Hyundai Ioniq 6 review

£47,040 is your opening bid for the Ioniq 6, which is far more palatable than the £54,995 Hyundai charged for the First Edition when this car launched in 2022. It undercuts the Model 3 Long Range (with the dual motor version another £10k on top), Polestar 2 Long Range and BMW’s fine-driving i4, which is easily the most dynamic car of this quartet.

We’d say that makes it reasonable value for money. Coupled with high efficiency, it should be pretty affordable to run. You’ll probably pay less than £20 for every full top-up of the battery if you charge it at home. Obviously a rapid stop at a motorway services is going to cost a lot more than that.

Expect to be paying £500-£600 a month on finance. You can play around endlessly with Hyundai’s online finance calculator, but its opening gambit is £530/month over three years off the back of a £5k deposit on the entry-level car.

What kit do I get?

Premium is the entry-level trim, and as standard you get 20in alloy wheels, matrix LED headlights, rear privacy glass, Hyundai’s 12.3in digital instrument cluster and infotainment screens, heated front and rear seats, heated steering wheel, a cloth fabric interior, ambient lighting, front-seat lumbar support, a wireless charging pad, parking sensors, rear-view camera, smart cruise control, a truck-load of active safety systems and a heat pump.

Ultimate is the top-spec car, adding a sunroof, plusher front seats, a leather interior, ventilated front seats, keyless entry, blind-spot camera, a head-up display and upgraded Bose sound system. That’ll set you back £50,540.

Upgrading to the dual-motor AWD Ioniq 6 is a £3.5k uptick, so you’ll pay £50,540 for that in base trim or £54,040 in Ultimate form.

Go for AWD for full effortlessness: it's not much more expensive and you don't lose much in range either. But honestly? The base car is perfectly adequate.