Hyundai Ioniq 5 review, road test

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is generously equipped with electrically operable front seats with memory, heating and cooling functions, as well as rear seat adjustment with heating function. Other noteworthy features include a panoramic fixed glass roof, 8-speaker Bose sound system, a 360-degree parking camera, drive modes, dual-zone climate control, electric boot, ESP and six airbags. 

It also packs in a suite of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) such as lane departure warning and lane-keeping assist, radar-based adaptive cruise control with stop and go, frontal collision warning as well as autonomous emergency braking, blind-spot collision warning as well as avoidance, blind-spot monitor, high-beam assist and leading vehicle departure alert. These systems are seamless in their operation, and some of these are useful not just on well-marked open roads but also in some everyday driving scenarios.

No spare tyre available; instead a tyre repair kit is part of the package.

 

Missing from its equipment list are one-touch up and down rear power windows, wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay (current set-up is wired), a heads-up display and its glass roof isn’t openable. Also, it doesn’t get a spare tyre and owners will have to make do with a tyre repair kit that is part of the package.

Infotainment

12.3-inch touchscreen has a crisp resolution and impressive touch sensitivity.

The slick 12.3-inch touchscreen has a crisp resolution and impressive touch sensitivity too. The system packs in GPS navigation in addition to a host of connected car features. Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are on offer, however, it is a wired set-up. Like the Creta, the Ioniq 5 also gets an 8-speaker Bose sound system. It also features in-built ‘Sounds of Nature’, which are soothing ambient sounds played through the speakers. What’s cool are the retro fonts on some of the menus. Even the very handy ‘SoundHorn’ app is integrated with the radio, which can identify the song and artist playing. It is a feature-packed system that also displays EV-related data, functions for climate control, seats ventilation/heating, 360-camera and a lot more.