I've had an EV6 GT for a fortnight now (first one at my local dealer). Previously I was driving a Porsche 997. The KIA EV GT is simply astonishing. It's bonkers fast when you want it to be, handles brilliantly despite the weight (which you really don't feel due to the adaptive suspension), but is equally good if you slip it into ECO mode at cruising or crawling (silently) through traffic. It's also beautifully built inside, properly as good as Audi or BMW. I'm really glad I waited to get an EV, because I suspect I might have been disappointed with earlier cars. This however is the real deal. Most impressive is the obvious care that has gone into engineering this. The European manufacturers need to be very worried about KIA and Hyundai if this is what their engineers can produce. You can tell that KIA have let the real 'car guys' to have their way on this car and it shows. I came across someone driving a Guilia QF the other day, a car I really lusted after at one time. Now my only thought was 'what's the point of cars like that anymore?' I took my 997 out the other day, expecting to have missed it, and to be honest, it was a bit underwhelming after the EV6! It's that good.
Agree completely. I bought one a week and a half ago and love it. I have owned performance BMWs for the past 30 years and I had an order in for an i4 M50, which is a great car but… I ordered the i4 last summer, it is still nowhere near production and I got tired of waiting. Saw the EV6 GT on the showroom floor, took a test drive and that was that. The car has amazing tech, crazy acceleration, outstanding build quality and sleek good looks. I love the Recaro-like bucket seats. I’m also getting a little better range projection than stated. The best part is saving many thousands of dollars versus the BMW and I don’t feel like I have given up anything except the badge. In many ways, I prefer the EV 6 - better frontal visibility, better HUD, better cockpit (for me), better warranty, faster charging…this car is an accomplishment.
@@09237462616364727 it’s metallic black Eric. The EV6 has real road presence. As well as the BAC Mono and 997 I also have an original (non PAS) NSX so I appreciate cars that handle well. The EV6 GT can hold its own amongst those cars which is an amazing achievement for KIA. Despite being heavy like most EVs having the weight low down and central is a massive head start to get good handling. I also like the fact that it has the practicality of a mid sized SUV but isn’t too tall (or too long like a Taycan) It’s also a bit alternative being a KIA which appeals to me.
Totally agree ive had 911’s and swapped an m5 for the Kia GT 9 months ago. It’s simple brilliant. Best car ive ever owned. Daily driver for me - there isn’t one thing i dont like about it - agree it’s just that good !
The Kia EV6 GT is a supercar. It is literally faster than a Lamborghini Urus. Just because it isn't priced like a supercar doesn't change the fact that it is one.
Had my GT-Line for 8 months, still love it like the first day I got in. GT *is* crazy but glad it exists. Interesting fact, my local Kia dealer sold it as a "Sedan Wagon" not an SUV :)
Facts, looks like we have come full circle to the mom car from my generation! I'm not driving the same station wagon as my mom I'm buying a MInivan, I'm not driving the same Minivan as my mom I'm buying a SUV, I'm not driving the same SUV as my mom I'm buying a Crossover, I'm not buying the same Crossover as my mom I'm buying a CUV. I'm not buying a CUV like my mom I'm buying a Sedan Wagon! Well, looks like things have come full circle!
Hi mate, how have you gotten on with the public charging stations? I occasionally will travel 200 miles to stay with friends. I quite fancy the EV6, its a lot of car for not a lot of money but the whole charging thing has my back up; considering a hybrid but not sure I should just go full EV and be done with.
It's crazy to see how far the Koreans have come. When I was a kid, we would beg our Kia/Hyundai driving parents to let us out two blocks from school to keep from getting made fun of for the next two months. Now Karens are getting into fist fights in showrooms over being eligible to buy the last available EV6s and Tellurides.
@@anydaynow01 You would be made fun off for that? What kind of culture is that? Maybe it’s a joke but I thought that only happened in American reality tv shows and car commercials (sincerely a not american).
