FIRST DRIVE: 641bhp Hyundai Ioniq 5 N eN1 Cup!

We’re big fans of Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 N hot hatch, because it’s about the most fun you can have in an EV. Fake gears, 10-second bursts of extra power, and a drift mode, all sound like gimmicks, but together they make for one engaging hot hatch. But what if the 5 N was turned up to 11?
Enter the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N eN1 Cup race car. It keeps the production 5 N’s battery and motors - so it’s still good for 641bhp. But out goes anything superfluous, and in comes a roll cage, a racing seat, slicks, and a whole lot of aero add-ons. Weight goes down 10%, grip goes way up!
All the novel gimmicks - like N Drift Optimiser - are gone, because this is a focused race car. Yet at the same time, Hyundai wants this to be an affordable race car, so prices will start under €100,000.
It’s starting a one-make championship in Korea, too, and it’ll be a live test-bed as Hyundai hopes to find a path towards making electric racing fun. Teams will be able to choose the sound their cars make, and taking an idea from gaming, race officials can punish you mid-race with less power for over-aggressive driving.
Will it work? Top Gear Magazine’s Deputy Editor, Ollie Kew, has been to find out…
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[@TopGear]

So... can the Ioniq 5 N eN1 Cup make electric motorsport cool?

[@manostororosso2364]

Nooo

[@manostororosso2364]

Formula e is here since 2014 , nobody cares it's all shite

[@chrtsi6912]

Nope! It is more boring than an old lady sipping her cup of tea

[@nightavenger375]

@@manostororosso2364if nobody cares, how come it’s still going?

[@arturlipinski6484]

Never... Are u kidding😂?

[@thijsvw]

From zero to hero. Hyundai has become one of the coolest brands in the world lately. Very impressive 👏🏻

[@patrickmonkman8151]

It’s cool but still way bigger than your average hot hatch, cool but still a big heavy SUV

[@rishi4828]

@@patrickmonkman8151 there's no way this thing gonna be more light than this, what do you want a toy?

[@patrickmonkman8151]

@@rishi4828 an actual hot hatch sized car? This thing is still massive

[@chedny4278]

​@patrickmonkman8151 eh about wrx sized...albeit 1000 lbs heavier but we won't get passed that until batteries get much better.

[@kim_david4892]

​@@patrickmonkman8151its not a hot hatch. Bigger more useful but faster than hot hatch. Its lab time is same with bmw m3. And lighter fater model will come from hyundai soon.

[@user-oq6dd9xp3g]

They criticized the IONIQ 5n because of its fake sound, but they also cursed the IONIQ 5n Cup Car because it has no sound. For your information, the Cup Car will be provided with special sounds for each vehicle. It's an incredibly strong sound.

[@jeenhur8804]

If you win in the iN racing you can your sound which is developed by Hyundai.

[@resurgamm]

yeah they have huge speakers

[@vintage-genes]

The only EV that makes EV's less boring. Respect Hyundai🙌🏾

[@Anonymous_world5000]

Yeah nah 😂

[@kfx3907]

@@Anonymous_world5000Keep laughing.

[@Anonymous_world5000]

@@kfx3907 I will. 🤣

[@anttij2973]

​@@Anonymous_world5000All other EVs are the same. So which one of them makes them less boring?

[@Anonymous_world5000]

@@anttij2973 They’re all boring.

[@5yNT4XProcyon]

As Korean Motorsports amateur commentator, I am Really HYPED for this series Kick off on May!

[@azrieltranco28]

When I first saw this Ioniq N in person I felt in love. I want one!!! But then I saw this race car! Want it even more!!!! 🤤

[@everybodylovesaids]

Ioniq 5 is the best looking electric car. A good looking car regardless of power delivery.

[@Atvacc-xq2sj]

I am getting addicted to Hyundai. ❤

[@Anonymous_world5000]

They suck

[@anttij2973]

​@Anonymous_world5000

[@anttij2973]

​@@Anonymous_world5000 Must feel great

[@Anonymous_world5000]

@@anttij2973 Telling the truth does feel great. 😊

[@anttij2973]

@@Anonymous_world5000 Truth to your brain. What a massive ego...

[@jamesjahoda1613]

When the MK1 GTI came out I wanted one so badly. Eventually I had an 84. Loved it. Wore it out. I want an Ionic 5 N the same way.

[@chartreux1532]

It's great to see Hyundai become this good and interesting of a Car Brand the past few Years. Whoever made the Decision to hire former BMW Designers and Engineers deserves a Raise Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

[@ghepardogts]

They just brought one guy. Albert Biermann.

