Hyundai IONIQ 3 pricing announced

[Gareth79]

https://www.hyundai.news/uk/articles/press-release...

Announced a few days ago, looks pretty competitive for what you get? Obviously the looks are subjective, but I like it.

The base model battery is 40kWh is LFP, the 61kWh is NMC. The motor spec of the 40kWh has a slightly higher power output, I guess due to a higher peak voltage on that chemistry? Kinda funny that the "N Line Evo" is slower than the cheapest base model!

Advance: £22,245 (40kWh battery, 61 is an option) - probably not worth bothering with given the Premium isn't much more £
(the next models include a £1,500 discount, anticipating they will qualify for the grant)
Premium: £25,945 - 61kWh battery, bigger wheels, battery heater/preheater, better instrument cluster, auto wipers, electric door mirrors, solar/privacy glass
Ultimate: £28,445 - sat nav (probably not needed given even the base model has Carplay etc), matrix headlamps heated seats/wheel, better rear seats, "Highway Drive Assist"
N Line Evo: £30,445 - bigger wheels, bigger screen, parking assist, 360 cameras etc, extra tat

Apparently deliveries are from end of this year. It will be the first EV made at their Türkiye plant. Potentially worth waiting until the early ones have any build issues ironed out?!

Edited by Gareth79 on Thursday 20th August 16:36

[clockworks]

Car itself looks quite good, but the specs are pretty disappointing at the price.

Performance (lack of) is the biggest letdown. No heated seats in the lower trims. V2L an expensive option.
The sister EV2 looks like a better deal.

[P675]

I hope to see some boggo spec for £15k in a years time.

[speedking31]

2.1 t

[clockworks]

speedking31 said:

2.1 t

That's gross weight
Actual car weighs 1.58t unladen, which is not much more than a Golf or Focus

[Gareth79]

clockworks said:

Car itself looks quite good, but the specs are pretty disappointing at the price.

Performance (lack of) is the biggest letdown. No heated seats in the lower trims. V2L an expensive option.
The sister EV2 looks like a better deal.

Performance is similar to the EV2 I think? But yes, it's slightly slower than my ZE1 Leaf, although I doubt I will notice the difference since I'd just be using it for a commute and general duties.

And from what I can see V2L is only on the "GT-Line S" EV2 (£34k), and you need an adapter of some sort. On the Ioniq 3 you also get a mains socket, and it's available from the Premium upwards, and the £1,250 includes a heat pump which is £700 on the EV2 (and only available on the top end GT-Line S).

Neither are design icons of course, but visually I prefer the Ioniq, and both are more interesting than my current awful Leaf

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Gareth79 said:

Performance is similar to the EV2 I think? But yes, it's slightly slower than my ZE1 Leaf, although I doubt I will notice the difference since I'd just be using it for a commute and general duties.

And from what I can see V2L is only on the "GT-Line S" EV2 (£34k), and you need an adapter of some sort. On the Ioniq 3 you also get a mains socket, and it's available from the Premium upwards, and the £1,250 includes a heat pump which is £700 on the EV2 (and only available on the top end GT-Line S).

Neither are design icons of course, but visually I prefer the Ioniq, and both are more interesting than my current awful Leaf

Yes, V2L is an option on cheaper Hyundai and Kia models, and standard on top trim for the more expensive models.
Hyundai have apparently stopped fitting heatpumps as standard on the Inster too.

Shame really, as some very cheap cars come with V2L as standard. From what I've read, the new Twingo will have it.

I've got it on my EV3 GT-S, and it's incredibly useful during power cuts.

As for power output, I hadn't realised that the EV2 long range has the same lower power output as the Ioniq 3. Just checked, and that is indeed the case.

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Battery heating and pre conditioning not being included in the base model is poor form.