So far N has hit nothing but home runs, with its first car sold in the U.S., the Veloster N, taking our Performance Car of the Year award in 2020. It’s the company’s performance arm, tasked with extracting the most fun from the standard cars in Hyundai’s lineup. Hyundai The N treatment: big tire, big power, wider track, new suspension Not because engineers have honed the electric experience to make it exciting, but because it adds our favorite elements of combustion cars to the EV experience. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is the first car to convince me manufacturers might have a chance at capturing enthusiasts’ attention. For 99 percent of the time, electric cars are soulless, silent boxes on wheels, no matter how hard marketing departments try to tell us otherwise. There’s only so much steering and suspension tuning can do to create an exciting experience. How can they? EVs have no engine, which means no sound, no vibrations, and no shifting. No manufacturer has cracked that code for electric cars. Road & Track doesn’t treasure the MX-5 Miata because of its acceleration time, we treasure it because its lightweight body, perfect shifter, excellent balance, and high-revving engine combine to satisfy all the feelings we value most. No matter how quickly they can sprint to 60 mph, how many records they can break, or how good they look, EVs have always lacked the core tenets of driving enjoyment we hold so closely. Electric cars have faced an uphill battle convincing enthusiasts they’re worth our time.
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