Well that looks fantastic. Less distinctive but also better than the Honda E. I'm not sure if the two cars compete in the same class but the Ioniq 5 clearly isn't much bigger, yet has a battery twice the size as the Honda so it can actually go places. As mentioned above, I really love that this styling is basically a cyberpunk alternative Mazda 3 @05XR8
This angle right here is the money shot for this car.
Fantastic but hoooo boy I hope that interior comes in dark and those screens have a night mode. Talk about being blinded...and using more battery to light the damn things up.
That's not really all that surprising. The Tucson is one of the smaller in its segment and is basically a lifted hatchback, only 4.5 inches longer than a Corolla hatchback and 6 inches shorter than a Corolla sedan. The Mazda 3 hatchback is only an inch shorter than the this or the Tucson. The Ioniq 5 an appropriately sized small car for the North American market which is about as small as you can make an EV before its range won't be very useful over here (I'm looking at you i3, Mini, Bolt, etc), and I imagine it's an appropriately sized midsize car for Europe. Importantly, this Ioniq 5 is an entire foot longer than the Chevrolet Bolt which is not very popular at all partly because its proportions are ugly and it's too small to be very practical. This thing slots right smack in between the two-door hatch Veloster at 166 inches and the new Elantra sedan at 184 inches, while being usefully longer than the admittedly small current Elantra GT hatchback at 171 inches. It does look smaller than it is but it's just the right size.
Volkswagen looks like a Kia, Kia looks like a VolkswagenThe Kia version:
It's not bad, IMO - though I am getting very strong VW ID vibes. But that's kind of weird in itself because I feel like its the other way around, with VW ID products more resembling the Koreans these days.
I don't even know what to think anymore!
There's only one car I've ever desired more "dashboard" interior space in and that's actually my Toyota Sequoia of all things. Not quite as extreme as a Jeep, Land Rover, or FJ obviously, but the relatively vertical windshield and upright seats means the climate control hardware hangs down below the dash and into the footwell. But besides that I've never had an issue in any size sedan or crossover, even a Miata. I'm not sure the importance of this "interior" space they've discovered. Tesla and other brands don't seem to have required that change and still offer normal-sized trunks *and* frunks for a total notably larger but just as manageable as a typical ICE car. Key word "manageable" - obviously my Sequoia has a tremendous cargo area but it's relatively unmanageable with only four grocery bag hooks and no box or divider system to keep small cargo from reaching terminal velocity while turning out of the parking lot. In my experience I don't actually want a single bigger cargo area, I would rather have two smaller ones so my stuff doesn't look like it was airdropped by the time I get home. It also offers better cargo weight distribution if you're actually filling it to the max. Plus - and don't quote me on this because I don't think it's been done yet (perhaps Rivian will do this) - having a frunk would allow one of the two cargo areas to be used as a cooler for ice and food and drinks while the other is used for normal cargo. Tailgating in a Model 3 with a hypothetical frunk cooler? Sounds like a great idea to me. Perhaps somebody makes an aftermarket insert to do just that.