Man, I really like the idea of this car. As someone who LOVES to drive, but also has a family, it's kinda perfect. Empty car and what to have some fun? Hit the green "fun" button. Road trip? Drive it in "normal" mode, and avoid making your family sick. :-) It's an awesome idea!
Fantastic video. The regular EV6 is probably gonna be my next car after the Kona. Also, huge shout out to the videography team, especially the opener. Not easy to expose so well for night shots like that. Brilliant work.
The KIA has _not a single reason_ to look *this good* in red. What a stunning colour for the EV6. Especially with the gloss black contrasting elements and the large sunroof.
The EV6GT is a phenomenal car. Brilliant review Jack. If I had the money I’d buy one but then, the top trim EV6 is a brilliant car too. Just not so bonkers. Greetings from Cumbria in the U.K. Stay safe and well everyone.
I loved the review. Huge bonus that isn't talked about enough, you can use any trim level of the ev6 as backup power for your house! Add a generator sub-panel and you can run up to 3kwh from your Kia! For me, that's enough to keep the lights, fridge and furnace running for 2-3 days! I've had the awd wind w/ tech package for 6 months now, I've really enjoyed it so far.
excellent point about the power and range thing. Its what people always say to me, 'Why dont they just put in a smaller motor so it goes 400 miles'? Im like why not both? All you need to do is not floor it so much and it will be as efficient as you want it to be.
Thanks for staying honest, Jack! It sounds mad to have all that power and motorsport stuff in a big heavy family car! But being an EV6 owner myself, with just the humble rearwheel drive, I can confirm that even that is a pleasure to drive on twisty mountain roads (test performed in Provence), so I can only imagine how brilliant this car must be! And yes, I might be tempted to at rent this GT for a long weekend of fun! - and to all the comments about the price: just look at the price difference for e.g. the Golf GTI compared to a normal Golf, I believe it is not dissimilar! This is not a car for the masses, but for those who want to have that sort of fun, while being able to transport their family too! ;-)
Jack... the look on your face trying to break after the straight-a-way tells me you were not sure you'd live through the event. 🥺 I love your presentation and I love this channel.
Another fantastic episode Jack, but that vest is the star.... Where do you even get one... Did you mug a Korean Shepard? I want one as much as I want the GT!
10:30 - Yep. My wife likes to accelerate hard and go fast (and keep HVAC at "full blast" at opposite-of-outside, so either full AC in Summer or full heat in Winter.) In our EVs that adjust range estimate based on recent driving, we can have up to a 100% difference in range estimates. In our old BMW i3, when she would drive it for a while, it would say 50 miles of range when charged to 100%. When I'd drive it more conservatively, I could get it to read over 100 miles. (We had to upgrade to a longer-range vehicle when we moved and her commute increased to 26 miles each way.)
And so is anything with an engine which doesn't comply with Euro 6, once these Clean Air Zones begin spreading like wildfire...... and a couple of years after euro 7 appears in 2025, just watch them up the compliance limit to Euro 7......
Brilliant review. Thank you. Absolutely love this car (might have even ordered one) and you’ve picked out some of the key points that make it so attractive to a middle-aged dad who also loves driving and Scottish highland roads. Current car is mapped Skoda superb which combines the same elements of ludicrous practicality and comfort with a secret dose of madness when the family has been left at home. The GT offers the same engagement (the flappy paddles for regen are a work of genius for the driver who wants engagement) and then takes it to another level of insanity (errr excitement). For me, that makes this car a no brainer entry into the world of EV for someone who is not concerned about the badge but wants a grin on their face. I’ve been a little anxious about range figures (remember I mentioned the highlands?) but you seem to have confirmed my suspicions. 200 or so when put through its paces, but nearer 250 when talked down a little. What’s not to like? Only the wait time for delivery :)
You're not looking hard enough. There's far more EVs that the majority of buyers want, but none are considered valuable for Western markets. If this giant, expensive Kia EV is what you call a perfect point of entry, you should have a look at the Kia Ray EV.