[@GuyFawkesWitChu]

Bob Lutz would approve. Being that he helped to start the M division.

[@drsnowmon]

Engineers are from Hyundai, not from BMW

[@kfx3907]

Hyundai Engineers are mostly Korean. Too much praise to the BMW for only one guy. Sure , he did advise Hyundai when it comes to N brand performance, but other than that, all the Engineering are from the Korean Engineering center located in Namyang, Korea. They deserves more praise.

[@Anonymous_world5000]

Hyundai are awful, the battery breaks very easily and it costs $50,000 to replace, ugly design, and awful mileage.

[@mikeydangerous8808]

Entry-level RACE CAR for under $100,000? Wild! Good-on the old M Division from BMW! What a time to be alive…

[@oskar6661]

I mean, as of a few years ago the basic Miata race car was something around $58K...though I'm sure it's sky-rocketed recently like everything else.

[@fteoOpty64]

Yeah brought to you by the old M master himself. The original M car German guru who has been working for Hyundai for years...

[@DJDesperad0]

탑기어UK가 인재스피디움 오다니 대박 👍

[@user-yh1to4to5z]

하지만 한국에서는 듣보잡 취급받는 현기차죠 국내 자동차 유튜버들 수준을 알 수 있는 현실

[@ALMX5DP]

3:08 a one make championship of 10 events in a “fact finding mission” sounds exactly like a marketing stunt.

[@Route59]

Top Gear shooting a film in Inje, Korea? Hyundai has really come along well in the past decade I guess.

[@schizo0223]

I was thinking the same!

[@Anonymous_world5000]

It just shows how Top Gear has fallen.

[@spdcrzy]

@@Anonymous_world5000 yes, please, show off more of your racism.

[@yeonichannel]

​@@Anonymous_world5000what a shame troll boy 😂

[@Anonymous_world5000]

@@yeonichannel What a shame Hyundai fanboy. 😂

[@venixuro3503]

Hyundai's livery never disappoint me.

[@peachulemon]

Man i love my vesloter and can tell this beast grips like crazy and feels mental

[@mr.pritchard67]

I just put a K&N on mine and now it makes all of the turbo sounds. I love mine too.

[@voninctrl]

한국에 그것도 인제 스피디움 까지 왔는데 하필 비가 왔네.. 아쉽구만..

[@ohmytrance]

잘미끌어지고 타이어 안갈려서 포상이랑께ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@jamaljames2578]

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@dwayneyohan6301]

Thats dope❤ , zero to hero Hyundai, HATSOFF

[@antiapatic]

Look at those rims!!! amazing!

[@elforeign]

My god, that styling is 10/10. I just love hwo amazing the Ioniq 5 looks. I own one too, very comfortable ride. Best car i've ever had.

[@bulversteher]

Love that the wheels are a whole lot smaller than original!

[@pyroslev]

The Ioniq 5 is a fun car for an EV. N-Line is great. Race tracking it up? YES, Please. One thing I do love about Formula is the length of the races. They're more condensed so you have to do more in less time.

[@Ianforcements5669]

Heck, I love those wheels

[@JulyOverland]

Can't wait to see one in person

[@mrmawson2438]

Very good Hyundai

[@Anonymous_world5000]

Awful Hyundai

[@BioniqBob]

@@Anonymous_world5000 Pinto Proud, LOserL

[@pjdava]

Top Gear, This is great! I liked it and subscribed!

[@Panorama-memory]

If I were the organizer of the game, I would only give the first place a wonderful exhaust sound. It's a kind of loot. So that even those who watch the game can tell who the champion is right away. Men are crazy about such medals, even if they are not worth it. The higher the number of wins, the louder the sound will be. Hahaha.

[@constellation299]

세상에... 그들이 한국에 그것도 인제스피디움에 ㅎㄷㄷ

[@user-eo1zw2yn8u]

From what I heard, the 21-inch tire was difficult to obtain for racing and expensive, so I chose 18 inches because it didn't fit the n-cup, a popular race, and when I installed 18 inches, it interfered with pure brakes and changed brakes.

[@MrTempatel]

I think that's due to performance reasons. 18inch wheels are much much lighter than 21s. Up to a point that even on a public road switching from 21inch to 18inch gives 10% of range

[@jeenhur8804]

I guess: For using various racing tires, for lowering hight, for more high safety by limiting top speed and by increasing acceleration. 10% of mass is reduced so the drag time (0-100km/h) may be 3.0x seconds.

