{"id":49273,"date":"2023-05-10T00:03:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T04:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49273"},"modified":"2023-05-10T00:03:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T04:03:21","slug":"hyundai-ioniq-5-n-teases-real-shift-paddles-and-manufactured-noises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49273","title":{"rendered":"Hyundai Ioniq 5 N teases real shift paddles and manufactured noises – Autoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hyundai<\/a> Ioniq 5 N is enjoying the kind of teaser campaign normally afforded to hot hatches like the Honda Civic Type R<\/a> and Volkswagen Golf<\/a> Type R. We first heard the all-but-confirmation in April 2021, we’ve been parsing spy shots<\/a> since March 2022, then the videos commenced in December 2022. After the battery-electric hatch showed its slip angles in Sweden in March<\/a>, we welcome the second installment of the YouTube series from the streets of Seoul, South Korea, and the test track at Hyundai’s Namyang R&D Center. This one’s about the sound, previewing the synthetic revs, crackles, bangs that will accompany N Sound Plus and the N e-shift’s virtual dual-clutch gear-changing.<\/p>\n

Among the quick cuts we see the front of the right shift paddle bearing what looks like a minus sign and a regen logo. Later in the vid, we see the back of the left shift paddle; our guess is the left paddle displays a plus sign and a regen logo. If correct, we’re talking paddles being what’s called “overemployed” \u2014 doing the remote work of regen management as their day job while also working as thrill-seekers.<\/p>\n

The video doesn’t give any indication of just how far the artificial sensations will go in trying to re-create internal combustion dynamics. The underlying noise around the city streets at the beginning of the video is pure electric, symbolic of a dual-motor AWD drivetrain reported to produce around 600 horsepower. The rising hum transforms when the Ioniq 5 N reaches the test track, becoming a reproduction of the kind of small-displacement, large-hearted four-cylinder found in one of the current N cars. If Hyundai’s going for verisimilitude, shift actions need to be accompanied by more sound effects and a driveline stutter step. We could find out as soon as July, when the Ioniq 5 N joins the festivities at the Goodwood Festival of Speed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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