Hyundai is participating in its second Tokyo Auto Salon since making its return to the Japanese market in 2022. The tuner extravaganza, happening next month on January 10, will mark the debut of a special customised Ioniq 5 N, a collaboration with auto parts retailer Autobacs.
What’s cool about the modified electric SUV, aside the fact it will be festooned with basically the entire N Performance Parts catalogue, is that the entire process will be overseen by none other than Keiichi Tsuchiya. The world-renowned Drift King had previously been tapped to drive the car during the World Time Attack Challenge (WTAC) in Australia last year and had been impressed by what he experienced.
The good news, at least for Japanese enthusiasts, is that Hyundai intends to sell parts customised for the build to the general public, presumably at Autobacs outlets in the country as part of an existing partnership to sell N Performance Parts. Expect the car’s actual performance to be left well alone – not a problem when it already has dual motors, up to 650 PS and a barrage of performance-enhancing technologies that include a dual-clutch transmission simulator.
Aside from the custom Ioniq 5 N, Hyundai also plans to hold the Japanese launch of the Inster, the electric version of the Casper compact SUV. That little tyke is considerably less potent, featuring a single front motor making either 97 PS or 115 PS and a range of between 300 and 355 km on the WLTP cycle.
GALLERY: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N previewed in Malaysia
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He asked for handbrake but they did not have one so how?
how the japs have fallen