[@ThiagoMorgado81]

18inches is the bigger slicks you can get in most brands. And it is a “cheap” tire. Bigger than that I only know one or two brands from US.

[@89BROS]

this is hyundai!! that's it!

[@kenneth_hahnnnn]

Welcome to Korea

[@wanderer54796]

Welcome to NORTH Korea( DPRK)

[@kfx3907]

@@wanderer54796That doesn't trigger us😂 Why you guys so dumb?

[@Anonymous_world5000]

Oh, that’s why it looked so bland and boring. 😂

[@anttij2973]

​@@Anonymous_world5000you must be fun at parties

[@BioniqBob]

@@Anonymous_world5000 Sorry for earlier comments, did know you were a child.

[@axioms22]

love it!

[@iSeeTicks]

If I was in my 20s I would so drive this beast. Reminds me of the old civic SI hatchback.

[@thelegend3981]

I have the ioniq 5N, and man what a car.

[@dkw2633]

색배열을 정말 잘한듯

[@iRapplexD]

Maybe in a few years once Hyundai has figured out regulation on the stealerships in the State, then I will reconsider the Ioniq 5N

[@DoctormoGP]

it s revolution of cup race car

[@brandon_buildsDIY]

Just based off looks, it’s a 10. Adding the sound is a must!

[@TIWNA851]

Fake sound, it’s just not going to work 👎

[@anttij2973]

​@@TIWNA851What about life after ICE? No racing anymore?

[@TIWNA851]

@@anttij2973 I think that’s a long way off to be honest. With synthetic fuels and hydrogen cells I think racing will forever link motion and sound.

[@anttij2973]

@@TIWNA851 lets hope so

[@BioniqBob]

@@TIWNA851 ICE cars are doing, so now what?

[@hyundaijinhyunjin]

아름답다. 캬~!!!!!!!! 감탄만이....

[@madeTop]

hyundai ioniq5nは最高のスーパー電気自動車です。 価格パフォーマンスデザイン仕様これはすべて競争車がありません👍

[@surfside75]

I want one❤ -if only it was street legal. Kit?

[@halklsas]

탑기어에도 이게 나오다니

[@Ultrasonictwo]

looks awesome

[@user-mz1zi5ps8i]

인제스피디움에서 촬영했네 ㄷㄷ

[@Enforcer_WJDE]

That wide body kit with the smaller wheels make it look way better.

[@jonasweber9408]

Saying formula e is boring is an insult to racing IMO…

[@blackcow8114]

does this qualify in any race?

[@Lifecoach7Ra]

To all that don’t understand; the sound is not only for amusement e.g. most others that only makes some noises. Here it’s helping on the racetrack to have hints on the right speed etc. Had experience on Anneau du Rhin with my Kia EV6 AWD and was highly concentrating on HUD and track markers to get the right speed. Without serious sound generator in the 5N it’s harder to go to the limits and you mostly are too fast!😅

[@tresbb03]

I love it!

[@seongjoongyoon7453]

데칼 멋지네.. 저렇게 나옴 좋겠당..ㅎ

[@JarmelSingsKaraoke]

🔥I WANNA RACE IT🔥 🔥 HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYBODY 🔥

[@cklee3586]

N is crazinessnnnnnn

[@heekim3373]

I wonder if the weight savings can be similarly replicated, broadly speaking that is. So that we can get a Ioniq 5N "RS" so to speak.

[@TheLimeCurd]

Damn this thing looks sick!

[@Anonymous_world5000]

Its EV Hyundai trash.

[@TheLimeCurd]

@@Anonymous_world5000 But you are not even capable of purchasing nor creating anything. Not even a trash.

[@Anonymous_world5000]

@@TheLimeCurd I currently own a Toyota Corolla and I love it. I’ve owned Audi TT too in the past. Amazing car. Much better than EV Hyundai trash. 🗑️

[@TheLimeCurd]

@@Anonymous_world5000 And reading your past trash posts, it’s obvious you want to bring your disgusting racist BS to this channel where people gather for pure love and joy of cars.

[@TheLimeCurd]

@@Anonymous_world5000 I don’t believe you have owned any car. Nor a full-time job.

[@user-iy2ll5vg4u]

Top gear!!! OMG 😱 🎉

[@urbanstrencan]

If anyone can make EVs fun is Hyundais N division 😂😂❤❤

[@timothyherlihy6480]

The race car version is so much better looking. I think they could give it a better grill.

