A calming colour palette, sliding centre console and fridge magnet style personalisation – Hyundai’s Ioniq borrows from domestic design to create a coherent, usable interior rather than ‘la la land’ concepts
When the full-electric production Hyundai Ioniq 5 unveiled in late February 2021, its shape was not a surprise to those who had seen the 45 concept 18 months before at the 2019 Frankfurt motorshow. But its similarity was, and that’s refreshing. Yes, regular-opening doors with flush handles and wing mirrors have replaced the concept’s sliding, touch-sensitive ones with rear-view cameras, but the long wheelbase proportion and 1974 Pony-inspired silhouette remain.
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