hello, i’m reporter sangyeong kim of motorgraph today, i’m at this remote location to take the first test drive of hyundai ioniq earlier, reporter hanyong kim had explained the details of ioniq’s exterior and its unique characters i’m here to go behind the wheel and tell you what it’s like while i’m taking the test drive, i’ll tell you its unique features opinion on design depends on each person, so i’ll tell you how i feel about it first of all, many people say it looks a lot like the new elantra but in my opinion, it looks more like a i40 that was release previously the hexagonal grill is now bolder and wider
this plastic part is similar to audi’s. for audi, the part is all made up of chrome, but it’s black plastic here here are some details you may find, it’s curved as if the grille is extended all the way the radar in the front is eye catching. it has hyundai logo drawn in it if you look from afar, you may not recognize it as a radar it’s got great details, it’s brilliant. the fog lamp is nicely designed as well it’s vertically placed like this, which allows air curtain system to be placed here the vent is actually hollow for air to go through this type of fin could be found on a lot of toyota and lexus vehicles, it allows better air flow
this is 17inch wheels, the largest you can get with this car. it’s got plastic and aluminum combined like this you can take the plastic parts off. prius has a similar set up the door handles are different from older hyundai cars. these maybe even better than the ones found on upper segment hyundai cars two tones of color has been applied like this i mostly agree with reporter hanyong kim on the rear design i see a bit of honda and ford design cues many design elements have blended in this part is made of glass, trying to give drivers a better rear view
there is one particular part that i don’t like about the car’s rear the logo doesn’t look appropriate at all. it should have been livelier to better fit ioniq’s image. the tail lamp is nicely designed with surface emitting led it’s different from usual hyundai cars. it’s unique since it’s a hybrid car, it doesn’t have much of engine power nonetheless, the exhaust pipe is placed right here most hybrid cars hide their exhaust pipes like this, because it gives eco-friendly image if i was to pick on unique design element of this car, i would say the slope here
and the roof line that stretches all the way to trunk the hybrid car market is mostly dominated by japanese companies cars like honda insight and toyota prius have fastback style like this such design style allows better air flow the trunk door is quite large, with the glass part opening as well, but it’s light the trunk door is actually made of aluminum hyundai don’t use much aluminum in their cars, but they used aluminum on trunk and hood for this car it’s very flat and wide. for fastbacks, people may stack their things up like this but it’s a shame that this doesn’t have much clearance vertically
storage space is available here if you open this up, there is a tire repair kit available you can’t see it, but a battery is placed there. it is the core of hybrid cars prius has been using nickel metal hydrate batteries. hyundai has been using lithium ion polymer batteries since the beginning now the new generation prius will be equipped with lithium ion polymer battery as well the normal car battery is placed here the hood is also made of aluminum it’s not as light as i thought
a lot is packed in here. there are engine, an electric motor, gearbox, power converter, generator and etc. when reporter hanyong kim reported previously he has called this part a engine cover, but it’s actually an air filter. they replaced the engine cover with an air filter the engine and the weight distribution can therefore be lower you see? it is true that this part is engine cover ioniq is equipped with 1.6 litre kappa atkinson cycle engine kappa engine is usually placed in smaller cars like kia morning.
it is set with a different cycle and a higher intake of 1.6 litre atkinson cycle is usually placed in hybrid cars it is different from otto cycle’s intake, compression, power, and exhaust the cycle order is same but atkinson cycle has less energy loss in the power phase atkinson cycle has as long of a history as otto cycle but it has disadvatages like less power and limited rpm range it’s not the main type of cycle used by most cars companies like toyota have been improving atkinson cycle for years
they try using turbo charger with it and such basically, the interior is a mixture of interiors from hyundai and kia cars i have been trying these buttons and they feel good they are well organized buttons are large enough and placed in a good angle the audio system controls, ac controls, driving mode controls, they are separated well and hyundai has been saying that they used a lot of eco friendly materials in the car natural wood and such, but i’m not sure which part is natural it’s not something you can tell by looking i guess
the steering wheel is very dimensional. you can see holes here the steering wheel is a bit thin and the leather feels a bit cheap. it's not suppose to be that luxurious i guess they have added blue color theme throughout the car you can see blue stitches and blue accents applied here and there the stitching doesn’t have an excellent quality. it’s got details but it’s not precise this hasn’t been found in hyundai cars for a while, it’s a foot parking brake many cars being sold in america still have foot parking brake, that may be the reason why this car has a foot parking brake
2 level heating is applied in the back seats. i find that nice i didn’t think it would be this bad, but it’s quite narrow back here i don’t have a good sitting height, but i can touch the roof with my head if i tried it doesn’t feel comfortable or spacious ioniq isn’t the only fastback style car out there prius’s back seat doesn’t feel as narrow as this i think it’s even narrower than elantra. it had more leg and head room prius’s battery is also placed here, i don’t know why this car is narrower it maybe toyota’s knowhow that makes the difference
there isn’t a ski through feature here. but you can fold seats like this you can make better use of the trunk maybe this part should have a dip. the seats don’t feel good seats are too flat and this part isn’t big enough i don’t know if the seats are low or the floor is high but it’s quite awkward to sit. it doesn’t feel like the backseats of k5 or sonata taxis you must watch your head when you get off i will start the engine now since it’s a hybrid car, electrical sound is heard instead of an engine sound
hyundai is currently holding a best mileage contest, but i won’t participate i will drive wildly i’m basically running just on the electrical motor right now the electrical motor and the lithium ion battery is working to produce power my first impression is that, the motor has a good power with yf sonata hybrid and such, if you climb a hill like this, the engine would engage to produce more power, but it’s not the same for this car you can check the energy flow from the instrument cluster only the electrical motor is working to roll the front wheels
