THE COMPARISON TEST YOU DIDN'T EXPECT CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY

SUPER PERFORMANCE AT ATTAINABLE PRICES, BUT THESE TWO OPTIONS COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT

- SCOTT EVANS

Car enthusiasts love classifying and categorizing. Every vehicle is defined by segment, body style, performance, price, and more. This way, we can make comparisons and assure ourselves everything is apples-to-apples. So what the hell are we doing comparing a 2025 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray to a 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N? While enthusiasts can tell you how a Ferrari 296 GTB stacks up against a Lamborghini Huracán or a McLaren 720S in terms of performance, most of the world (outside of Reddit and Discord participants) ranks budget as a much more important factor in most car purchases. The question, especially for non-enthusiasts less beholden to unofficial rules about what competes with what, often then becomes: How much can I get for my money? The answer leads to unusual comparisons such as this one, where we're pitting the wildly different Corvette and Ioniq 5 N against one another for smiles-per-dollar supremacy.

We all dream about cars like Ferraris, but most of us can only dream of affording one. Even a budget of $70,000 is a lot of money for the average working stiff, but it's an aspirational and attainable figure with enough saving, financial planning, and luck. How much unadulterated driving fun can an enthusiast hope to purchase for that sum? Glad you asked.