Hyundai Ioniq 5 or Tesla Model 3?

LNormalGoat on 31/12/2021 - 11:38
Last edited 31/12/2021 - 12:06 by 1 other user

Hopping onto the EV train and need some advice on which car to get. I am a fan of Hyundai cars and how far they have come, even the family has stopped buying Japanese cars because of how good value for money and quality Korean cars are these days. The V2L capability is a bonus though I don’t think it is really a major factor.

Tesla looks to be more future thinking in terms of its autonomous driving and multimedia system. Quality has been an issue from what I’ve heard and seen, has anyone experienced different with their recent deliveries?

Let me know what you think by voting in the poll and/or commenting. I really am indecisive and don’t have a gut feeling towards either one lol.

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    Hyundai Ioniq 5
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    Tesla Model 3
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Comments

    • chuq on 05/01/2022 - 12:31

      I'm guessing you don't have any experience with Model 3s in Australia and are basing your comments on things you've seen on YouTube/Facebook?

      Firstly, people are more likely to share photos/videos if they have problems. So you see pictures of cars with panel gaps. You don't see the 90-99% of cars which don't have them.

      Second, do panel gaps even matter? I have never once checked for them on the 10+ cars myself or members of my household have owned throughout my life.

      Third, those issues have basically disappeared for cars manufactured in their Shanghai factory, which is where all Australian delivered cars have been sourced from since Dec 2020.

  • conza on 04/01/2022 - 20:55
    +1

    Surprisingly close, honestly I wouldn't fault anyone for picking the Hyundai, but it is the inferior car. And the pricing reflects that so it's pretty simple of a question.

    If you can afford it, pick the Tesla, if you can't and/or don't want the added features (bigger range, super charging, all of the other things Tesla has developed that no one else has yet), the Ioniq is a fine car.

    • [Deactivated] on 04/01/2022 - 21:32
      +3

      You must be getting confused between the Ioniq and Ioniq 5. The Ioniq 5 is priced significantly more than the model 3, it’s much larger, newer etc. OP is asking about the Ioniq 5, which is fairly pointless because it’s sold out with a waiting list 50x as big as the number of cars in the country.

      Yes, they were kind of dumb to name the new from the ground up large EV almost the same as the older original designed for combustion engine Ioniq.

      Personally I’d still prefer the Ioniq 5 were it available (and available as cheap as the Tesla) I’m never going to use a supercharger or the slightly larger range.

      • conza on 05/01/2022 - 00:10

        You know you're right, I went to carsales and found the original Ioniq. It's funny I've seen reviews of the Ioniq 5 as well, but I was in my head comparing to the original Ioniq from a quick carsales search. The Ionic 5 isn't listed on carsales yet.

    • [Deactivated] on 05/01/2022 - 11:47

      If you don't know the difference between in Ioniq and an Ioniq 5, and you think that a regular Ioniq is 'surprisingly close' (despite having half the range, performance and a janky budget interior) to a Model 3, do you really think that giving your expert opinion here is really adding anything?

      • conza on 05/01/2022 - 22:39

        Would you care to share your credentials? Internet troll?

        • [Deactivated] on 05/01/2022 - 22:40

          And I'm assuming you're an internet know it all. All opinions matter, right?

          • conza on 05/01/2022 - 22:40

            @[Deactivated]: Got none to share then, figures.

          • conza on 05/01/2022 - 22:43

            @[Deactivated]: I've seen reviews on the Ioniq 5 and the Tesla, my mistake was the pricing when looking up the Ioniq on carsales since the Ioniq 5 isn't listed yet.

            That's where my opinion came from, the comparison of the vehicles using the wrong price, that's all.

            If your English skills match your Car skills, I wouldn't want to hear your opinion either.

            • [Deactivated] on 05/01/2022 - 22:45

              @conza: It's pretty ironic that your last sentence doesn't make sense at all.

              • tonyjzx on 23/02/2022 - 22:50

                @[Deactivated]: its pretty amazing that multiple people point out that this person has clear factual errors and then they double down and insult the people pointing out this person's mistake

                i mean… this is the extent of discourse on this forum and the calibre of its participants

  • Docspanky on 05/01/2022 - 10:55
    -1

    If it helps your decision true autonomous driving is still a long, long way off and the opinion of actual AI experts is that Tesla are largely gaslighting the public as to how good their car AI is. Interview with Dr. Missy Cummings whose the person wall street sends to investigate AI claims by companies before they invest, she says self driving cars as described in car marketing and journalism are no where near achievable based on current technologies: https://radiopublic.com/factually-with-adam-conover-G3BxdY/s…

    • [Deactivated] on 05/01/2022 - 11:31
      -1

      You know that Wall St doesn't send anyone anywhere, right? It's just a name for the financial markets in the US. Like 'The City' in London. Here's a video of full self driving beta working pretty damn well. It's not perfect, but you can see the trajectory. This is a customer car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBLxYfT5Jrc.

