Hyundai RN22e Super-Salon 2022 Price in Pakistan, Features, Specs. Whatever it is, the rest of the auto industry would benefit from a sip. Hyundai’s design team is brimming with optimism right now. They’re back after the angular Ioniq 5, the slippery Ioniq 6, and the throwback N Vision 74. This time, we’re answering the question, “How would a Hyundai super-saloon look?”
The new Ioniq 6 is indeed hidden beneath the pumped-up wheel arches, wider tracks, and massive front bumper and rear diffuser bookends. Should it be ‘Ironic 6’? Take a pebble-smooth, low-drag four-door and add a surfboard-sized rear wing and a widebody stance to it. We’re not complaining, though: the car exudes attitude. Yes, ‘RN22e’ is a squandered opportunity. Construct a 577bhp super-saloon and name it after the outcome of allowing a bored cat to saunter across your keyboard. Odd.
Hyundai RN22e Super-Salon 2022 Price in Pakistan, Features, Specs
True, but 577bhp from dual motors isn’t exactly outrageous for an EV super saloon. A Porsche Taycan or Tesla Model S has significantly more power. But, like Hyundai’s N Vision 74 concept, the RN22e’s mechanical package is expected to be viable. These engines are from the Kia EV6 GT. However, with a completely new calibration, it’s set up to be quite lively. More on that later; first, we must address the noise. And there are the gearshifts.
Noise? Gearshifts? In an EV?
Yes and no. Hyundai has had a lot of fun with this one. In fact, Hyundai believes that the automotive industry has approached fast EVs incorrectly, prioritising stomach-churning speed over character and silliness. As a result, the RN22e is full of gimmicks and nonsense. You may not like the idea at all. But, please, keep an open mind.
The first is N Sound Plus. It’s a 90dB boombox strapped behind the diffuser that plays a synthesised engine throb that’s part motorsport, part Star Wars. You can, of course, disable it. When you’re at a standstill, it’ll even obey a blipped throttle and rev the noise. It’s at best unnecessary, at worst pointless, but it’s an experiment for Hyundai. If you like it, N Sound Plus could make its way into future production vehicles. If not, it will vanish.
Gear shifts are up next. Two gearshift paddles are located behind the steering wheel. That’s not unusual: many EVs retain paddles for adjusting regen braking. In the RN22e, pulling both together activates or deactivates the sound tremor. They also simulate gearshifts while in motion by briefly interrupting torque. You can even ‘blow through’ the rev limiter. Most EVs are simple to use: just press and go. The driver may make mistakes in this one.
While the system is accelerating, it is difficult to justify. Making a smooth EV jerkier and slower for the sake of nostalgia is akin to installing fibre optic broadband in your home and then using a dictionary instead of Googling to look up words.
Was it then a waste of time?
It’s a different story when you’re piling into a corner on a track. Virtual shifts have suddenly become useful. While the brakes continue to consistently slow the car, a brief spike in re-gen from the e-motors provides a reassuring hit of simulated engine braking. So, if you see a 90-degree left ahead, your 20th-century brain knows that’s a second-gear corner, and you should grab a few downshifts accordingly. There’s something to lean on as you slow down for the bend, whereas a regular EV decelerates in a single lunge.
Again, you can disable the system, but it will not necessarily make you lap faster. We’re sure it’ll irritate a lot of people, but it’s an intriguing idea that could only have come from a company that wasn’t afraid to try something new just for fun.
How does it operate?
It’s alive and well. The car is stiff, responsive, and eager to oversteer despite being all-wheel drive. You only use the steering to aim the car midway into a tricky complex on the track. It’s just as easy to steer the nose on the throttle once it reacts. Even with the traction control fully engaged. In a straight line, it’s not particularly quick: think BMW M235i, not M3. The pace is adequate and not frightening. Unlike most EVs, you look forward to the corners more than the straight.
Is the RN22e going to be produced?
In the near future, we’ll see an electric N car, but it’ll be in the hatchback shape of the Ioniq 5, due in 2023. Hyundai is once again promising that ‘fun’ will come before ‘fast,’ and insiders smirk when asked if it will outperform the VW ID.4 GTX.
Something resembling the RN22e will compete in the ETCR electric touring car series next year, alongside Cupra and others. Hyundai says that if the Ioniq 6 N receives a positive response, it will be considered, but the car will retain its standard width body panels and lose the more bizarre aero appendages. You don’t need a loud design when the onboard stereo does all the talking. Hyundai RN22e Super-Salon.
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