Hyundai has given its sensationally sleek Ioniq 6 electric saloon a major makeover for 2025, with new styling on the outside and some interior tweaks, too.
So what's new about the Ioniq 6?
The biggest change you'll notice on the outside of the Ioniq 6 is a new set of very slim LED headlights, which gives the car back some of the look of the original concept version.
The whole look has been designed around what Hyundai calls its 'Pure Flow, Refined' styling, which is meant to emphasise the 'streamliner' look of the Ioniq 6. Along with those new headlights, the bonnet has been raised ever so slightly, and the nose reprofiled to give the car more of a shark-nose look. There's a new black trim that starts at the nose and continues down the side of the doors, and at the rear the separate boot spoiler has been removed, and the bodywork extended out slightly into more of a ducktail shape.
What about the new lights?
Where the original Ioniq 6 had relatively conventional headlamps, those have been binned, and in their place are ultra-slim LED running lights, which mimic the four-dot badge on the steering wheels (four dots in Morse code translates as the letter H…) while the main beam units are now tucked in under the edge of the bonnet.
Inside, there is a new steering wheel, a new centre console design, new air conditioning controls, and a distinctive new quilted design for the top of the dash on the passenger's side.
“Ioniq 6 has evolved from a single Electrified Streamliner into a lineup, each model expressing its own character while staying true to one refined vision,” said Simon Loasby, Senior Vice President and Head of Hyundai Design Center. “Under the evolved design concept of 'Pure Flow, Refined', we've enhanced every line and detail to make Ioniq 6 simpler and more progressive.”
Anything else to know?
As well as the changes to the standard model, there's also a new addition to the Ioniq 6 lineup, the Ioniq 6 N-Line. Don't get too excited - this isn't a full-on N-car, and it doesn't have the 600-odd-horsepower of the Ioniq 5 N, but the Ioniq 6 N-Line does get sportier styling thanks to front and rear wing-shaped bumpers, side skirts, and more in the way of black finishing at the rear of the car, in line with the sporty RN22e concept car, give the Ioniq 6 N-Line more of a sports-saloon look.
The updated Ioniq 6 is being shown off at the Seoul Mobility Show, and at the same show, Hyundai is also displaying its new hydrogen-powered Nexo. The new Nexo, which looks something like a cross between a Santa Fe and a Kona, gets a new 150kW (203hp) electric motor, an improved fuel cell stack, improved power electronics, and storage tanks which can hold up to 6.69kg of hydrogen. That gives the Nexo a projected driving range of up to 700km on one fill-up, and refilling the tank takes only a few minutes. Assuming you can find a hydrogen filling station, which you can't because there aren't any in Ireland. Ah well. We can dream.