Hyundai and the IONIQ 5 N take off on the journey to Pikes Peak, with sights set on the Electrical Manufacturing SUV Crossover file. Dealing with a brand new set of challenges that include EVs, we teamed up with Bryan Herta Autosport, racing in opposition to the clock to arrange the all-electric Hyundai IONIQ 5 N for some of the harmful hill climbs on the earth. Keep tuned for future episodes!
With a brand new era of householders now getting behind the wheel of the IONIQ 5 N, Hyundai will spark much more pleasure on the 102nd operating of the Pikes Peak Worldwide Hill Climb (PPIHC) on June 23, 2024. Two 641-horsepower IONIQ 5 N automobiles will go after the Electrical Manufacturing SUV/Crossover file as a part of a four-car effort.
“We’re returning to the mountain stronger than we now have left it, with a category main electrical SUV within the type of IONIQ 5 N,” stated Until Wartenberg, head of N Model and Motorsport. “Hyundai has a historical past of proving new applied sciences and merchandise at Pikes Peak going all the best way again to 1992 and the IONIQ 5 N brings that idea to excessive efficiency electrical automobiles. The manufacturing spec IONIQ 5 N will display what prospects can anticipate from their automobiles.”
The drivers of the IONIQ 5 N automobiles going for the Electrical Manufacturing SUV/Crossover file are Paul Dallenbach and Ron Zaras. Dallenbach is an eleven-time PPIHC winner and set an total file in 1993. Zaras is a PPIHC rookie and the most recent group member. Zaras, a media persona and former Hoonigan govt, was not too long ago chosen to showcase the story of a motorsport fanatic making ready for this large problem of competing at Pikes Peak.
“As a lifelong fan of rallying, the Pikes Peak Worldwide Hill Climb has been a bucket listing occasion to participate in from the primary time I watched the movie ‘Climb Dance’ on a 56k Web connection,” stated Zaras. “So, competing right here for my first time ever within the IONIQ 5 N – with the assist of the wonderful groups at Hyundai – is an unimaginable honor. I’m thrilled to share my journey from younger spectator to first time competitor alongside the best way; difficult as that path could also be.”