Hyundai Ioniq 5 allocation to open again for NSW and ACT buyers

The second batch of Hyundai's Ioniq 5 electric car is set to be made available today, with those who missed out the first time round benefitting from the second allocation.

Available only to prospective buyers in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory for now, the first wave of the second Ioniq 5 release comes two months after the initial allocation of 240 units sold out in just over two hours, which included a temporary crash of Hyundai's ordering site.

Excluding on-road costs, the rear-wheel-drive Ioniq 5 goes on sale from $71,900, while the all-wheel-drive variant is an extra $4000, coming in with a list price of $75,900 – below the luxury car tax threshold.

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A spokesperson for Hyundai Australia wouldn't disclose to Wheels how many units would be available to order for NSW and ACT customers, although the two states will not receive their cars sooner than other areas around the country.

"The next allocation of Ioniq 5s will be released and processed state-by-state," they said.

"The first release will be for NSW and ACT, and will go on sale Thursday, December 16 at 12pm AEDT via the Hyundai Australia website. Customers will be sent a link prior to this time. Timings for other states is TBC.

"We can’t confirm the number of cars which will be available to order at this time.

"We are staggering the ordering process across the other states [and territories] in the coming weeks to assist in managing order processing timeframes. Note that this will not affect delivery timing – that is, even though NSW and ACT have ordered first, they will not receive their cars before other states."

Our own Jez Spinks recently road tested the Ioniq 5, which you can read about and watch here.