Hyundai Ioniq 6 N performance EV imagined

The Hyundai Ioniq 6 N is expected to launch in the coming years as the Korean brand’s new high-performance flagship.

As we await official details from Hyundai, rendering guru Theottle [↗] was tasked with imagining the Ioniq 6 N, taking elements from both 2022’s RN22e concept and the related Ioniq 5 N electric SUV unveiled in mid-2023.

This includes the Hyundai N’s unique ‘Performance Blue’ finish, a beefier front bumper with contrasting black trim, a wider track, additional cooling outlets, larger side skirts, and a large rear spoiler.

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2025 Hyundai Ioniq 6 N imagined by Theottle | © Wheels Media

Expect the Ioniq 6 N to follow the 5 N – and the related Kia EV6 GT – with a dual-motor setup producing around 448kW and 750Nm.

By comparison, the most-powerful Ioniq 6 on sale today offers up to 239kW and 605Nm.

Based on the same E-GMP platform and 800-volt electrical architecture as the Ioniq 5 N, the high-performance sedan is likely to adopt similar revisions, such as a larger battery, a stiffer body in white, bespoke suspension, retuned steering with a strengthened column, and other software enhancements.

This platform and electrical architecture is a key criterion for all future N-branded performance electric cars, according to N brand management and motorsport vice president Till Wartenburg, who said any future N-branded electric Hyundai must feature the E-GMP platform with 800-volt silicon-carbide inverter in order to “keep the three pillars of N, where racetrack capability is one – that is a huge challenge”.

Using a 400V architecture for N cars would be “just a waste of time; they can’t go there [the track]”.

Wartenburg said that creating a high-performance car using the E-GMP platform will make the potential of this architecture much more apparent, whereas attempting to create a track-capable vehicle using the 400-volt architecture as used by several competitors would be “just a waste of time; they can’t go there”.

The Ioniq 5 N can rocket from 0-100km/h in 3.4 seconds, but with a lighter and far more aerodynamic body – the Ioniq 6 has a drag coefficient of 0.21 compared to 0.28 for the Ioniq 5 – the Ioniq 6 N could fall to the low three-second mark.

Like the RN22e concept and the Ioniq 5 N, expect the Ioniq 6 N to feature the ‘N e-shift’ and ‘N active sound’ systems.

N e-shift is designed to mimic the shift action of an eight-speed dual-clutch and simulates the ‘jolt’ of up- and downshifts by cutting drive to the electric motors.

N Active Sound, meanwhile, uses speakers to deliver an “emotional” soundtrack that sounds like a combustion car even pops and bangs during downshifts.

In the Ioniq 5 N, three sound ‘themes’ are available: ‘Ignition’ sounds like the 2.0-litre turbo in an i30 N, ‘Evolution’ copies the noise of the RN22e concept, while ‘Supersonic’ sounds like a twin-engine fighter jet.