[@gm3353]

how many laps could it do in a 24 hour endurance race at lemans/daytona/spa/ring

[@NEWNATURE777]

Hyundai Motor Company, founded in 1967, selected CORTINA as its very first vehicle with Ford Motor Company. In 1968, CORTINA was successfully assembled in the Ulsan Plant, South Korea, accrediting Hyundai Motor with outstanding manufacturing capacity ! 🙌

[@schizo0223]

We had one of those Cortina's. Black ofcourse.

[@NEWNATURE777]

@@schizo0223 they went up on value! 👍

[@Mew-ip3iy]

V12 V10 V8 V6 W12 W16 Turbo charged 2 stroke 3 cylinders E-motor Imagine all these noises in 1 race championships

[@ajtwins8888]

V4 😉 (Porsche 919 Evo Hybrid)

[@anonnona8099]

@Mew-ip3iy > V12 > V10 > V8 > V6 > W12 > W16 > Turbo charged > 2 stroke > 3 cylinders > E-motor > > Imagine all these noises in 1 race championships And imagine if we’d always had only EVs, and then someone came along and said they had this great invention, and instead of electric motors at the wheels we’d have this lump of machinery in the car, and we’d have a tank of flammable liquid which gives off explosive vapours, and the machinery would suck it in, and then a spark would make it explode, and the force of that would move this, which would move that, which would turn these other things, and we’d make the wheels go round that way. Of course, all these parts going in and out and up and down and round and round would be noisy and vibrate, but don’t worry about that. And of course we’d need lots of adjustable gearing as it doesn’t produce much torque over most of its speed range, but don’t worry about that. And of course it will produce noxious fumes, but don’t worry about that. And if we do a really good job we’ll only waste about ⅔ of the energy in the flammable liquid, but don’t worry about that. Don’t worry about any of those things because it is *BETTER*.

[@Belgian-Motorsport]

You forgot Wankel and 4 cilinder

[@siddhj2206]

And name it Can-Am

[@mra4107]

They need more noise options on the street cars! Lamborghini V10, Ferrari V8, 50CC Vespa, etc. would be really fun!

[@HeyG4444]

That’s insane. Crazy price. For 1million bucks, someone could make their own ‘racetrack’ with cars!

[@Fitforacting]

😂 No one said 1 million

[@AUTODESIRE]

와 이걸 또 탑기어 본채널에서 보네....

[@sbkpeace.24]

Why didn't i get a notification?! ...Not good enough YT !😂

[@sebastianbodin5618]

so its more or less a track eu spec e-rallycross car?

[@anonnona8099]

Seriously - have you really never seen the close racing and the overtaking moves in Formula E?

[@justinschultz4325]

Agreed! I love Formula E.

[@kth99999975]

와우 ㅋㅋㅋ 탑기어에서 인제라니

[@CarSceneKorea]

You were in Korea!!! 🥰

[@LOTUSELISE340R]

What about the McMurty Spierling?! That WAS exciting!!

[@tedseven1332]

It is indeed amazing, but 120dB might be an issue in some noise restricted track :-/ (it's also 10x the price of the Hyundai)

[@kerryscott3287]

All I see are great tires and highly cambered JDM style alignment. Looks great

[@almo29]

I know a place were cars makes all the cool noises as smells.. A raceweekend for historic cars...

[@cryingbug134]

old man says so...

[@almo29]

@@cryingbug134 You know nothing Jon Snow...

[@cryingbug134]

@@almo29 Just think about cars of yesterdays...today...n tomorrow. Give it afew seconds n think hard, briefly plz.

[@almo29]

@@cryingbug134 That insult prolly made alot of sense in ur head but to me it means shit..

[@cryingbug134]

@@almo29oh sorry i didn't mean to insult you at all.

[@user-nm5po7lv5x]

great

[@giodc8599]

Excuse me but what is this beauty of a track?

[@Hello-Mr-DJ]

Have we started to redefine what a hot hatch is now? Because this car is big, basically crossover size. For a frame of reference, I drive a Mk7.5 GTI, which is considered standard size hatchback, and parked next the normal Ioniq 5 and it looked the size of a Tiguan next to my car.

[@F103Pro10S]

All cars get too big and heavy nowadays... My middle class Audi 80 is no smaller than a vw polo

[@cryingbug134]

Nowadays all kind of cars r getting bigger n heavier. cuz of electric things and safety stuffs. I'm waiting ioniq 6N ... they say it weigh 4~500 pound lighter than 5N

[@JohnLee-db9zt]

Hyundai never claimed ioniq 5 is a hatchback. It’s all the reviewers and ignorant donuts who claim it’s a hatchback.

[@sepalot100]

@@cryingbug134 But the Ioniq 6N looks like Shit...