the system uses up the battery then charge, and repeats the same process it’s an advanced system for hybrid cars i haven’t been on the road for too long, but i can hear tire-pavement noise it might be because the car is so quiet maybe the noise wouldn’t be noticeable in normal cars the battery is lasting a long time. the engine should have been engaged by now oh, i’m going up the hill and the engine is fired up the atkinson cycle doesn’t have a good punch it’s quite weak on high rpms
hybrid’s electrical motor loses torque drastically as it reaches higher rpms on high speed, the engine makes louder noise, but doesn’t respond as well as i thought of course, their focus was on efficiency but hyundai has been saying that they didn’t want to make just efficient hybrid vehicle the car does have a good response, but it’s showing its limitation at high speed ioniq gets compared to prius a lot. there are many similarities between them, but there’s one thing that’s different it’s the gearbox. most hybrid vehicles are matched with cvt but hyundai surprisingly has put a 6 speed dct gearbox in ioniq
hyundai says that the 6 speed dct gearbox has been newly made for ioniq in fact, they took old gearbox made by hyundai dymos and made adjustments and put optimal setting on it i can’t really feel the unique crisp and fast gear change found on dcts it’s not too different from a plain auto transmission or a cvt i can’t check the rpm gauge on the instrument cluster currently, but the noise and the feel doesn’t remind me of that dct gear change the instrument cluster is similar to volvo’s layout the speed and tachometer in the middle and manuals on the sides
volvo’s instrument cluster is very good but hyundai’s super vision cluster, which is an option you can get, is brighter and shows more information engine is louder with s mode on. the engine engages more and the electric motor runs at full power until certain speed it is louder and it runs much faster and when i change to manual mode, i can feel the characteristics of dct in prius, they made separate buttons for each driving modes, but in here you can simply move the gear knob over and select driving modes i can tell you that among all the hyundai cars i have driven
this has the most drastic changes when transitioning between driving modes a lot of people criticized on elantra’s transition from multi-link suspension to torsion beam suspension the transition was made to cut cost and make the car more available to people luckily, ioniq has multi-link suspension equipped it’s the most noticeable difference between ioniq and elantra they had put much thought in to ioniq’s multi-link, using aluminum parts in it and such truth to be told, multi-link is a good suspension it’s expensive, complicatedly designed, got lots of parts
but it can’t be the universal suspension for every cars car’s weight, size, performance should be considered when choosing the right suspension who makes it and who configures the setting is more important the car’s ride and stability in high speed is satisfying this is achieved partly by improving the car’s chassis, but i think the placements and chassis stiffness played a big role as well it does have a bit of tire-pavement noise depending on the routes, the car tells you the ways to drive economically i thought it would actually be audible, like telling me “slow down.†and such.
but the messages just appear on the instrument cluster the best way to get a good mileage is to turn the cruise control on on roads with no traffic light, it is more efficient to use cruise control ioniq has a radar so it can keep the right distance from the front car and you can stop without braking! ooh that was scary it’s got lane keeping assistance, rear and side warnings, and the emergency braking system which i was too scared to use you can adjust the sensor levels of front crash prevention system, and you can turn other systems on or off the one option i really like is the wireless charging option
for some latest samsung models, you can charge by simply leaving it there for older models and iphones, you will have to buy a special case i’m rolling the front wheel only with engine now it’s also charging the batter in the back. the battery charges at a tremendous speed. i used up half of the battery and it already charged 2 blocks. the battery has total of 8 blocks the steering wheel is the tremendously better one found on newer hyundai models it feels heavy and the steerability is much better older hyundai models used to sway to sides depending on road conditions,
and you had to keep the steering straight even on straight roads but this feels very stable. it drives in straight lines much better i’m accelerating at a high speed right now prius wouldn’t be able to accelerate like this. with prius, if you try to accelerate from 100km/h to 120km/h, the engine noise, gearbox they all act separately with gas pedal down, the engine gets louder and accelerate with lag and such ioniq doesn’t feel that way when 100km/h is reached, electric motor has played its role
after that speed, rather than adding power, it just adds weight to the car but with ioniq, the gearbox plays it’s part and the engine has good power the braking feels quite solid it’s not over sensitive like older hyundai models it starts to brake when the pedal is halfway down then braking gets firmer as it is pedaled down further it’s quite different from toyota and lexus hybrid cars let’s say it’s not too different from normal cars when i first learned about the price, then learned about the price after tax rebate
that the car's base price is around 22,000 usd my first thoughts were “prius is screwed†the interior materials don’t have much difference and such i think if you consider all the benefits like tax, parking fee and tollgate exemption and etc., this is a better value than an elantra the 4th generation toyota prius will be in market soon, maybe in march or april actually i think they should be careful with the pricing i’m almost at my destination, and the mileage is 15.3km/l
well, it’s not like i was trying to drive economically it didn’t have that different hybrid driving feeling ioniq's driving felt more powerful and updated than prius hyundai has managed to build a hybrid with dynamic characteristics it was interesting to see the combination of dct and atkinson cycle engine. i don’t know how buyers will feel about this car, but many aspects like gas mileage, and advantages of fast back vehicles will satisfy buyers i have finished my 1 hour test drive of hyundai ioniq
before, the brand new vehicles that hyundai launched had many faults and shortcomings but ioniq felt quite completed and fulfilled i compared ioniq to prius a lot. but the comparison was made to older generation prius it will be interesting to see how ioniq’s value compare to the new generation prius the ioniq was good in many aspects it’s not an ordinary, boring hybrid car. this was reporter sangyeong kim of motorgraph
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