Had my Ioniq 5 Project 45 since September. Fab car. Totally agree with your comments about a relaxing, quiet drive. I enjoy the 300bhp & AWD performance. No s/w or issues at all really. Plenty of range & rapid charging is critical

Ordered mine in December. I’m expecting a long wait but will be excited when it finally arrives.

Great review Tim, quirky and funny as always. 2022 is the year this channel will blow up!

We got the car in June last year as RWD big battery and I wouldn´t want any other car anymore. We made a trip to south spain with our 7month old daughter in 19hrs (1780km) which I think is ridiculously good considering we had some Baby-Issue-Stops as well. The overall experience despite the bespoken issues is outstanding and fast charging especially for longer trips is brilliant. We had some issues tho with Ionity sometimes not delivering the speed in various temperatures. So hopefully this will be fixt with the upcoming preconditioning update. I´m mostly impressed by the efficiency in mixed traffic. Ofc on the highway (especially being German and above 130kph) the efficiency becomes a drama. But in mixed conditions we were able to idle between 16 and 18 kwh even in winter times without looking too much at drive mode etc. (oh yeah and we have shabby winter wheels ngl) So great review of a great car.

Great review. It really is the best family EV on the market currently IMHO. At 15:23 to 15:26 when things went "really sideways" bare in mind the roadway started with the dotted lines. The lane keeping assist would have detected the line close to side of the vehicle and added a little bit more 'sideways' shove. Might be worth keeping it disengaged at high speed as you do.

I got mine here in Canada on Feb. 1 and I’m really liking it. I got a long range RWD to get the extra range, and I’m happy with the choice. It might have a few little quirks, but overall it’s a really enjoyable driving experience and I love the styling.

I just saw one of these in the wild, it does look good! Not too boxy or huge and it found it’s way so smoothly along a bumpy London street.

Ordered mine in the Netherlands in April 2022; a bit of a wait before it will be delivered though. We also liked all the things you mentioned, and particularly the easy of getting in and out of the car, and the nearly flat loading floor in the back, i.e. no bent over lifting to get something out of the boot.

Good video Tim - get my Ultimate RWD next week after a 5 month wait! Heard mine is a model-year 22.5 version so lacking a couple of features but my biggest concern is the lack of a rear wiper. Will investigate glass treatments!

Have the RWD, had als a problem getting it into drive after charging, also the backdoor closes now and then after opening automatically. For the rest: I LOVE IT, great looking car, and a pleasure to drive! It's also a very clever car with all the options and setting possibillaties.

Thanks for the review Tim. We've just ordered ours a couple of days ago. We went for the Premium 73kWh rear wheel drive. Lead time is December. That's right we have to wait till December. They have also stopped the pop out handles as it requires a specific chip and can not be made at the moment. So they have removed that feature on all of the models unfortunately. Looking forward to drive when we finally get it.

The pedals should have Play/Stop icons shirley? That ‘corner’ roundabout exit is just down the road from the Esso. There’s often diesel on the road there to help achieve super fun snap oversteer. I love the look of these. Especially the big Z on the flanks and the slim 6-bit lights 🤓

Ordered one today. Deliver in Q4 2022. (approximately October this year)

I really like the 8 bit style lighting! The diagonal crease on the door is a little odd so I'm not so sure on it

Great review as always! But why use miles mate? What would our Queen think??

I like it (regardless of it's power train). This is the 'concept car of the future' I saw in 1970's car magazines. 3:37 Subtitles: 'E-Gimp Platform' 😬 Wha? That's a whole different channel right there 🤣

I really like the look of this hyundai and the new kia. Wish i could have a test drive in it

Nice Billingham mate! I hated myself for not getting darker color Billingham bag

I do like it... just about everything about it. Gives me hope for the future of these new types of vehicles. I definitely feel like an all EV SUV will be my next vehicle once my PHEV hatch has reached the age where it needs to be taken out to pasture. Hopefully these vehicles make it to the US market without being absolutely ruined as usual.

We’ve just ordered ours. We went for the ultimate rear wheel drive, large battery. But they have stopped doing the tech pack now so no leg raising bar and also they’ve stopped the flip out handles and why on earth haven’t uk cars got the glass solar roof and a rear wiper!!! Doesn’t stop me absolutely loving this car!

Excellent review Tim, did you miss not having a rear window wiper? I'm waiting on a 73kW premium spec. Mystic olive with light interior, and as we have no shortage of rain here on the other side of the Irish sea-it is the one thing I would be concerned about.

Well done great review , I would like to know how you found the car in heavy rain and on dirty roads with the lack of the rear wiper , I did a test drive in Canada and within 10 mins could not see a thing , we are not able as of yet to have the rear facing camera on full time while driving forward which believe you can in the UK. It was not however a deal breaker I ordered the AWD Long Range full Ultimate package so I will be getting a 2023 model which I believe a lot of the small software glitches will be taken care of. Thanks for the review .

