of a handful, and miss a braking point (mostly because it's really really blinking fast!) and several times it felt like "is this thing going to stop" whereas i never get that in the i3s? I'd love to make some mods to my i3s, an LSD (initaly googling suggest the mini LSD might actually fit as apparently the trans might use this diff??), spacers on the back, or another way of getting about 10% more rear roll stiffenss, and some better quality dampers, and i suspect it would actually become a bit of a sleeper. Anyway, enjoy the 5n, let us know how it goes and how it compares to your previous i3 🙂