@@toyotaprius79 perhaps you're not reading hard enough, or maybe just misunderstood: perfect entry point for *me*. I live in rural Scotland and make business trips all over the UK and leisure trips with family and bikes - a small city car is utterly useless to me. A car that I cannot even buy in my country is even more useless, if indeed that were possible 🤷♂
£60k might be a lot of money for 90% of people, but new cars are expensive and even a mediocre petrol car costs £35k. There is nothing mediocre about this, it looks beautiful and Jack says it’s a hoot to drive. The channel rightly focuses a lot on cheaper end EVs as well as expensive ones, so it’s great to see this. Well done Jack and the production team for another great engaging video.
When I can go out to my local Toyota dealer and purchase a petrol Corolla for 17k € flat, I don't see the point of looking at electric cars for the foreseeable future. Nothing in that car is worth the additional 43k €. Although electricity's cheaper than gas, I'd still be looking at roughly 30 years of usage and maintenance for the corolla until I'd reach price parity with this Kia; and then that same Kia would be 30 years old and in need of constant maintenance / new battery over the years as well. For those capable of basic math it doesn't make any financial sense to jump onto these "luxury" sedans, crossover or SUV-types, at all.
Yeah, I ordered one in black last July and absolutely no idea of delivery date. Interesting they’re advertising the car round the World Cup stadium when you can’t even get one! I’m on the point of giving up 🤔
At 16:42 I there’s a large looking speed camera, I think in what looks like a reinforced bunker. Are those police lights on the top!? Great video Jack.
My only gripe is that in the UK Kia has decided to limit its colour to the two dullest, white and black. Kia, if you ever read comments, this is the one reason why I'm not buying the GT. If I'm buying a performance car, I don't want it to look like everything else, and at £62.5K I don't expect to wrap or paint it myself.
I drive a Kia Ceed GT, love the sportyness of the car, sound and speed. This EV6 GT is utterly a dream car for me, sadly costs way too much for me to ever afford one, which really hurts the feels deeply as I like it so very much. Wishing for a miracle to happen that I may hope for one some day...
Great video, Jack!! Its interesting to me that the Koreans make some of the best EVs on the market, but the charging here is sparse at best. I am here in Pyeongteak, and there are very few charging stations. I love seeing Korea add more charging stations so more people buy them here.
Hi Joshua, you're probably right that outside the Seoul metropolitan area charging coverage drops off. But in Seoul and inner Gyeonggi-do coverage is quite adequate. There's something like 3000+ chargers in and around Seoul according to the EV Infra app. Check it out, you might find some unexpected charging locations near you, and you can filter by network and charging type.
Hey! Great episode. Well done FC team. I must say though, as a long time supported of FC, I am getting a bit numb to these reviews of ridiculously expensive EVs.
2014. Kryton brought a modest 22k nissan leaf. 2022 gets flown out first class to skorea to pimp out pos KIa ev is 53 grand EV market is so out of touch and have left the common man behind and are just BIK tax cheating rocket ships.
I have noticed several times that fully charged goes out of their way to pretend that Tesla doesn't exist. It's a bit smegheady of them. I would like an explanation.
@@DanFrederiksen Their boss doesn't like Elon Musk. The one time they mentioned Tesla lately is when they compared it to a Polestar 2 and dissed the Model 3 saying it looked like a fish. They've become the typical generic RU-vid channel. Imagine saying the GT's rival is the Mach-E GT which can only accelerate for 5 seconds full throttle before going into turtle mode. lol
💯.... As a Tesla MYP owner, I actually think Kia is making good EVs but to not mention the best-selling EV SUV+Sedan in the WORLD, the Y+3 its dishonest say the least. They mentioned more expensive cars so even if the Y/3 are more expensive they deserve the mention.
@@Teddy_M85 And it's consistent it seems. Every review however relevant. If an EV does 4 second acceleration they pretend it's the first time and fastest in the world. It's a c move.
Has Jack got himeslf a "significant other half" because he has suddenly tidied himself up got decent cloths and fancy hair style lol. ;) great show as always.
The car looks awesome, but driving a regular EV6 I can say the climate/nav toggle is painful to use and have read several others complain as well. I miss having physical buttons.
