‘Wildest’ rider consumes 1 in 17.9
With the Ioniq Hybrid, Hyundai opted for a frontal attack on Toyota’s Prius hegemony. That was quite Dutch, because the Koreans chose a considerably more favorable pricing than their Japanese opponent. The ‘old’ Ioniq is now no longer available and the question arises: was the car that gives Hyundai’s latest electric models their name really that economical?
We check this on the basis of 25 Ioniq owners who keep track of their consumption in the AutoWeek Consumption Monitor, under real, Dutch conditions. We can already reveal that the Ioniq is actually capable of favorable practical figures.
Conventional technique
Hyundai took a more traditional approach than Toyota. Although the direct injection 1.6 runs according to the same Atkinson principle, the gearbox is a traditional seven-speed dual-clutch automatic. The electric motor delivers 43 hp, the GDI puts out 105 horses. It results in a car that drives more like you are used to. This is in contrast to the Prius, with its transmission that feels like a CVT.
Ioniq is really economical…
The Toyota Prius is known as a car that can easily achieve 1 in 20. Ioniq riders show the same thing. They burn an average of 4.6 liters of petrol per 100 kilometers, a neat 1 in 22.1. Only four drivers structurally score below 1 in 20, the wildest Ioniq driver still drives an average of 1 in 17.9.
…but not nearly as economical as promised
The owner of the most economical Ioniq in our list has entered a large number of fuel receipts at once, which shows a consumption of 3.54 l/100 km. With this 1 to 28.2, it scores just slightly more economical than the manufacturer’s specification of 1 to 27.8. The immediately following driver scores 1 in 25.4 and is therefore 9.4 percent worse off than the factory has specified. That is a neat deviation in this section. If we compare the manufacturer’s specification of 3.6 l/100 km against the average practical consumption of 4.6 l/100 km, then the deviation is just under 27 percent.
This makes the Ioniq Hybrid a lot less economical than the factory leads to believe, but with the practical consumption of an average of 1 in 22.1, owners are well armed against high petrol prices.
If you are looking for a Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, which was also available as a Plug-in Hybrid, you will see that there are more than 100 for sale via this link.
Of course we tested the Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid against a Toyota Prius. You can see that test here.
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl