Is it just me or is Kia fast becoming a more desirable brand than many of the so called "premium" brands from Europe? The sheer speed with which they have progressed their products is almost terrifying! I honestly think at this rate within the next 5-10 years they will be the all round market leaders. I even prefer the design of this EV6 to the Tesla 3... this is far, far nicer inside. The GTS model should have them worried!
Hyundai & Kia are kicking butt with their current cars. Their electric cars will stomp Tesla for reliability and after sales service too ! That said, the EV6 is far too heavy...
The Model 3 looks very anonymous. It is however, another proposition as a more sporty sedan. This is a Model Y competitor. Tesla does packaging very well as well though.
@@edwardfletcher7790 Just a thought: The EV6 is certified as a towing vehicle. In those circumstances weight has an advantage with the added stability. It will be interesting to see have they rate as a tow car.
Annoys me when motoring journalists when reviewing a Kia always say something like 'its a lot of money for a Kia' or in some other way look down their noses at Kia because of car's in their past. Tim is by no means the worst i thought it was a good balanced review but I bring it up because of the car he drives. You never hear journalists mention Skoda in the same way and yet they were responsible for the Estelle . 😳
its funny when they do it too, as if they're not throwing praises at toyota or nissan (esp when lexus is involved). those were brands that were shit on in the past too
Branding is an important thing though. It's a capitalistic mentality I guess. Kia and Hyundai are simply not brands that people show off with. There's a premium that we'll known brands have even though I'd say that's not fair
I've driven the ioniq 5 and sat in the EV6 (not driven it yet). I already found the ioniq 5 very impressive to drive and was even more impressed by its interior space and minimalist interior design. The kia inside is definitely more driver oriented, has more buttons, sits lower, sportier all round, but not for me. The ioniq is more the family car of the two, the kia more the drivers car i think.
I test drove the Ioniq 5 yesterday and was impressed by pretty much everything. I wanted to get the EV6 but haven’t had much info locally. I put a down payment and ordered the Ioniq5 …….. and then of course I get an email today from my local Kia dealer. They’re starting to take deposits for orders for the EV6 delivery late summer 2022. Could you share your thoughts on the overall comfort, driving position comparing both cars. I’ve been an SUV for the last 10 years and don’t want to find myself in a low riding car. The Ioniq was fine, did you find the EV6 that much lower?
I had a couple of test drives in both, and agree, ended up ordering the Ioniq 5 just because its so much more practical and spacious, works better for loading it up for weekends away
I like your review, its a bit different, serious yes, but serious in a non serious way.. and also funny ...I like that:) I also like your beard, so hopefully us youtubers can see you grow longer beard for some time..doesnt have to be more than 8-15 years, something like that..You could be like Gandalf with the beard, and have a wand in front of cars yelling "You shall not Paaaasss". Cheers, have a great day
As cool as the EV6 is it looks a bit too "boy racer" for me and the interior looks claustrophobic. Still like the Ioniq 5 better. Impatiently waiting for pricing and release date info here in the USA
They are fundamentally the same car (Hyundai and Kia share platform), the difference is the skin and the slight more "sporty" ride in the Kia compared to the marginally softer ride in the Hyundai. It is good they worked together to chase different markets with the same car.
Agreed. That sense of “open space” in cars is something I’ve learnt to value and appreciate. This is someone who used to drive Supras and the like. Much prefer a cosy but spacious interior nowadays so it’s the Ioniq 5 for me. Eagerly waiting for the Ioniq 5 N.
I like you Tim, straightforward presentation. No need for the words "crap" etc. We drove Ioniq5, nice but a bit big for us. We like our Kona Premium, 2 years now and twice to Outer Hebrides. Alan x
@@christopherrayner7692 I agree to an extent. They’ve gone from utter poo, to some of the nicest looking regular road cars. A big turnaround for sure! They’re not stealing the march on the EV stuff like the Koreans are though. I’m not even sure their range of sporty hatches, rivals the recent N Hyundai models.
Perfect review, I love watching a review that confirms all the reasons I've ordered an EV6 GT Line S. Changing the sounds to the Millennium Falcon hitting Hyperdrive would be amazing.
