TOTALLY DIFFERENT YET TOTALLY FAMILIAR
Motor Trend|August 2023
HYUNDAI'S SLICK NEW ELECTRIC SEDAN IS NOTHING AND EVERYTHING LIKE ITS SUV SIBLING
AARON GOLD
TOTALLY DIFFERENT YET TOTALLY FAMILIAR

It seems ioniq—er, sorry, ironic—to us that Hyundai’s new Ioniq 6 electric sedan drives so much like the MotorTrend SUV of the Year–winning Ioniq 5 SUV. We know we shouldn’t be surprised; both cars share Hyundai/Kia’s E-GMP platform, a prime example of putting a different metal hat on a similar mechanical skateboard. Still, with the svelte Ioniq 6 playing an EV Stan Laurel to the Ioniq 5’s Oliver Hardy, it’s hard not to chuckle at the similarities.

Hyundai promised the 2023 Ioniq 6 would deliver a “more driver-centric” experience than the 5, and we wondered if that meant it would share its character with its other E-GMP-mate, the Kia EV6, which has a decidedly tail-happy feel, particularly in GT form. Nope: Hyundai’s interpretation of driver-centric is heavier steering and a jigglier ride. Just goes to show, some old Hyundai habits die hard.

Not that we’re disappointed, as the new Ioniq 6 maintains many of the 5’s best attributes, including a luxury-car-quiet interior and the ability to float over bumps as if they are paved with down pillows. Unfortunately, Mother Nature thwarted our efforts to find the 6’s limit-of-grip behavior. Hyundai held the press preview in Phoenix and even managed to find one of the few curvy roads in that ruler-straight state, but just as we got there, so did rain, followed closely by sliding mud.

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