Canadian pre-orders now available

I do, however, fear that the top trim and maybe the top two trims will fail to qualify by going over the top-end limits.

 

I suspect a brief appearance on a website won't do the trick. How many of the low-priced/rebate-qualifying vehicles does a manufacturer have to sell to qualify all trim levels of that vehicle for the rebate? Is one enough? Does Hyundai even care?

 

It was enough for Tesla to have an off-menu stripped trim.

 

Tesla wasn't required to sell a certain number of those off-menu strippers to qualify all trim levels for the rebate?

 

I've never heard of a number being publicly posted.

 

Wow look at you being spoiled! Congrats!

 

Does anyone know if the hitch can be ordered with any trim?

BTW, I just called one dealer who is mentioned on the preorder list, guy was completely clueless knew nothing. When I asked when they expect demo vehicle… he said maybe in 4-6 months. I don’t know, but these guys really don’t get it, in my opinion.

 

Just noticed the availability of Ioniq 5 in Canada has shifted to ‘mid 2022’.

 

His 4 to 6 months is a reasonable if optimistic time frame based on Hyundai's publically released estimates. What's truly optimistic is you thinking that any vehicles have been set aside for test-drives.

 

My hope would be that the "mid 2022" dates would be for those ordered later and going forward. I suspect that the "early 2022" date still applies to the first tranche of orders. Fingers crossed.

 

Yeah, call me an optimist … or maybe just as someone who will not order 60K car, on completely new platform and design, without sitting in one or driving one. Is that really the new standard, or is it just you?

 

Only $60k? There's that optimism again!
Seriously though, I hate that we're expected to commit to purchase something that we can't see, touch or try in advance. It's crazy. Unfortunately that's a fact of life for early adopters of scarce vehicles. It's nuts.
When I ordered my Kona EV at least I was able to sit in a gas Kona just to try it on for size but for the Ioniq 5 you'll need to buy a ticket to Europe. Again...crazy.

 

More than 60K for single motor large battery trim? …. LOL …. That would be silly, wouldn’t it?

It’s only a fact of life if you accept it. There are brands which do it right….they have demo cars, prices posted and it’s easy to order online. And imagine you get a pretty accurate date when you get the car. So if they can surely mighty Hyundai should too … and no I am not about talking Tesla.

 

Why should Hyundai worry about customer relations until they start making more cars than people are willing to buy the hard way?

 

Because this current non-sense they try to pull will not fly forever. Too bad that people are willing to put up with that and letting them to feel they can get away with anything right now. It should be illegal to take reservation money without giving delivery month and full pricing structure incl. financing, etc.

 

My sarcastic point was that they haven't delivered a single one of these cars on this side of the ocean, so they have no reason to bend over backwards to sell this car. People who want them to be nice only have to wait until there are unsold Ioniq 5s piling up in dealers' back lots.

 

Hmm…ok.

 

I was doing some quick currency conversions from Australian dollars and British pounds to Canadian dollars and some of the top trims came out to between $80-90K Canadian!

I know conversions are never that direct but holy moly.

 

I don't know how good is this information, but "Le guide de l'auto" (Auto Guide), announced a price of $44,900 for the IONIQ 5. I sent an email to my dealer to verify this.

You can find the information here: 2022 Hyundai IONIQ 5 - News, reviews, picture galleries and videos - The Car Guide

This would be very good news if it's confirmed.