DS N°8 vs Hyundai IONIQ 5

The DS N°8 costs £10,095 more than the Hyundai IONIQ 5. For that premium it adds 68 miles more WLTP range and 44 kW more power. The Hyundai IONIQ 5 is not just cheaper - it also offers 100 kW faster peak rapid charging. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Hyundai IONIQ 5 comes out ahead overall.

The Hyundai IONIQ 5 is £10,095 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £144 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Hyundai IONIQ 5 comes out roughly £10,015 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 285 miles for the DS N°8 and 228 miles for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The DS N°8 goes roughly 57 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 27 minutes in the DS N°8 and 18 in the Hyundai IONIQ 5, so the Hyundai IONIQ 5 loses less time at each stop. So the DS N°8 stops less often while the Hyundai IONIQ 5 stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 15 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 510 mm of total clearance for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and about 495 mm of total clearance for the DS N°8.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the DS N°8 and 89% for the Hyundai IONIQ 5. That gives the Hyundai IONIQ 5 a modest edge in retained real-world range. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation.