Streamlined design is cool again, as seen in the Korean automaker’s newest, upscale EV.
demonstrates that you can take a familiar profile and make it striking, with details such as square pixel-inspired lighting, and a diagonal character line that gives the impression it was drafted with a T-square and triangle rather than sculpted. And that’s not a criticism.
So, with such a strong design statement, you’d think Hyundai would build on it with the Ioniq 6. Except they didn’t. In fact, it seems they purposely attempted to go in the opposite direction, to the point where it almost appears to come from another manufacturer. Because, from the initial photos, the Ioniq 6 doesn’t have a straight line on it, rather, it’s a slightly banana-shaped, swoopy, fast-backed speed-form of a sedan.
On closer inspection, the car has some intriguing details like exterior rearview cameras in place of mirrors and a side hood cut that extends through the beltline into the rear deck-cut in one continuous sweeping curve.While some manufacturers are forgoing traditional rear spoilers for integrated, retractable designs, this car has two—a duck tail and a wing that extends off the bottom of the backlight, with a high-mounted stop lamp that includes a transparent, illuminated upper surface.
In this regard, the Ioniq 6 bears some similarities to the Mercedes-Benz EQS and EQE. Both of these electrics are also uncluttered and smoothly surfaced, though they differ in profile from the Ioniq 6 by having a bit of a deck lid. Unlike the
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