It’s no mean feat to be crowned Auto Express Car of the Year. Our winner needs to have a huge range of talents; it should move the game on, and not just in its own segment, but in the new-car market as a whole. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 does exactly that.
This year has seen the range of choice for EV buyers explode, and many of those new cars were in with a shout of taking the overall prize. But the Ioniq 5 truly excels
on so many fronts. Firstly there’s the design; it looks unlike anything else on the road, yet without being contrived or awkward. The cabin is another triumph, making the most of the car’s electric architecture to offer limo-like legroom in a bright, lounge-like space.
I ve spent a week in the vRS iV plug-in hybrid, a handsomely imposing vehicle with 490 litres of flat load lugging space in the rear and plenty of pulling power - providing you keep it charged.
Tesla caught the automotive world napping when it burst on to the scene in 2012 with the Model S. The US electric car start-up demonstrated that there was a serious appetite for EVs with a premium price tag, and ever since then car makers around the world have been frantically developing competitors to cash in on this increasingly lucrative market.
The Ford Mustang Mach-E is one of them, and also one of the most important new Fords that we have seen for a generation. Its significance is demonstrated by the Mustang name that Ford has bestowed it with – one of the most recognisable in the industry.
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