Test drive, Hyundai Ionic 5, 10/06/2023
had a test drive in the Ionic 5 today.
Arrived at the local Hyundai dealership, very professional, offered coffee, squash or water.
They had both the Ionic 5 and Ionic 6 cars to test drive, they didn’t know the 6 had joined the scheme, nice white car, looked very nice, but for us, not an option, as it only has a boot, not a hatch,so no use for our dogs.
Ionic 5 was the 77kwh version in Ultimate trim rwd, however, ignoring the extras is the same as the Premium for the purposes of the test drive.
car painted in cyber grey.
Dealer showed wife how to use the controls (I currently can’t drive as I had cataract surgery that went wrong,no have lost sight in right eye and glaucoma in my good eye)
dealer just handed over the car for us to go on a test on our own. Excellent service.
TEST DRIVE
Easy to start, and reverse with excellent rear view camera.
We went on a drive around our local area local country roads, town centre roads, pothole putted roads, dual carriageway, hills and flat surfaces.
Car started with 88% battery and we drove in normal and with air con on.
Seats were very comfortable, with good side bolsters, pkeanty of room too.
car was really quiet and behaved excellent in all road surfaces and speeds, was actually less fidgety than our Skoda Superb estate which is comfy and quiet.
pick up of the power both in start and increasing speed from 40-60 plus
on the dual carriageway, the wife got up to 80 and the car was solid and still very quiet.
she found the steering responsive and straight line, not any deviation.
the screens were set to dark which is better for my eyes than the white background.
the wife loved the fact that when she indicated, a side view appeared in the screen in front of her (this I think may be an Ultimate option)
downsides, not many to be honest, the wife was surprised with the Kane assist, which was quite strong, actually moving the steering, also, if you don’t indicate but change lanes, the system alerts you with a bing.
we were both very impressed with the car.
travelled some 60 miles in all in all road conditions and used 4% of the battery.
Back at the dealership who knew I can’t place an order until 4th October, had a look at current stock. For the Premium spec, if I didn’t want a specific colour, there is stock available which is coming into the country in October.
They are going to see what they can do about securing one for me, as even if I don’t go with the car, the demand is so strong that they can easily sell it as at the moment all the enquiries they are getting are for EVs.
All in all, a excellent dealership experience, an excellent car and not a huge wait time (today woukd be a four month lead time)
10/10 experience