Hyundai Kona EV review | King Kona is the family EV to beat! 

If only Volvo has put this interior inside their EX30 ! You'd have the near perfect car for us. Love the EX30 exterior styling and the Hyundai/Kia Interiors. Just have to wait for the EV3 or Fisker Pear to come to market as the EX30 is stylist but too small and minimalist and the Kona looks so dull externally, but has all a driver and passengers could need internally.

All those dash buttons look amazing. The only downside is it pretty clear they didn't switch them for right-hand drive vehicles. Not really far out of reach, but pretty apparent if you look at all the less useful features/nobs appearing on the right side.

Test drove last weekend - excellent car, smooth riding, comfortable with user friendly interior. Hard to fault really. Drove BYD Seal funny patter on the road on AWD model but refined, somehow would not go for it. Waiting to try M3 Highland when it comes in

thanks man have been waiting on your review on this one for ages! Glad you liked it

Great overview.

Does anyone know the length of the rear space, when the seats are folded

You guys got lucky, here in NL the heatpump is sold seperatly as an option

Hi Nobby..Hyundai motor group are making some fantastic electric cars for quite a while...The new Kona is another great package...Thanks for the review

What color is the exterior? It's beautiful

I think the car looks decent from a distance when you can't see the creases. They must have used the same rules as pin the tail on the donkey when designing it 🫣 Also, what is it with square arches, wheels are round, don't get it?

Conclusion... they haven't and they won't take away all the beeps and bongs. Before people say, ah but EU regs, it has to be like that. No it actually doesn't. There is no EU regs that require a camera pointed at the driver that beeps at you if you are looking at the screens or if you block the camera. Likewise, it isn't required to beep at you and brake in traffic when it thinks you are going to hit the car in front, when in reality you are nowhere near it. In turn it beeped at me on test drive to take a break (after 3 minutes of driving 😂😂). As for the speed limit sign beeping, it beeps alot more than the BYD Seal which i drove yesterday, or the new Model 3 (as seen on UK videos). A beep when changing speed limits is required by EU regs, however, Hyundai have taken this to extremes by making it multiple beeps for everything. During my test drive with the kids, which was a leisurely cruise with the kids, i had the joy of receiving 5 different sets of beeps (driver camera, car in front, coffee break, speed, speed limit), it is the most irritating and distracting car I've ever driven to the point where it's actually dangerous. Resetting all the beeps and bongs via touchscreen menus each time you start the car is a complete faff and isn't practical every time you switch the car on, so buyer beware, this car will beep and bong at you like no other, be prepared for incessant beeping and bonging. This car is akin to the boy who cried wolf, beeping and bonging so much that you'll start to tune out the warnings. Take your money elsewhere, the Kia Niro has the same battery, motor, interior space etc and does none of this beeping and bonging (as it was released pre May 2022). BYD Seal has also implemented a far less intrusive system with much less beeping and bonging.

After many months of research I pulled the trigger and ordered the 65Kh base model with the comfort pack. For me the Kona EV was the one that ticked all my boxes.

A good upgrade; still prefer Niro, but Kona has to be on most buyers’ lists in £35-40k category. MG4 is probably it’s biggest problem though, notably cheaper!

just driven the Hybrid Premium, fab car, and i meant fab, but huge waiting list here in Australia 😢😢😢 Still waiting for the EV release...

Does anyone ordered the new long range Kona recently? Is the 218hp electric motor with 65,4 kWh battery still available? I ordered a new Kona in Romania and only the 204hp and 64,8kwh configuration is available.

Does it still have a drive shaft tunnel in the back? That makes a huge difference to the use of the middle seat.

No N-line 🤔 makes the black colour an easy pick then

Just started watching. Interested to see what Nobby makes of the incessant beeping and bonging from this car (the one i drove had the most unbelievably annoying implementation of EU regs, much worse than other cars)

the 17" wheels are a better ride, and goes further on one charge.....So please don't dismiss them.

Someone needs to tell the designers that 'less is more' - what is it with these overdesigned exteriors ? Also, the reason new car prices are so high are those useless mandated EU 'safety' regulations - they are not free, consumers have to pay for them. Lane keep assist in particular is a massive pain the backside on UK roads !!! Rant over - enjoy your day 😂.

Price-wise, it's a King Konga.

Tested model is pretty close to pricing of Model Y RWD - unless you have a button fetish I can’t think of many reasons to pick this.

I have an Ioniq, and while I am very happy with it, the bloody bonging can be an annoyance.

I take it no one told the designers that the back end is awful with those lights stuck on the rear wings 😊. Rest of car looks great especially the interior. Just a shame about the back.

Hyundai Kona and Kia Niro very similar segment. Was almost about to take leap, but realised no spare tyre...after picking up 5 punctures in last year in same North Dublin roads, not for me. Those repair kits are only a temp fix, then need new tyre

Can't take to the looks.

This hasn’t aged well in only a few months. It’s not even top 3 maybe not even top 5 currently

EV’s are the Betamax of future driving.

I dislike the front and rear lighting design...It looks like a 2008 Hyundai Accent with a light bar slapped on it front and rear..possibly the same designer, so looks dated and not really good enough.

It looks like something Ssangyong rejected 15 years ago.

Hey Nobby, is there not any petrol or diesel cars you can review, all these bloody EVs 🤦