Hyundai Ionic 5 N vs Mustang Dark Horse

We compared Hyundai’s weird new EV sports car to the new Mustang Dark Horse to see if it can hang with the big dogs.

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[jlmr]

"They make close to the same hp", just a whole nissan leaf in between them

[ghostofzuul]

justin out here holding it down.... word.

[shotenergy]

Happy to lend you guys the I5N! It was awesome to see you all thrashing it on the track like it’s meant to be 🙌. Big thanks to the entire Donut crew; you all run an amazing production and take great care of everyone. Much love from all of us at 1 Shot! We’re stoked to support the channel and appreciate the shoutout 🫡

[Kampfgruppe]

Ioniq5's the best EV in the world

[split--]

So every video from Carwow, Throttle House, Straight Pipes, Doug DeMuro, etc. are ads according to the comments 🤦

[zygon]

Why did i think future buff jimmy was vin diesel 😂😂

[LiquidFoxDesigns]

As a prior owner of 3 Mustangs and currently have a 2019 mustang and Fiesta ST in the garage and not a single EV car, I'm so utterly sick and tired of the EV bashing for the sake of it. Just get over it already, we're car guys not tribalistic morons and I know damn well that Hyundai would have destroyed the mustang on the track if the driver wanted it to, it's also pretty clear it did a far better job holding a drift as well, which is what the drift mode is for, not donuts. The whole video is honestly an embarrassment.

[ExperimentalistBrewing]

I'm a car guy too, but it's frustrating seeing all this EV hate.. These cars are pretty much neck and neck now, and EV tech is only going to get better, are more environmentally friendly, and aren't going away. We should be excited for the future of cars, not resisting the change away from ICE engines.

[QMaverick]

Why only 1 hot lap on the IONIQ? Also, I'm fairly confident that the IONIQ would win with the SoC near 100% and use of the boost button. Whether or not you like EVs, that IONIQ is effing fast.

[jeffbrown]

The fact a new car got heating issues after mild abuse just made me rethink a lot of things( i drive a 98 shitbox laguna with 194 hp)

[mdkflip]

So Ford has been building the Mustang for about 60 years. The mustang is known as a performance car, so you think that would be priority, yet on a hot lap it's cutting power for overheating? I know he was running the AC on one of the laps, but even with it off it was still having some problems. The first performance EV that Hyundai makes and it's been praised up and down by tons of reviewers. Never spoken of any issue really, and certainly not related to overheating. People will still hate on Hyundai and/or prefer and ICE car for various reasons, but you have to hand it to Hyundai. They did an amazing job on this car; and it just happens to be an EV 👏🏻

[mmhm]

Dude! the fact that viewers are allowing you guys to push their cars that hard is insane. A special THANK YOU to them.

[JohnLee-dbzt]

I don’t believe the 5N would have lost to the Mustang if correctly set. They didn’t specify if it was set for hot laps. Should have been set to track mode in sprint settings for such a short track. Also around a long track like the Nurburgring, the Dark Horse will not best the 5N because of its heating issues and less power.

[Anthonysinterlude]

I like how Steph is just sitting passenger princess the whole time 😭

[Dltalmbda]

The N would have easily won in track/sprint mode with the battery preconditioning. I'll bet they didn't even use the boost button on that lap. They didn't use launch control for the drag either, which automatically turns on the boost

[gljnjo]

Soooo
The mustang overheated twice (a track version of mustang) and in your review that doesnt matter?
Okay i guess....

[scottiev]

Get someone on the team who isn't completely biased against EVs. Enthusiasm of something fun is more enjoyable to watch than reluctant smiles from people who want to hate it.

[tyrelirwin]

Well, one of these cars has 4 doors, a backseat, storage space, and a much faster drag time...and the other overheated. Twice.

[onehorsepower]

If this already hurt, realise the 5 N was on regular street rubber and the DH on Trofeo RS, equalise the tires and a large family hatchback EV is as fast as performance icon on track. And where I live, electricity is almost free and gas is very expensive, and I have fast chargers just besides the tracks... Easy choice.

[Stobo]

Usually a huge donut fan but the ev hate in this really rubbed me the wrong way in this one. Even when the Hyundai won a challenge they just had to throw in the "too bad its an ev". Reminds me of the old top gear episode with the lotus body tesla