The best thing about this car is that Tesla is finally forced to make a proper performance Model 3 and Y. Kia/Hyundai and Tesla is just so far ahead of the rest of the EV world. If just Kia had ordered the batteries for their EV they would be selling by the millions.
The existing Teslas utterly outperform this car. A bit faster, a lot more efficient, a lot more range, and cheaper. What else would you include in "proper"?
I just bought a GT and it is amazing. This is coming from a Panamera Turbo. I miss the prestige but not the cost of ownership. Plus this car is just faster and much easier to live with. I have to disagree with the suspension comments. I drive through bumpy industrial roads with a railroad crossing daily. and I am impressed with the suspension, again coming for an air suspension Panamera.
The EV race is going to give a lot of manufacturers the opportunity to finally jump ahead of very well known brands. Kia/Hyundai have had great innovations within the past 5-7 years, including their new Genesis brand. However, they could not compete in terms of power to the big dogs since their engine uses very old tech, so even though it had the raw horsepower, it was very fuel inefficient. Kia/Hyundai also did not have the best transmissions to handle loads of power. The DCT in the Veloster N and Elantra N are more recent and even those cannot handle 400hp+ very easily. The EV game flattens the playing field a lot more. Power? Electric motor. No problem. Transmissions? Single speed, maybe 2 speeds, done. Fuel economy? Electric. That's it. I've always loved Kia/Hyundai designs and technologies. I just never liked how slow their cars were to the competition. Now with the EV6 GT, we're talking a $75k car competing with cars in the $200-$500k price range even.
I'm old school, so the direction that the Kia EV6 GT is taking, to me, goes against environmental responsibility. How is unlocking performance abilities to do donuts (smoking tyres), an environmental positive? The asking price is higher than the standard versions which already have more power than "necessary". The reality is that the approaching future battery resources limitations will being magnified, not diverted with cars of this ridiculous performance level being promoted. Fire away. 😉
It is still much more responsible than any high-power-ice car. You can't tell the market what to buy unless you would be Steve Job's ghost. Until then, giving an electric alternative is the way to go and does not really correlate with "battery ressources limitations"
I drive a Kia Stinger and this is the first EV car that I would realistically consider and that I can afford. All the qualities and needs that I looked for and love about my Stinger is also in this car. The only thing that is a big minus for me is the lack of a front trunk space unlike some other EV cars on the market and for a bespoke EV platform, I think that is a big oversight. I would love to be able to store small loose items that always stay in the car as well as charging cables and accesories in the front trunk and keep the back trunk empty for larger items and looking clean and tidy.
Such an insanely awesome car, and kudos to Kia for sticking to their guns with the design and tech! I just with they'd chosen a different hero colour for the GT model launch...more often than not that's the colour people will associate with the car, and they've already launched the lower specs with the same colour months ago! The matte grey is great don't get me wrong, but your 600hp halo car really should look a little more unique don't ya think?
Now that would definitely grab some attention in the right way I'd reckon. People will see this crazy Bright green car flogging supercars online and then they'll be more likely to head down to a dealer and buy it in a normal colour. Seems pretty basic to me from a marketing/appeal standpoint, but maybe KIA is going for the whole understated Q Car look.
I mean what Audi would you consider a halo car? The R8? What is a halo car useful for if you almost never see it. RS6 is quiet common in comparison and that is about the same as the EV6 GT is for Kia :)
We in the UK can't even buy the GT in anything other than black or white now they removed the Matt Steel Grey in the middle of last year, just around the time they made it available to order. Luckily, I just managed to get hold of a cancelled early order in steel grey which makes it the rarest of the rare EV6's in the UK, hopefully, should be picking it up in a week or two when it gets off the boat from S. Korea 🙂 but why the heck we can't have the same extended colour range as the U.S. I don't know.
Same with model 3 performance. Has even slightly better performance than this, price is slightly lower than entry price of this and looks way better than the Kia. But there seems to be a trend not to mention Tesla on car shows. Rather silly and ignorent.
