Hyundai Ioniq 6 makes me wish I never saw the Prophecy

Hyundai Ioniq 6 makes me wish I never saw the Prophecy

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[JH-qyzw]

The biggest problem is that the prophecy design came off as sports sedan, but came out as a family sedan.
Neither is bad, but certainly different directions.

[greg.anywhere]

The prophecy did not fully come true, but Its still a rather unique looking car. It has its own character. I love that every Hyundai has its own character and personality vs them all looking like scaled up and scaled down verisons of one another. I think Hyundai also missed the opportunity to add frameless windows. The wheels from the prophecy should've made the production car. The roofline slope should've been steeper, the car should've been lower overall, the hood should've been longer, and the dash to axle ratio shouldve been a bit greater.

[jadadpe]

I've been excited to see this car for a while now and was disappointed when I first saw the production Ioniq 6, but the more I see it the more it's growing on me. Not really sure why because I dislike the EQS and the bubble silhouette in general, but Hyundai has made it work, although it still does look awkward from some angles. Also helps that the interior is beautiful

[nikolarunjavec]

I think it is a marvelous execusion of the concept given the cost, engineering and regulations restrictions.

[ELCapiTRAN]

They should have presented the 6 in black, so it hides a lot of those black plastics. It would look a lot closer to the prophecy. Bringing it in silver gave us a too much of a contrast from what folks were expecting.

[cycleofficial]

OMFG ! This redesign hits hard ! Amazing job.

[edwardtoal]

love your re-designs but of course they would have destroyed the drag coefficient - to put this design in perspective, this car has a Cd of 0.21 and still looks gorgeous, whereas the Mercedes EQS has a Cd of 0.2 and looks like an obese boat

[lordpepe]

I was extremely disappointed when I saw the production version of the EQS, that suffered from bad proportions too. I feel the exact same about the ioniq 6 as well.

[RegKuro]

I think the solution would be to make an Ioniq 6 Coupe, with that lower more planted stance. As well as the visual tweaks for it to represent itself as such.

[benjaminsmith]

The Ioniq 6 is fine with me. I just don't expect production cars to look like concept cars. It hardly ever works out that way so my expectations were that it would look something like this. I think your redesign is a future facelift for the car. The car that looks similar to its concept is the Polestar 5 vs. the Precpet but we haven't really seen that one yet either to note the differences. The Prophecy probably would have had too little room in it to make a successful car to carry people and luggage in and the front end probably wouldn't have passed a lot of regulations. And to look like it looked, it probably would not have met the Ioniq 6's price point either. Take this existing car, put it in a dark color, see it actually on the street with current cars, it's stunning.

[Krutchin]

The car is fugly. Ioniq5 is much better looking, it's better looking than most EVs out there. Great vid!

[olli-lfe]

I completely agree with the busyness of the front end. I wish you would do something with the diffuser as well.

[budja]

The rear end just does not work. I don’t like how the rear bumper has that black plastic graphic that curves upwards to meet the door shut line. There’s a million different better ways to do that. The front end has that weird black band across the nose- it doesn’t fit.

[awaredesigner]

People have to understand that there is a lot that goes into design. Budget and practicality for the user play a huge role in production. Concepts are and have always been a preview of what’s to come hence the word “concept”. I do agree that Hyundai should have been a little more honest with themselves and the public that the Prophecy was not realistic and more of a concept to future designs. It’s easy to draw and come up with beautiful designs but it’s a different ball game when it comes to production especially with a far out design like the Prophecy. I go through this all the time in the design industry…. But overall I feel that the Ioniq 6 is a beautiful and different design compared to the competition! Wish the digital mirrors were legal in the states smh…

[AbiManyu-mvly]

After seeing the Hyundai Ioniq 6 prototype at the Hyundai Motor Studio Senayan Park Jakarta, I believe this car will dominate the EV sedan in Indonesia, just like its predecessor Kona EV & Ioniq 5 which was produced at the Hyundai factory in Indonesia.

[dannymartial]

I hate when car manufacturers make the concept 100x better than the production model. It’s so disappointing; it’s the opposite of marketing. If anything, it makes the production model worse because we’re shown what it COULD’VE been.

[EM..]

1:18 - You cat is only interested in high-end Jaguars, lol.

[Luke-PlanesTrainsDogsnCars]

The low hood and huge wheels would have never worked on a production car ....
not enough suspension travel for one thing.
The interpretation is top notch from the show car.

[kgamaseg]

DUDE! What was lost from the Prophecy concept were those HUGE, BEAUTIFUL, but incredibly impractical WHEELS. Yeah, sure the front headlights are different and some of the proportions are different, BUT what if the juicy Ioniq 6 N comes extras that really distinguish it from the regular Ioniq 6. I think if a black Ioniq 6 photos were taken EXACTLY at the same angles and lighting used on the Prophecy...I believe many of us would agree that the vehicles are more similar than different.

[Mgn-]

Yes the proportions were off, it needed that adjustment, I like the redesign but the production one works too if you get rid of that black plastic line below the headlights, it doesn't connect to anything else in the body, thats the thing causing noise.