Major upgrades and new features lift the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 compact SUV into the front rank of electric SUVs. The new off-road-styled XRT model shares the updates, but the racy 2025 Ioniq 5 N didn’t get them,

Inside, the XRT enjoys all the updates for the 2025 model year and features seats with H-Tex synthetic leather and an embossed XRT logo on the front seat backs. The XRT logo also appears on the doors and the all-weather floor mats.

All of the tweaks Hyundai made for the XRT make the Ioniq 5 a smidge more capable off-road, and they even bring a dash of added on-road playfulness. Just don't take the Extreme Ru

The Ioniq 5 XRT EV is a lot of fun off-pavement, if not ready for all that a rally stage or off-road trail might throw at it.

Barrelling through the fine sands of Coachella Valley, we discover just how well Hyundai's new XRT variant of the Ioniq 5 handles the "extreme rough terrain". Is it just another "soft-roader" for Patagonia-clad schoolteachers,

Change, at least as applied to product refreshes, can be either incremental or dramatic. In the case of the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5, any change brought about by the refresh is mostly incremental -- except for the addition of the XRT trim.