Hyundai IONIQ 5 vs Hyundai IONIQ 5 N

The Hyundai IONIQ 5 N costs £25,105 more than the Hyundai IONIQ 5. For that premium it adds 353 kW more power and a 5.1s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Hyundai IONIQ 5 comes out ahead overall.

The Hyundai IONIQ 5 is £25,105 cheaper to buy. The Hyundai IONIQ 5 is cheaper to charge, roughly £160 a year versus £208 for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Hyundai IONIQ 5 comes out roughly £25,345 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 228 miles for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and 232 miles for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 18 minutes in the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and 27 in the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N, so the Hyundai IONIQ 5 loses less time at each stop.

The Hyundai IONIQ 5 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 50 mm narrower than the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 510 mm of total clearance for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and about 460 mm of total clearance for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 89% battery health for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and 89% for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation.