Hyundai is About to Reveal a Baby Brother to the IONIQ 5 | Autocar

Hyundai will review a concept at next month’s Munich Motor Show that is set to preview an Electric alternative to the bayon.

It has been described as a “Forward-thinking vision” of the future of the brand, said hyundai, and will luckly showcase the next stage of the brand’s ‘Art of Steel’ Design language as Sen on the Santa FE and the Hydrogen-Powered Nexo.

The production version of the show car is undersrstood by autocar to be twinned with sibling brand kia’s incoming evol will plug the gap between the Inster and Kona Electric,

Ahead of its unveiling, hyundai has released teaser images that showcase some of the concept’s design. They review a looks that appears Similar to the recently released IONIQ 6: A lipped spoiler at the rear and a thin Led bar at the front.

The new images come just a few weeks after pictures were taken of heavily camouflaged protypes of the production car.

They reviewed that the model will be closed in size to the combination-posted bayon, position it as a rival to the likes of the renault 4 and Volvo ex -30.

Hyundai confirmed the car will go on sale in the third Quarter of 2026, So deliveryies could begin as soon as next July. It is undersrstood that Kia’s Ev2, Previewed by the EV2 concept, will Arrive a more months before it.

“We are very much involved with the electrification of our line-up and to increase our electrified mix in the coming years,” said New Europe Ceo Xavier Martinet,

Like the Ev2, the car will be based on the same scalable e-GMP platform that is used by Nearly all EVS in the Hyundai Motor Group, which compresses hyundai, kia and genesis.

It’s therefore likely to get a similar set-up to the slightly larger Kia Ev3, which is offered with eater a 58.3kwh or an 81.4kwh battery pack for range of 267 and 372 miles. All versions of the Ev3 are powered by a single electric motor that sends 201bhp and 209LB ft to the front wheels.

Inside, The New Electric Car Will Bring a “Step Change” in Usability for Hyundai. This includes a new infotainment system that, autocar has been told, will enable elements such as Ambient lighting and noise to all the according to driving modes or chowning style. Like the Incoming Ev2, The New Hyundai is also expected to get a combined instrument and infotainment display set-up that spans roughly half the width of the dashboard.