Hyundai's Ioniq 6 is a state-of-the-art electric vehicle

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Sacramento, California -- You have to love an electric car with a back end that seems to have been made from the DNA of a classic Porsche 911.

That was my reaction to the recently tested 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD liftback sedan, another example of an excellent motor vehicle manufactured by the South Korean automaker.

Of course, the fuel mileage/use equivalent of 103 miles per gallon in combined city/highway driving helps too.

This award-winning Ioniq is another example of technology, luxury and performance smartly built into a single package ... plus the bonus of muscular sports car looks.

Performance matches the look. Electric propulsion on the tester (dual motors) added up to a healthy 320 horsepower, and I found myself disregarding power savings when I was jetting it around town. The tester jumped off the line like a hungry cheetah in search of a meal. Yet always firm, stable.

Maybe it's just me, but when rapid acceleration is being accomplished in relative silence, it somehow feels more powerful.  I had that experience repeatedly in this Ioniq 6.

For practical purposes, the rear storage area was fairly roomy and versatile, not something you normally seen in a midsize electric sedan.  Charging was easy and did not require a degree from a five-star tech college.

Hyundai has stuffed this Ioniq 6 with top-flight, state-of-the-art safety technology; my ride included rear collision alert, parking collision avoidance, blind spot collision avoidance and front end collision avoidance. Simply put, if you crash in this vehicle, it's pretty much your fault by unanimous verdict.

Comfort/convenience perks were likewise plentiful.  I liked the dual-color interior ambient lighting, surround-view monitor, wireless device charger and expansive sunroof.

Per usual with Hyundai, all this was available for a bottom line of $55,010, or about $10,000 less than one might expect to pay for a similarly equipped car.

Worth a look among the electric offerings? Without question.