The N version of this car looks spectacular.
That N version does look way better than the regular EV6! Though with that wing you will have all eyes on you, all the time, even in a quiet EV. That car screams "fun" though!
Some interesting tidbits from the video:
Rear torque vectoring using two clutches. Presumably one clutch per wheel, connecting them to the rear motor. That is cool, though in an EV I'd
much rather have per-wheel motors. Maybe that's still too expensive for a car at the target price point. I still want a small-ish 4 door rally-inspired quad motor EV. I don't need crazy Plaid level power, I just want the traction that's possible with quad motors.
160kW / 215hp front motor, 270kW / 362hp rear motor. The video didn't say what the max combined output is, which as we know can be less than the sum of the motors, if they peak at different speeds or if there are other limitations e.g. battery output. Still I would guess
at least 500hp of peak combined output, and quite possibly 550hp+.
Track focused braking systems. N specific regen "for precise yaw control." Front brakes have 400mm rotors, 4 piston monoblock calipers. No other specs given.
Factory adjustable coilovers: height, compression, rebound. Awwww yeah!
Racetrack enhanced cooling. Now this sounds promising. No sporty road going EV to date has had truly racetrack-ready cooling from the factory that I'm aware. Model 3 set a new standard for EV drivetrain cooling when it launched I believe, but M3P is still not ready for a full HPDE out of the box without heatsoaking. I've read the Porsche Taycan is not properly racetrack ready either, from what I understand its cooling was spec'd to successfully finish one hot lap around the Nordschleife and that's it, because that number matters more to Taycan owners than actual track day or racing use.
Palladium Model S cooling might be better than Model 3 out of the box, but dat yoke...dat size... (I'm a Model S owner too but never once tempted to track a Model S. Just doesn't feel like the car for it even if it's bonkers fast.)
Battery pre-conditioning for faster charging. This was listed in the blurb about enhanced cooling. Pre-conditioning really ought to be standard across the lineup, not require buying an N version!
N Sound+ : Every automaker but Tesla still seems to think sporty EVs need to play fake drivetrain sounds.
Whatever, as long as it can be disabled. Waste of engineering time though, just focus on making the car driver better. Once you live with an EV for a while you realize how awesome its quietness is and have zero desire for
fake noises. (Yes you might occasionally miss
real mechanical sounds from sporty ICE cars, but that's not what we're talking about here.)
N e-Shift : "Vibration & shifting feel integrated with N Sound+"
Words can't even...why...I don't even... I guess if you want to feel like you're playing a sim racing game in your EV, this would be cool? Fake drivetrain vibrations seems even more backwards than fake drivetrain sounds. Who the heck wants their EV vibrating its way down the street or around a racetrack? Presumably this can be disabled too.