I love EVs and have driven many but Hyundai and Kia have definitely grabbed the EV bull by the horns and have run with it. Their converted ICE cars are fantastic and the ground up ones are even better….even if it’s on the GiMP skateboard platform……I love the EV6. We need the expensive models to fund the entry level ones (sub £20k) but they are coming
I went to the @FullyCharged show on Saturday. Out of all the brands, only BMW had better build quality. I think I might get the GT version of this. It's huge inside and so wide. I also put a 6'3 bloke in the rear seat, and I at 6'3 in the drivers seat, and he had a good 5 inches of knee room.... awesome
After watching all of the UK press videos yesterday (it was like Christmas had arrived), this is by far the best one. Funny and informative!! Looking forward to getting my EV6 GT-Line S in black in February!! 👍 Great work Tim. ⚡️😀
Good review, Im a Kia stinger owner and considering an EV6 next...very happy with Kia compared to previous German options with one exception. The dealers are awful and let the brand down. Get rid of them and Kia will wipe the floor with the competition
@@paul701467 It depends very much on the dealer, the one I've bought three cars from (Portsmouth) have been brilliant but the one we bought my wifes Optima (Slough) were rubbish, including falsely stamping the service book!!!
The Ionic5 looks like an EV, the EV6 looks like a sporty crossover. I dislike manufactures making EV look weird just to emphasize it’s an EV. Just make them look like a great car.
Such a great designed vehicle. Love it. Now, I can remove the front and rear badges but I'll be reminded every drive on the steering wheel that I could be Kill In Action.
Me pontificating: "Electric vehicles are ridiculous! There's no infrastructure, they're expensive, no one knows about reliability and environmental impact! They're-" (KIA EV6 Drives by) Me: "Hello, hello, hello, what do we have here."
One thing I miss from all these EV reviews is the safety aspect. What features do these cars have in terms of airbags, auto braking, ESC, battery impact protection, NCAP rating etc. Would love to see more info on that if possible.
Ev6 and Ionic 5 totally different Ev6 a lot more better, no people driving to review on the rainy day, but we did! On the rainy day Ionic5 the camera was so bad you can see water on the screen because the Real Camera is standing out! But Ev6 hasn’t been seen. Come back to Ionic 5 again, it had noisy from the doors 2 front doors, for new car shouldn’t have it! Screen is poor quality the alphabet a bit berry! Ionic 5 was Very very disappointing me! Ev6 was no complaining at all so good then Ionic 5 EV6 really really quiet when you driving, and so comfortable seat , we had the other car that is Mercedes Benz E200d (2018) And I can tell you when you sit in the passenger seat or you driving that EV6 so comfortable same as my Mercedes Benz anyway the camera was not same quality but the other thing for me to complain was none! We bought EV6 yesterday! Congratulations to me 😂😂after we trying to go and driving so many brand-new cars for 2 months! 🎉🍾 hooray!! 😃
The EV 6 is lovely but the utterly gopping white trim makes it (in my opinion unsaleable) - can we please have a version with all black or dark grey interior and door trim. They have wrecked a nice car.
Was it me or was the button on the dash that opened the exterior charging port marked with a 'Gas Pump' symbol ? It made me smile. Can't wait for this to arrive in Canada!
Watched this as hoping to test drive an Ionic 5 very soon but was aware the EV6 is coming. Think the Ionic will be more suitable as it will be the main family car. The EV6 isn’t on my company car list yet so would probably be well into next year before I could get one anyway. Great review.
Come on Tim - I’ll take you on here! 😄…I’m in a crammed supermarket car park with my e-Niro and there’s one space left between two cars. Is it easier to 1) reverse in and then after shopping shove your full trolly up to the front of the car, carrying each bag to the back of the car (whilst it’s chucking it down) in the gap to load the boot or 2) nose in and just unload the shopping directly into the boot? Am I really missing something here?? 🤨 PLEASE - help me see the light!!
