The 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N can go from 0 to 60 mph in less than 3.0 seconds, making it the fastest Korean car we’ve ever tried. In that time, Hyundai’s AWD EV with 641 horsepower beats the EV6 GT by a tenth of a second, and the N beats the regular Ioniq 5 with 320 horsepower and two motors by 1.5 seconds. The Ioniq 5 N is faster than the BMW i4 M50 and a Tesla Model 3 Performance. It can also hit 60 mph as quickly as the $128K 2023 Lucid Air Touring, which was tested before. An electric car’s crazy speed is the perfect way to turn off your phone’s flight mode. Even though they are heavy, they can move quickly thanks to their direct-drive gears and very fast torque delivery. The best part is that a quick hatch, like the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N we tried not long ago, can speed up like a high-end sports car but costs a lot less. The $67K electric N can go from 0 to 60 mph in 3.0 seconds, which is almost the same time as a 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 PDK. That was the last time a Hyundai drove a Porsche so hard—it was following another car on the California 455 without insurance. Also, the King of Korea is faster than most people The fastest Kia EV6 GT we tried before was the fastest car from the Hyundai/Kia group for a short time, but this year, a new high-performance trim level was added to the Ioniq 5, dethroning the former king or queen. Before the N, the best Hyundai time was set by the Ioniq 6, which was 4.3 seconds at 60 mph. The N easily beats that time. The more polished 320-hp all-wheel-drive Ioniq 5 (4.5 seconds) is behind the track-focused five by 1.5 seconds. The N version of the Ioniq 5 has 21-inch forged aluminum wheels with 275/35ZR-21 Pirelli P Zero PZ4 summer tires. Every N has eleven different ways to send force from the front to the back wheels and all-wheel drive. It can even make noises like an Elantra N’s sound system and shift gears like a real one. We tried the fastest car ever: the 2021 Ferrari SF90 Stradale. It is a plug-in hybrid rocket with 986 horsepower that can go from 0 to 60 mph in 2.0 seconds. An Ioniq 5 N costs more than $700,000. That’s enough to get one for every player on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first and second lines, as well as one for the backup goalie. You might be surprised at how fast Hyundai’s 641-hp quasi-hatchback EV can hit 60 mph compared to other EVs. The Ferrari is the fastest car we’ve tested. If you don’t think being the “quickest Hyundai” is that impressive, wait until you hear that the Ioniq 5 N can reach 60 mph faster than both the Tesla Model 3 Performance and the BMW i4 M50. The 2023 Lucid Air Touring, which costs $128k and has 340 pound-feet more power, can also reach 60 mph just as fast. The N can go 123 mph in 11.1 seconds, which is a very fast time. It takes a tenth longer than the 834-hp Tesla Cybertruck Beast, which took 11.0 seconds flat, but it’s faster than any AMG-branded EV we’ve tried. The much heavier Ioniq 5 N hammers our favorite gas-powered hot hatches in the quarter-mile race. These include the Volkswagen Golf R with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic (12.6 ticks at 110 mph), the Toyota GR Corolla Morizo Edition (14.0 seconds at 106 mph), and the Honda Civic Type R (13.5 seconds at 106 mph). The serious EV from Hyundai costs more than all of them and has about twice as much power. Large Stoppers and a Strong Boot Range The fastest Korean car also has the biggest brakes that have ever been used on a Hyundai. The Ioniq 5 N’s front 15.7-inch brake discs are more than two inches bigger than those on Hyundai’s huge three-row Palisade SUV, which weighs 4849 pounds. At 70 miles per hour, the Ioniq 5 stops at 153 feet. This is only two feet shorter than the 151-foot Lucid Air Sapphire, which weighs 5,345 pounds and has huge 16.5-inch discs. Still, this makes Lucid’s $250K EV and the 5 N look good next to each other. It’s the only car in its class that can’t stop as fast as the Ioniq 5 N, which can stop five feet faster at 70 mph and six feet faster at 100 mph. Not only does the Ioniq 5 N have great speed for the price, but its driving range is also shorter than you might think. The 320-hp AWD Ioniq 5 we drove on the same loop got 196 miles on a full charge, 20 miles less than the Ioniq 5 N. Both cars were tested at 75 mph on the highway. The N’s quick charge fits its small size. That’s how long it took for our DC fast-charge test to charge the 84.0-kWh battery fully. We can’t promise it, but the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N might continue to break hearts at our next Lightning Lap track event. The EV6 GT finished the 4.1-mile Grand Course at VIR in 3:04.9 minutes. We hope to find out the truth.
