The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is the very best electrical automotive on sale proper now. It blends stability, efficiency, and enjoyable in a manner no different EV can, and due to a simulated paddle-shift gearset, can really feel similar to a gas-powered automotive. However do not take it from me. Take it from Keiichi Tsuchiya — the actual Drift King.
Professional photographer Larry Chen was invited to Sydney Motorsport Park in Australia to doc Tsuchiya as he acquired behind the wheel for the primary time to do some testing on the Ioniq 5 N. Even with no clutch or a hydraulic hand-brake, he finds drifting the sporty electrical SUV easy because of the automotive’s devoted drift mode. He additionally mentions to Chen the automotive’s heavy curb weight makes it simpler to shift the physique and get it sideways.
We’re then handled to a handful of smokey B-roll as Chen movies Tsuchiya melting tires as he pulls large drifts by way of a number of Sydney Motorsport Park’s large-radius turns. If the Drift King provides his stamp of approval, you already know this automotive goes to be enjoyable.
Chen can be given a while behind the wheel of the Ioniq 5 N, although the additional weight catches him out and he loses management, spinning, exiting the monitor, and calmly tapping a barrier. Nothing however his satisfaction was harm, and the automotive was capable of drive away with nothing quite a lot of bumper scuffs. Occurs to the very best of us.