@@ncr79 you are literally the first person I've seen who thinks a Tesla looks better than this... Common consensus is that Tesla's are great EVs but that they're ugly af
if £60K is 'on a budget' then I guess I'll go get in line at the foodbank! £60K is a big old chunk of change for anyone. Anyway as always from Kia lately its a very good looking car.
It's a deal for what it offers. The Ford Mustang mark E GT is 15K more expensive as he mentioned. The Tesla model y performance is also a lot more expensive.
@@Yubuzka3774 these EVs are decades away from being able to use the term ‘budget’ in any real world scale. Some in China are close but not when they do actually get here, like the Funky Cat.
the back end of this car looks so great. Kia are making some headturning cars these days. Lately something will drive past me and I will "Wow! What is that?" Three times lately it's been a Kia.
I think the only car that measures up is the Polestar 2 for its price point. With the long range dual motor, plus, pilot and performance packs, that car is a beast.
As someone who can’t give up the practicality of an SUV, even without kids, but loves the thrill of a quick ride this car seems perfect. I have an order in for an Ioniq 5 but since this is showing up before Hyundai’s performance version I might have to go with this one.
This might sound a little crazy but, I think that Kia is the new Audi. They go their own way and really make a statement when they do! I prefer this over a Tesla to be honest. I had a Cerato GT for a while and absolutely loved it. I would buy one in a heart beat if I had the money.
My wife had a new 2022 Kia Stonic (SUV version of a Rio) for 4 months while we waited for my Tesla Model Y to arrive. I was amazed that the tech in this AU$28k Kia was almost as good as that in the EV6 (it even LOOKED the same / similar!). Only downside was the severe lack of power (someone with a ford ranger, towing a large caravan) passed us on a freeway going UPHILL - and we were flat to the floor at the time !!! The poor little thing was revving its guts out :-(
Hopefully they keep the same underpinnings and put on a cabin with something lower riding: saloons, estate cars, etc. Ultra-powerful Clio-style hatchbacks would be awesome.
Just love the way you make 60k sound acceptable. Please explain how many jo public's will need to take out a second mortgage to ever get close to owning one!
I agree with this not my cup of tea either but always gotta be early adopters to test it all for the regular people who will buy when it's tested and way cheaper.
Not to mention there isn’t many people these days that buy a car outright. Most are leased or bought on finance like everything else. Even most second hand cars are bought on finance.
Whilst I wouldn't touch a Kia with a bargepole, £60k is nothing in the grand scheme of things to many people. I own a 2021 Audi RS4 and have just taken delivery of a Porsche Cayman GTS. I'm not rich or anything like that and I own £150k of cars. If you work hard like I do, then you can afford such things.
You must be a child, or a non car owner... ...otherwise, you'd understand that we buy cars with the heart - not the head! The fact that a car is supposed to be 'better' is largely irrelevant to most actual, real car buyers.....
We need mad cars like this to keep us from going insane with the rinse and repeat SUVs. The GT is a bit pricey, I am going to see a GT-Line at the dealer on Monday. The biggest complaint I hear is the meridian audio system is poor which will be a deal breaker for me. Great fun review.
@@lemongavine I have rented a M3P but did not like the fact it does not have a heads up display or a gauge cluster so they are not on the list. I have been hearing some good things about the Nissan Arita, will look into them when they arrive in Canada.
@@jasonblair4057 they make aftermarket binnacle as well as heads up displays for the model 3, so if you like the Tesla otherwise, this problem is easy to solve. Also, people say it’s easy to get used to the Tesla display. I like the Ariya, except it doesn’t have one-pedal driving which is a nice feature of EVs.
It looks like your head was 'just' rubbing the roof so not much headroom which is unfortunate as I'll have the same issue as I do with the Ioniq 5 which I love but don't fit in and very sad because of that.
A colleague of mine ordered an EV6 (non-GT) the day it was announced. Delivery got delayed. delayed again and now he got a mid-2024 date that they couldn't guarantee, so he cancelled the order. Wonder if the GT is yet another model Kia can't or won't deliver?
