2025 Hyundai Ioniq 9 priced in Canada

The 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 9 could be cheaper than expected when it arrives Down Under next quarter, with Canadian pricing for the full-sized electric SUV having just been announced.

In the land of the maple leaf, Hyundai’s biggest and most advanced SUV to date starts from CA$59,999 plus on-road costs – the equivalent of $66,487 Australian.

The Canadians will have the choice of five variants from launch, ranging from the entry-level Essential RWD through to the top-flight Preferred AWD+ with Ultimate Calligraphy Pkg, the latter of which starts from CA$81,499 (A$90,241).

It’s almost guaranteed the Australian line-up won’t mirror the Canadian range for variant composition or equipment levels, but the overseas pricing does at least give us a rough indication of what to expect… or so you’d think.

The expectation is for the Ioniq 9 to be priced roughly on par with or just upstream of the closely related Kia EV9 which has been on sale here since late 2023 and currently priced between $97,000 and $121,000 – plus ORCs – with three variants on offer.

Hyundai Australia hasn’t indicated what it plans to do with the Ioniq 9 in terms of variant-count, but we anticipate it will start north of $100,000 and be limited to only a couple of trim levels.

It’s an odds-on bet the flagship will check-in north of $120,000 as per the EV9 GT-Line, thereby usurping the Ioniq 5 N as the most expensive Hyundai to date, especially if/when the off-road and track-oriented XRT and N versions lob.

For anyone who missed our debut coverage, all Ioniq 9s feature a 110kWh lithium-ion battery pack claimed to offer up to 620km of WLTP range and capable of being recharged at up to 350kW on DC power, yielding a 10 to 80 per cent top-up in a claimed 24 minutes (under ideal conditions).

Base models are powered by 160kW/350Nm e-motor mounted to the rear axle while the dual-motors add a 70kW/255Nm motor onto the front axle.

The flagship Performance AWD system meantime ups the ante with a 160kW/350Nm front motor, netting it a 5.3-second 0-100km/h time.

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