2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6: Everything You Need to Know – Road & Track

Hyundai's design team is emboldened. From the blocky Palisade to the sliced-and-diced Elantra to the Eighties-Lancia-meets-2030 Ioniq 5, designs from the automaker can be overwrought or alienating, but are never boring. Now that the company has released images of the upcoming Ioniq 6, it looks like Hyundai has another knockout on its hands.

The Ioniq 6 follows the tremendously successful and compelling Ioniq 5 as one of the brand's lynchpin EVs. Riding on the same platform as the Ioniq 5, Kia EV6, and Genesis GV60, the Ioniq 6's new form factor puts it up against a pretty stiff competitor: the Tesla Model 3. Like the groundbreaking Tesla, the new Hyundai is an aerodynamic sedan with a swooping roofline and high-class ambitions.

Whether or not Hyundai can challenge such an entrenched segment leader remains an open question, as we don't have price, powertrain, range, or tech details. Instead, Hyundai is showing off what it definitely got right. The design both inside and out is a stunning mix of retro cues and modern execution, with a roofline inspired by the aero sedans of the Thirties. The blocky light bars look like an Eighties futurist vision of the 2020s, drawing a connection to the Ioniq 5 but without looking unoriginal. And the interior looks like a true masterpiece, with a minimalist layout flanked by clever geometric lines and lit by wild LED ambient lighting. A new "H" emblem rounds out the design inside and out, marking a new era for Hyundai.

The only technical spec we have is that the Ioniq 6 has a drag coefficient of 0.21. That's a remarkable number, in line with the Lucid Air and ahead of the Model 3's 0.23. We're not sure what range will be, but the blockier Ioniq 5 on the same E-GMP platform goes up to 303 miles on a charge. With such a slippery silhouette, the Ioniq 6 should be able to coast right past that figure, but we'll have to wait to know for sure. More details will come later, with production beginning in 2023 for the 2024 model year.

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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6: Everything You Need to Know - Road & Track