@@TimRodieDrivesStuff You are also more likely to hit something backing in than backing out (not you of course but the average incompetent driver of which there are many) , and even if they don’t hit anything they are more likely to need a couple of goes at it , and hold up everyone else while they faff about getting it into the space and lined up correctly. If you do a little survey of who are the drivers that are faffing around taking forever to park in any mall carpark it is always the drivers trying to back into their chosen parking space. You have also given no reasons why you are so against drivers not reversing in, whereas Roger and I have given several reasons why it is better in most cases to just drive into a parking space wherever possible.
I would buy the hell out of a Star Wars themed audio pack for a car like that... Especially if I could have the sound of Salacious Crumb laughing every time I overtake someone.
@@marloncole I have a Polestar 2... Its fast. But 99% of the time I can't use that power on British roads. Ah but it's great for over taking.... But all EV's with that instant torque are. If I was to buy my Polestar again or an EV6 it'd save my £4-6k and get a larger Frunk as a bonus!
Got my order in for the S line AWD, might be the last car I ever buy, so went for the top one available now, OK available sooner than the GT. I do have the occasional need for 4 WD where I live.
@@Gdank72 I'm in the US. I have a Focus Electric and am undecided whether to upgrade to the GT or a slower trim. We do a lot of highway driving here, so the extra acceleration is handy for shooting gaps. My FFE is already great from a stoplight.
Best review of this baby, thanks. I've already put a deposit down on the gt line s awd in white. BTW, the headrests look to me like the aliens heads at the beginning of the 5th element. ☺... Subbed btw. ☺
Nice review, I pick my AWD GT S line up in 7 days time. A bit scary as I have not even sat inside one yet, let alone drive one. I went to see one at a launch event, but too many people, and still worry about Covid.
KIA are kickin goals lately with great cars and styling (subjective). This harry high-pants will look good lowered a bit. Sorta expensive for a car that has next to no moving machined parts tho. One of the few EV's that will actually make it here to Au but still an absolute hassle to charge due lack of infrastructure and the average povo Aussie family still simply cannot afford it. Go get a beer and a hat you warm man. Good review Dude 👍
What? Won't get 20 inch wheels intbe UK?! I won't be ordering it then. That's frustrating. Then again I'd order the GT anyway and that will come with the 20 inch wheels.
I have a pre ordered Ioniq 5 and also deposit on the EV6 both in Long Range RWD and I want the 19" wheels for better mileage, the purpose of EV is to obtain best range imho and the GT offerings make no sense, they go fast in a straight line but overall its not an engaged driving experience at all, pretty simple to mash the pedal, I have moved past that :)
So everyone will sit a charging stations for 20 to 30 minutes. That will create log jams. Noone has said anything about charging costs. Government gets millions in taxes on gas. They will take it from somewhere. Everyone won't be able to afford one.
People in my country buy 18 lack PKR alto with no airbags no abs breaks no power windows nothing fancy and modern just piece of shit we happily buy a matchbox we only can drive this car in dreams
Of all the USB ports in the car, which one is compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto? I don't think all 4 USB ports are compatible, as I understand there are three ports for charging only, and a single one dedicated to data (CarPlay & AA).
Kia has made a BEV Incredible! A premium vehicle, with a very complete equipment, with the highest load power on the market, with an unbeatable interior habitability, with a very good boot capacity and an impeccable build quality! Equivalent to BMW, Mercedes, Audi, etc. Also with impressive features! 👏👏👏
From my joke of a company car, the 2004 Kia Carens 2.0 non turbo crap bucket and band transport that was scrapped when I left the company 3 years later, to this desirable, premium car. Gosh, I’m getting old.
My old car hasn't quite given up, but if I keep it much longer what I spend on it will never be recuperated, we've dropped to 1 car, purely because we can't justify 2 as we both now work from home, we've decided on the Ioniq 5, why? It best suits our family, I'm sure the Kia though will be an excellent car.
I think you are missing a key point, that there are far more people (beside those that have expensive new TVs on order) who think that spending $47k-60k for a vehicle is way too much. I refuse to spend that much for any vehicle; whether it is ICE or EV. The "new world" you refer to is not the real world, except perhaps in your bubble.
Well I don’t understand how all these 2 tonne cars will save the planet, nor do I know why they all have to do 0-60 in 2 secs surely more range would be preferable. However, it does look nice and I guess this is where we are going plus on lease 40-50k doesn’t cost much more than 30k on lease. Re reversing into spaces, I agree but when you go shopping ie supermarket surely driving nose in allows much better access to the boot where you want to put the shopping not to mention the trolley?
