We thought they wouldn’t focus on electric vehicles anymore. Oh well, we guess the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N and Ioniq 6 N are niche, exclusive special cases and hardly mainstream. Hyundai Motor Malaysia (HMY) announced last night during a Chinese New Year dinner that Malaysians can expect to receive these two critically acclaimed machines in the second quarter of this year.
Malaysia is no stranger to Hyundai’s N performance brand: previous distributor Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors launched the RM300k i30 N in 2019 and previewed the Ioniq 5 N in 2024, but called it quits when the main acquisition didn’t happen until the following year.
Let’s revisit the popular 800V E-GMP pair. The Ioniq 5 N is 50mm wider and 20mm lower than the regular Ioniq 5. It has wider tires, beefier brakes with red calipers, an electronic rear differential lock (e-LSD) and a stiffer chassis, including 42 extra weld points and more body adhesive. Also reinforced are the electric motor, battery mounts and front and rear subframes.
The twin-motor AWD powertrain delivers a total of 609 hp and 740 Nm of torque for acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.5 seconds. Not enough? Switch on N Grin Boost and for 10 seconds you get 650 hp, 770 Nm and a sprint time of 3.4 seconds. The top speed is 260 km/h (75 km/h faster than the regular car). An 84 kWh lithium-ion battery delivers a WLTP range of up to 448 km. Por a 350 kW DC charger and you go from 10-80% in 18 minutes.
Features include N Drift Optimiser (turns you into a drift hero), N Torque Distribution (11 levels of fore-aft adjustment), N Brake Regen (up to 0.6g deceleration), N e-shift (simulates shifting) and N Active Sound+ (auditory stimulation via eight indoor speakers and two outdoor speakers).
Next up is the Ioniq 6 N, which debuted globally last July – the streamliner takes everything from the 5 N, but because it’s lighter it’s faster to 60 mph (3.2 seconds). Strangely enough, the top speed is slightly lower: 257 km/h. The motors get improved magnets and a rotor cooling structure to reduce derating, while N Battery keeps the temperatures of the 84 kWh battery under control.
A nice new feature is the N Track Manager, which allows drivers to analyze their performance on the track. They can create custom circuits and then have the system perform automatic lap times, after which they can view their speed data, check how they performed on the lap and even watch a ghost car replay, Gran Turismo style.
The Ioniq 5 N was launched in Thailand in 2024 for 3.79 million baht (RM478,000), but performance cars have always been expensive in Thailand (for example, the Honda Civic Type R costs 4 million baht there, which is over RM100,000 more than what you’d have to cough up here), so we hope Malaysia’s car won’t decimate your wallet That a lot of. We will know for sure in the second quarter. Excited?
Hyundai Ioniq 5 N on display (again) in Malaysia
Presentation slides of Hyundai Malaysia 2026
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