Excellent as always. It looks like something that would belong in a Roblox game. I want it. Does it come in black?

I'm from Canada and with all the snow we received in the past month my new IONIQ5 work very nicely in winter, but lose lots of range when you drive in a cold day. At minus 20celsius, with the heat and all other options to keep you warm I lose almost 100kms on a full charge.

Hey Tim, Great review! I'm torn between i4 and Ionic 5.. Anything that should sway me in either direction, as you have experienced both?

"Dolphin's tears for the door handle." LMAO!

Interesting with the intrusive bongs. Do they all turn back on the next time you start or when they're off they remain off until you activate them? Glad you liked it

Great reviews Tim, May I ask Macan turbo or M3?

Nice review but as we know the bigger batter is only 72.6 kWh and usable is 70 kWh. All models have led headlight however lesser models do not use projection led just reflector led.And NO pop-up handels for UK market at all , hoever I prefer manual handels myself .

In Sweden I think we only have 2 interiors, black or white (or dark and light). I gather other countries have light greyish ones too Is this the "whitest" option (the one I think we have in Sweden) in the video? If so, how does it work with kids/rainy/snowy weather? Does it get grubby fast? I've only ever had black interiors but I really like the white one in Ioniq and I'm seriously considering it... Black (or possibly white) car with white interior.

I think it looks great. Can you lower the boot floor to create more height between floor and load cover, or is it just cubby space down there? Couldn't quite see from the quick look. Hopefully former, makes loading stuff (bloody prams) so much easier as demonstrated by your pram handle sticking out above the load cover :D

As a potential customer, you'd be forgiven for thinking that you could buy the top-spec Ultimate (as featured in this video) and it would include those pop-out door handles, which seem to be present on every demo and press car you see, even the Premium trim ones. The reality is that other than the P45 and some 'mistake' cars, those door handles aren't available in the UK. Shame that Hyundai seems intent on misleading everyone to think they are...

love the white exterior but in Australia it seems you can only get black interior with it, it's so bland I don't think I can buy one.

I ordered an AWD version last summer. It should arrive in march. I am struggling with the wait…😵‍💫

Great review but recommend you perhaps Google the otter's pocket analogy - maybe not the best.

If you like driving in towns and small city yes it is luxurious, charging the vehicle from 20% to 80% will set you back £33 and give you around 228 miles, minus charging the phones, minus turning the heating on and minus the speed you are doing you could end up with 180 miles if that Charging wil take about an hour and 10 minutes for charger that have 37kwh to 59 kwh and only reach the latest early morning of the day and if you need to charge in cold night and you are not near home or shops/cafe you need to wrap up warm sitting in cold not fun it's sat nave showing the charging points is not up to speed most of the changes point doesn't exist after arriving using sat nav saying that most of the charging app map is the same To finish with if you are using fir business better use hybrid period

That crashing the charger at 80% sounds like the charging limit was set to 80% in the EV settings.

I want to reprogram those rear lights to fill up the pixels with ‘80’s style ‘Space Invaders’ aliens. . 🛸- - - -

May I ask what body color is this ioniq 5 under review?

Hyundai could have sold thousands of this model to taxi drivers but i think taxi drivers will avoid buying this only reason for door opening handle which is not easy for all passengers to open it easily.

I don’t dislike that. However I do wonder why more manufacturers do not adopt the cab forward design approach for their EVs. Jaguar have proven you can design an EV which doesn’t look too EV, if that makes sense, whilst at the same time not looking awkwardly like it’s caught between old and new world stools…

Too bad about the thermal issues.

Great review Tim but this kind of vehicle is soullessly efficient, a bit like being in purgatory, without any hope of progressing either upwards to eternal joy or downwards to reap ones just desserts. Almost as bad as having to live in Switzerland. I'll keep handing over my £280 a year road tax carbon footprint, thanks very much. Over and out.

Hello Tim, I enjoyed your review. One point that you and no other car reviewer has mentioned. Why does a car with LED Headlamps have an 'old style' headlamp range dial? I thought all LED / Xenon headlamp cars have self levelling headlamps, Seems very backwards thinking or just very cheap not fitting self levelling headlamps. Also NO Locking glovebox!

No mention of the missing rear wiper & spare wheel! In the real world, such practical things really matter. A lot of motoring journalists are carried away by all the high tech, which can cost buyers big money to maintain. Let the buyer beware.

Until they lower the price of EV's normal working class folk will never afford them

Fantastic car but incredibly boring to drive

Odd looking thing drove past it on the motorway, it looks like a big moving tin can, it's not for me.

What an ugly car. It's about exciting as a block of cheddar cheese.