Hyundai has enlisted the help of legendary ‘Drift King’ Keiichi Tsuchiya to help launch its first all-electric performance car in Australia.
Tsuchiya will drive – and drift – the new Ioniq 5 N at the upcoming World Time Attack event at Sydney Motorsport Park (September 1-2). The Ioniq 5 N is the brand’s new 478kW hero model, powered by two electric motors and equipped with an ‘N Drift optimiser’ function that Tsuchiya will no doubt test to its limits.
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Tsuchiya is widely credited with popularising drifting in Japan in the late 1970s and is the founder of the D1 Grand Prix drift series.
His appearance is part of a wider activation from Hyundai at the World Time Attack event, with the brand ‘taking over’ the Amaroo South pit complex for the two days. There will be a display of not only the Ioniq 5 N but also the first Australian appearance of the refreshed 2024 i30 Sedan N, as well as the company’s TCR racing cars.
Hyundai has been a long-time supporter of the World Time Attack, including building its first in-house racing car in Australia, the i30 Fastback N in 2019.
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