Thanks for the response! For some reason I didn't get a notification that you'd replied, and we've since gone ahead and purchased the car - a 2023 Premium RWD - and the dealership even gave us a pretty fair trade-in amount on the Kona. Just waiting on it to get transported from Bergen to Stavanger as they didn't have the colour we wanted in stock here. To be fair, there aren't a whole lot of options unless you really like grey -- even the blue and green are kind of grey haha.
We ended up getting to test drive it again for a weekend which basically sold us on the car. Everything you mentioned about practicality is true and it's such a pleasure to drive (although we test drove the AWD, so I guess I'll find out soon enough how different the RWD is in practice).
The fact that we could fit two car seats and still have the dog sit between them without too much issue was a game changer. And loading two strollers, plus a large suitcase into the boot just would never be possible in the Kona. We had also checked out the the Model Y and the ID Buzz, but the trade-in Hyundai have us was well and above what VW and Tesla could offer, and we honestly felt like the Ioniq was the right car for us.
Shame to hear about the cornering lights, that's something I love and take for granted in the Kona. And I'm slightly concerned about a lack of rear windshield wiper - it didn't rain when we had the loaner so couldn't test how good/bad it might be.
Coming from a Hyundai already, I'm pretty used to the infotainment and self-driving quirks so neither really bothered me. In fact, it made the car feel familiar but upgraded which is nice.
Thanks for the info regardless, am looking forward to it arriving and getting better acquainted with it.
We ended up getting to test drive it again for a weekend which basically sold us on the car. Everything you mentioned about practicality is true and it's such a pleasure to drive (although we test drove the AWD, so I guess I'll find out soon enough how different the RWD is in practice).
The fact that we could fit two car seats and still have the dog sit between them without too much issue was a game changer. And loading two strollers, plus a large suitcase into the boot just would never be possible in the Kona. We had also checked out the the Model Y and the ID Buzz, but the trade-in Hyundai have us was well and above what VW and Tesla could offer, and we honestly felt like the Ioniq was the right car for us.
Shame to hear about the cornering lights, that's something I love and take for granted in the Kona. And I'm slightly concerned about a lack of rear windshield wiper - it didn't rain when we had the loaner so couldn't test how good/bad it might be.
Coming from a Hyundai already, I'm pretty used to the infotainment and self-driving quirks so neither really bothered me. In fact, it made the car feel familiar but upgraded which is nice.
Thanks for the info regardless, am looking forward to it arriving and getting better acquainted with it.