Hi,
Drove a couple EVs yesterday. The Ioniq was really nice and I'll be trying to buy one.

I cant seem to find a list of differences between the Premium and SE? I think its ventilated front seats, leather front seats (is it 'real' leather?), heated back seats, tinted rear windows, possibly another paint colour or 2. Is there anything else?

I've tried to have a look through the forum for common problems etc, only things i can see to look out for is a dead 12v battery and possibly door handles?

Thank you
N

There's quite a bit more than just the leather (seat facings only) seats, heated rear seats and tinted windows if I can remember the full list.

Heated & cooled electric memory seats (Leather)
Heated rear seats
Tinted rear windows
Lane Follow Assist
Blind Spot Detection
Rear Traffic Cross Alert
Chrome insert on door handles

HTH
D

 

Thanks, that's interesting.

Pretty sure the lower model had lane assist though?

Don't suppose you know if it was 'real' leather?

N

 

Thanks, that's interesting.

Pretty sure the lower model had lane assist though?

Don't suppose you know if it was 'real' leather?

N

The Premium has Lane Departure Warning with Lane Keep Assist (LKA). The Premium SE adds Lane Follow Assist (LFA) which is effectively auto steer. It worked pretty well. I did turn off LKA every time I started the car.

Not sure about the "real" leather. It didn't really smell like it but the brochure specification does say "Leather - seat facings only" so it would really have to be.
HTH
D

 

Not sure if the premium has both front and rear parking sensors, the SE does.

 

Haven't detected front parking sensors on my non-SE.
Does the SE have a sunroof? If so, slight loss of headroom.
Does the SE auto-dip the door mirrors when reversing? Mine doesn't, unless there's some setting I've missed.

None of the other extras are of much interest to me, I find the cloth seats excellent, and don't need the electric-seat-memory as I'm the only driver, but I can see this would be handy if a shared car. I also turn off the LKA when I start, as the damn thing keeps tugging me around on narrow lanes, and also exitting m'ways etc. Hate it.

12V battery situation is improving a bit - car now gets 6/day auto-topups rather than previous 1, should help somewhat. Not a 100% fix for issues though, and the Ioniq is also being plagued with similar nits. H still have a fair bit to learn re caring for the 12V, it seems.

 

Addition of front sensors was a Premium SE upgrade. Dipping mirrors I think is in the settings.

A sunroof becomes an option on the Premium SE but is not standard.

Turning off LKA was part of my start up routine. Turn on Auto Hold, turn off LKA, every single time!! The only time I ever used LKA was on the motorway with ACC. Then it was very useful along with the LFA on the Premium SE.

 

Thanks for all the replies. Its interesting, I think I've worked out there's nothing I really really desire on the SE, which is good to know

 

We've had our Premium a year now with no problems at all so far. I was also pleasantly surprised that the first service was less than £50.

We switched from a Leaf 40 2.Zero and the only thing I really miss (that the SE has) is Lane Follow Assist for motorway trips.