Hyundai has opened UK orders for the refreshed Ioniq 6, and the longest-legged version is rated for up to 422 miles on a charge. That figure belongs to the Premium rear-wheel-drive car, which costs £33,240 after a government grant, and deliveries are due in early 2027. Every UK trim now uses a larger 84 kWh battery.
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The sedan keeps its streamlined shape, but the front and rear have been reworked. A redesigned nose, slimmer daytime running lights, black lower-body trim running into the doors and a longer ducktail in place of the old spoiler all aim at cleaner airflow. Inside there are two 12.3-inch screens, a bridge-style centre console with physical buttons and wireless phone charging.
Five trims, five prices and three range ratings
Hyundai UK announced the line-up on October 29, and its pricing release sets out the ladder. The Premium rear-wheel-drive car with 229 PS is £33,240. The N Line rear-wheel-drive is £36,240, the N Line all-wheel-drive with 325 PS is £43,490, the N Line Evo rear-wheel-drive is £43,270 and the N Line Evo all-wheel-drive is £46,770. The £3,750 Electric Car Grant applies only to the Premium and N Line rear-wheel-drive versions, which is why those two sit so far below the rest.
Range falls as equipment and power rise. The 422-mile Premium is rated at 4.6 miles per kilowatt-hour. N Line and N Line Evo rear-wheel-drive cars manage up to 364 miles at 4.2 miles per kWh, and the all-wheel-drive versions reach up to 354 miles at 4.0.
The grant explains most of the pricing logic. Under the scheme’s official guidance, cars at or below £37,000 qualify for up to £3,750 if they sit in the first of two bands, the discount is applied by the seller with no application from the buyer, and the vehicle must carry a battery warranty of at least eight years or 100,000 miles. The Ioniq 6 meets that last test, and the scheme runs until March 31, 2030. Models above the price cap, which includes every all-wheel-drive and Evo Ioniq 6, receive nothing.
Hyundai UK has been steadily adding to its electric range this year. In January it opened order books for the performance Ioniq 6 N, as the brand’s press kit shows, so the sedan now spans from a £33,240 commuter to a track-focused version.
Charging at 800 volts and what the money buys
The 800-volt architecture supports a 10 to 80 percent charge in 18 minutes at 350 kW. On a 50 kW public charger the same top-up takes one hour 20 minutes, and a full 0 to 100 percent session on an 11 kW wallbox takes seven hours 35 minutes through the 10.5 kW three-phase onboard charger. The high-voltage battery carries an eight year or 100,000 mile warranty.
Electrek’s report lists what separates the grades. The Premium already has 18-inch alloys, flush door handles, heated front seats and steering wheel, a heat pump and over-the-air updates. The N Line Evo adds leather and suede trim, front relaxation seats, ventilated seats, an electric sunroof, a head-up display, Surround View Monitor, Remote Smart Parking Assist, Digital Key 2, an exterior vehicle-to-load adaptor and Bose audio, which explains a gap of more than £10,000 to the entry car once the grant is removed from the equation.
Performance is modest at the bottom of the range and brisk at the top. Rear-wheel-drive cars reach 62 mph in 7.4 seconds, while the 325 PS all-wheel-drive models do it in 5.1, and top speed is 115 mph on all of them.
Cost per rated mile shows where the value sits. Dividing list price by maximum range, the Premium works out near £79 per mile of range, the N Line rear-wheel-drive near £100 and the top N Line Evo all-wheel-drive near £132. Those are rough ratios from the published figures, not Hyundai numbers, and they leave out the cars’ extra equipment and 5.1-second acceleration.
The UK gets a model the U.S. stopped selling
Ashley Andrew, president of Hyundai and Genesis UK, said the new car’s electrified streamliner look is more dynamic than ever, and that adding the Electric Car Grant makes the package even more accessible. The remark frames the launch as a price play against rivals in a market where subsidy shapes which trims sell.
American buyers are in a different position. Hyundai confirmed to Car and Driver that the standard Ioniq 6 would not return for a 2026 model year in the U.S., leaving only the performance Ioniq 6 N, according to Electrek’s March report. Sales had fallen 77 percent in February to 229 units, and Electrek links the cutbacks to import tariffs on Korean-built cars. Hyundai gave no reason, and it has not said whether the new 84 kWh sedan will ever reach American showrooms, where the Ioniq 5 remains the brand’s main electric offering after a 33 percent sales rise to 3,329 units in February.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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