      Missy Cummings is a famous anti Tesla activist who has been appointed as an advisor to the NTHSA. Get your facts straight.

      https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-autopilot-fsd-bias-nhtsa-saf…

  • ry34 on 05/01/2022 - 12:34

    we can charge our cars at work for free… one thing that work doesn't provide is unleaded/diesel, so I guess theres that which is nice.

  • kungfuman on 05/01/2022 - 14:25
    -1

    I have owned Model S's and I will tell you this people that dis Testa cars have no idea what they are talking about, Its teh only vehicle on the market with full autonomous features built in which mean when its finally legal to have self driving cars on the road in Australia it will be simply a firmware unlock if you bought the car fully loaded with the autonomous pack. The Hyundai is just a electic car and nothing else. Tesla are autonomous cars which means you can finally remove the incompetent drivers on the road finally and have safer roads because its handled by a computer.

    • [Deactivated] on 05/01/2022 - 23:48
      -2

      Come on. That's bullshit. It's not a simple firmware unlock. For a start it's software, and secondly, Tesla has not developed the software to the level of autonomy yet. It's better than anyone else, but the cars are not capable of autonomy, and the software stack is about to be completely overhauled with version 11. It's years away from wide release. HW3 probably isn't capable either. It really depends on how this new stack works out.

      • kungfuman on 06/01/2022 - 09:45

        They have, that is why they have autonomy legal in some state in America. where they can fully use the self driving car features. The firmware update is simply pushed out to the cares that have the hardware installed already. Thats why I said its for cars with the Antonomy pack they offer that can't be used till its enabled. The roll out is happening, its only a matter of years before it will be legal here.

        • [Deactivated] on 06/01/2022 - 10:16
          -2

          You have no idea what you're talking about. Stop spreading bullshit. I'm not even going to bother to correct you, I've replied two posts up with the actual state of FSD.

          • kungfuman on 06/01/2022 - 10:21

            @[Deactivated]: I am not the one talking out of my arse only you are. Stop the BS. I am not going to correct something that clearly knows nothing.

  • pogichinoy on 05/01/2022 - 14:41
    +1

    As the Ioniq 5 is an SUV, compare it to the Model Y.

  • narcoleptic-haze on 05/01/2022 - 17:31

    Yeah more depends on if you want an SUV type car I think, as other people have said. I will say thought that the Ioniq 5 looks pretty nice! My dream EV at the moment is the new Cupra Born :)

  • JuryWheel on 07/01/2022 - 17:08

    Colour me ignorant, but what are the differences between these two (beyond subjective preferences like the big screen in the Tesla, as well as telsas charging network)?

    • Euphemistic on 08/01/2022 - 09:09

      Same as the difference between a corolla and a Mazda 3. Both cars.

      *Waits for fanbois to flip out

  • Level100Rogue on 08/01/2022 - 02:05
    +1

    Tesla Model 3, it has fart mode.

    • superm86 on 09/01/2022 - 20:35

      /thread

  • vidiot on 22/02/2022 - 22:49

    I think the right chice depends on your circumstances

    I was extremely close to buying a model 3 in November. Both of our cars - a diesel 2017 Kia Sorento and a 2018 golf r - are at the end of their leases. But the jump to the Tesla model 3 looked too jarring a change from the Kia for my household as the first option and the ioniq 5 was a better fit for a sorento replacement and for my wife’s primary vehicle so that’s what we have coming.

    The golf r I’ll hold on to for another 12 months but I still think Tesla m3 is on top of my list to replace it and as my daily driver. if I go ev.

    • Mibo on 23/02/2022 - 22:29

      Have you looked at the Kia EV6?

  • vidiot on 24/02/2022 - 21:06

    Not in person. I like the concept car look of the ioniq 5 and the interior, whereas the EV6 footage I found was less interesting to me, so didn’t chase the dealer. Now I have a deposit and a contract for the one that I slightly preferred and while the EV6 has some subtle advantages in Cd and range that I would like, I don’t think I could get one next week and I don’t want to pay the premium.

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