[@cryingbug134]

@@sepalot100 one of my friend told me... 6n is nit that shit

[@Hanzilla75]

When did Tiff Nedell get a new body??.... I hear Tiff, but I see a junior store manager from Halfords.

[@AndrewTSq]

imagine this car with a good design.

[@RobinThomson277]

What do people not like about the racing in formula e? The Gen2 era was basically faultless for track action, even if some of the courses were questionable... And the Gen3 peloton of insanitygives you lap after lap of going three wide into every corner and single drivers overtaking more cars than entire F1 seasons. I don't think this Hyundai has much going on that the I pace didn't, it's even a similar size, and size kills great racing at anything except the widest largest tracks. It's cool and I want one regardless

[@julianlawrence-ball2279]

I disagree with you about extreme E, if EV motorsport is going to work then it’s in the short run motorsports like rally or motor cross. And I think extreme E works really well

[@DavidChong]

I agree about the rallycross but the potential option for longer run motorsports would be quick swap batteries. I'm not sure if anyone's dome it yet but if not surely someone's working on it.

[@fastdays_1]

Extreme E is a monumental failure...no one is interested in investing in it (from a sponsorship perspective) as there's no real viewership and the races are absolutely boring to watch (the tracks and the racing formula are wrong and not entertaining to watch).

[@oliverbryan3846]

@@DavidChong the Nio EP9 has batteries that have to be taken out of the car to be charged so theoretically if you had a second charged battery then the tech is there. i dont know how long swapping the battery takes though

[@TIWNA851]

I can tell you straight now that the rallying community do not want EV. The sound is more important in railing than any form of circuit racing.

[@OceanBlueKeys]

Thanks, I don’t know what that guy is smoking to say EV would work for Rally.

[@nico.s7333]

why no sound presentation ?????

[@cryingbug134]

D-10 days

[@justinconnell6167]

It's never to late

[@dub2459]

It’s funny because back when electric cars first came out I said they need sound and gears or people will never enjoy it like real cars.

[@Jons_broken_toe]

Looks amazing

[@Anonymous_world5000]

It's not

[@steinmar2]

Would be more fun with Tesla Model 3 Performance stripped out weighing only 1600kg and 18“ wheels and crazy brakes and tyres without widening or more down force ah yeah only for like €70-80k

[@tedseven1332]

I drove many Tesla, all of them actually, none of them gave me the level of fun the Ioniq 5N gave me. But if you never tried one, how can you tell?

[@CabbageBloke]

When you showing the Dacia Sandero GT3?

[@user-rc4qh3lp7h]

The stands will be packed with spectators 😂

[@AIGOAIGU]

자막..자막이 필요하다 일해라 탑기코

[@garasioklasiko6207]

Use for WRC

[@joeE-kt8of]

i want

[@magmagie7425]

03:54 I have no Idea how big your head is or how small helmet is.

[@johnnygeorgopoulos4072]

Ok, for 100k, I'm waiting for someone with the disposable income to buy one of these, strip all the electrical goblins out of it, throw a 1000hp K24 into it with AWD, further reducing the weight, and seeing how good this thing really is lol.... I mean, it looks really good,, love those headlights, hell, maybe a nice LS based 427ci twin turbo monster with AWD and 2000hp 😅

[@vvvxt]

Why does EVERYONE immediately go to LS swaps?

[@LaceyFilm]

You haven't watched Moto E, that's good craic.

[@Themeedaa.]

W video

[@Anonymous_world5000]

L video

[@anttij2973]

​@@Anonymous_world5000L oser

[@brendanressler4359]

The only electric racing I enjoy is nitrocross group e

[@billyschofield1221]

If you actually listen to this man's words, you can understand a general fear for the future of humanity, what are we actually doing, were digging our hole very quickly

[@kneiterleip]

“If they can get a championship, with other manufacturers together” It was called E tcr. And it failed😂 And it’s the sole reason This was build in the first place. But the championship collapsed before this saw the light of day. Leaving them with an expensive car and program, but no where to go with it. And now here we are.

[@bobwilliams4250]

That's really more of a yamaka than a helmet, isn't it?

[@Emjackson89]

What's with the kids sized helmet?😂😂😂

[@Gundam4President]

Hyundai keeps cooking

[@Anonymous_world5000]

It can’t cook, it burns everything. 😂

[@Anonymous_world5000]

@@rimwoo3353 Your concern is appreciated, thank you for all your advice. Here’s my advice, Hyundai’s suck. 😂

[@ashliehiggins]

It’s just another ETCR, something which has been a thing for a while.