Hyundai sells the Ioniq 9 in Australia one way: Calligraphy, all-wheel drive, $119,750 before on-road costs. There’s no cheaper version to stretch down to, which shapes everything else about whether it makes sense.
We haven’t driven it. These are the figures from Hyundai’s specification sheet and what Australian road testers reported.
The figures
- Price: $119,750. A six-seat layout with second-row captain’s chairs adds $2,000. Digital side mirrors are $3,000.
- Power: 314kW and 700Nm from two motors
- Battery and range: 110.3kWh, 600km WLTP
- Charging: 10 to 80 per cent in about 24 minutes on a 350kW charger
- Boot: 338 litres behind the third row, 908 with it folded
- Towing: 2,500kg braked
- Safety: five stars from ANCAP (2025)
- Warranty: five years, or seven if you service at Hyundai dealers. Battery eight years or 160,000km.
- Servicing: every 24 months or 30,000km
What testers found
Chasing Cars found it very quiet and recorded 20.8kWh/100km, which works out to about 530km of real range. It also found the weight and 21-inch wheels make sharp bumps noticeable, thought the third row suits kids on short trips, and called the $3,000 digital mirrors poor.
RACV called it the smoothest, most refined Hyundai yet, but not agile, and warned the light interior is hard to keep clean. Anyone with kids already knows how that ends.
CarsGuide was more positive on the handling, calling it surprisingly agile, and quoted $2,005 for six years of servicing. It didn’t like the single-grade pricing.
The awkward question
Chasing Cars made the point that a hybrid Palisade could be $40,000 to $50,000 cheaper. That’s a lot of petrol.
The Ioniq 9 makes most sense if you want a big, quiet electric seven-seater, can charge at home, and would have been shopping at this price anyway. If you’re stretching to reach it, the numbers are hard to justify. Our best family cars guide covers cheaper options with seven seats.
Skip the digital mirrors.
