SPY PICS: Winged 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 6 N spotted in Germany

The 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 6 N has been spotted testing wearing a near-production-spec body, headlined by a whopping fixed rear wing and an all-new front fascia in line with the upcoming facelift of the wider IONIQ 6 portfolio.

Just like the closely related IONIQ 5 N crossover, the IONIQ 6 N will be the performance pinnacle of its model line and is on track to usurp its high-riding sibling as the ultimate driver’s EV.

Snapped here on the roads surrounding Hyundai’s German testing facilities, the heavily camouflaged prototype doesn’t look to be fitted with too much N paraphernalia in terms of the aprons or side skirts at first glance, however the same can’t be said for the rolling stock, brakes or rear wing.

Look at little closer however and you’ll notice the front bumper, more specifically the primary intake, echoes the gaping design of the stunning RN22e rolling lab as opposed to the more subdued design spotted on other facelifted IONIQ 6 prototypes.

The intake’s trapezoid shape is mirrored at the rear but there doesn’t seem to be much in the way of diffuser elements compared to the RN22e – which was based on a pre-facelift IONIQ 6.

As for the hardware we can see, the N-spec brakes are huge, the vast five-spoke wheels are aggressive, the low-profile tyres are ultra-wide and the rear wing’s enormous.

Look carefully and you’ll notice the – non-adjustable – wing is a similar size but very different shape to the RN22e’s, adopting a more elegant swan neck design for the posts and being far more tapered in terms of the blade which is then angled down with subtle foils at the end.

Hyundai’s design and engineering teams went gangbusters on aerodynamics when it came to designing the standard IONIQ 6 and so it’d be safe to assume they’ve done the same with the N version.

Hyundai N executive technical advisor Albert Biermann went on-record earlier this year promising bigger and better things from the IONIQ 6 N compared to the lauded IONIQ 5 N, declaring it inadequate to simply tread water.

“Just being the same isn’t enough – you have to be better, even if it’s just one or two years later,” he said.

“You have to add more.”

Even if the IONIQ 6 N doesn’t add any extra firepower over the 5’s already bonkers 478kW/770Nm, you can bet it will further the game in terms of dynamics thanks to its lower ride height and stiffer body shell (being a sedan), but also the next evolution of software for the all-wheel drive system, suspension, differential, virtual sound and gearshift, regenerative braking and battery conditioning.

Hyundai is yet to formally announce the IONIQ 6 N but even so, the finished product should be on Aussie soil by late 2025.

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