Range and power don't affect each other hugely in an electric car, it's just the added weight, the efficiency is basically exactly the same so it's a free win with the speed and helps sell the cars.
ionic 5 far superior better looking magic wheels more leg and headroom much bigger windows better alround visability no cheap piano black plastic which ev6 has loads off and over £5000.00 cheaper in top trim
Coming from previous Nissan Leaf Owner it's crazy seeing 45 kW charging at 90% since that's usually the max I get at ever get with Chademo. I do think the Leaf is a very practical car for daily driving, but these cars are impressive for longer drives, assuming the weather isn't too cold and they let us pre warm the battery in a future update, which I think they will. I do think it would save you some time if you only charged your car up to 80% instead of going up to 90%, but 9 additional minutes isn't too bad if you just want the extra range before charging again.
Fantastic review - love the style, pacey and irreverent. Jesus Christ and Pikey 😂 love it. Previously seen pretty much all the other EV6 reviews and learnt some new stuff from you Tim - for example I've been wondering whether it had an internal 3-pin socket (logic says it must but no one else has mentioned it), you answered that one, cheers. And an actual charge test. Good work and a lot of fun too.
so in other words, they know that when you drive that car, you will feel like you just got fucked... maybe thet know it will just keep breaking down and cost a lot to maintain
GTLS RWD EV6 is about spec comparable to the Ioniq 5 Ultimate with the tech pack but is about 5k more expensive, which to me is highly problematic. Anything to reduce the lead time on the Ioniq 5 though for me, so yes, everybody go buy this instead.
Weird wing mirrors. It's like the glass is smaller than the housing. Space for extra sensors or cameras? Surprised You didn't mention it. Might be just the prototype thing. Good video as usual Tim.
Good nonsense. I came here to watch a DBX video and stayed for the electric Korean car (desparately trying to be a gold-star subscriber!). In the outro shot the rear end looks a bit Aston Zagato shooting brake. Excellent plagurism by the designers, taking a lession from the Roma team, probably.
Will someone PLEASE address the following 1. Published range vs real range 2. Actual charge times from 10% and 20% 3. Actual range when under full load…ie four adults, luggage and either AC or heat on. 4. Real world range when driving hills and mountains. Real world range when the battery is both freezing cold and Mojave desert hot. 5. Power station electrical requirements ie….220 v…what amperage? Cost to install home charging unit….etc.
18:07 -- Yes: Please do not murder your lycra-clad friends (mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, neighbours, acquaintances...) because you left late.
Remember the first time when Prius came out? The world was blown away by the first successfuly mass produced hybrid. So does that mean, tesla will be my next Taxi? 🤯🤣
Bit too pricey to be a taxi although I live in London and have seen some as Uber's. Prius is still king of cab's simply because it gives 70 mpg + (UK gallons) has a tank range of 600+ and more importantly is incredibly reliable. Many uber drivers do 10 to 14 hour shifts so charging time can be quite inconvenient. The day that a £35k electric car can give 500 mile range is the day that I'd say they will become cab cars.
As TESLA opens up their charging network to other brands the KIA has its port in a SUPERCHARGER friendly place for backed-in use. Some non TESLAs are going cause some charge rage on account of where their dumb socket is and how dumb Jaguar I-PACE drivers are.
I wouldn't say it's on the same level as proper luxury brands, they will certainly steal some customers based on value alone but the attention to detail in luxury marques does set them apart; it's the little things. But when you can smoke a $300,000 supercar off the line in a $60,000 electric wagon, it forces those luxury brands to really up their game!
Well I don't think so on the point that a 60k electric car will smoke a 300k car in terms of upping their game. Yes BEV's can be fast, but it's still a Kia etc... When I worked in my brothers jewellers, he told the Rolex rep that this particular model wasn't great at telling the time. The rep said, do you think people buy a Rolex to tell the time? People buy a super car for the speed a bit, but also to show off. That's the beauty of cars or we would all get the same car if it was just speed, or the best mpg etc... Brands matter
