2024 Kia EV6 GT: An all-electric, super-zippy, family-friendly performance car your Camaro-loving ancestors never imagined
CASEY WILLIAMS | AutoCasey
AutoCasey@AOL.com
In the way to the grocery store the other night, I was sitting at a red light in the 2024 Kia EV6 GT AWD. Opposite me was a ’69 Camaro — revving its engine, looking for a fight. As I sat in near silence listening to Aretha on the Meridian audio system, it occurred to me how utterly the Kia would dispense with that iconic Chevy.
But this EV has talents your gas-burning ancestors never imagined.
………………..
2024 Kia EV6 GT AWD
Five-passenger, AWD Crossover
Output: 576hp/545 lb.-ft.
Suspension f/r: Adap. Ind/Ind
Wheels f/r: 21-inch/21-inch alloy
Brakes f/r: regen disc/disc
Driving range: 218 miles
0-60 mph: 3.4s
Recharge (10-80 percent): 18m
Economy city/hwy: 88/77 mpg-e
Assembly: Hwasung, Korea
Base/as-tested price: $42,600/64,090
Likes
• Exotic styling
• Rapid acceleration
• Jetsons interior
Dislikes
• Short range
• Aspirational price
• No hands-off cruising
………………..
Kia would have you think of the EV6 as a crossover, but it’s more of an extended hatchback. It’s what the Brits would call a “shooting brake:” a sporty car with space for sporting endeavors.
But check its wide stance, angry headlamps and slashed lower facia. Bulging fenders surround fat, 21-inch wheels fronting lime green brake calipers. Our car wore Steel Matte paint, which lends a sinister look — like Bruce Wayne’s Batmobile. I especially like the barely sloping roof, gently kissed by the upturned rear pillar, and that wide, curvy rump with just a strip of LEDs arching over.
It looks like it rolled off an auto show turntable.
The artwork continues inside where twin 12.3-inch screens top the dash for gauges and infotainment and sueded sport seats with lime piping that are heated and ventilated. The flybridge console houses cupholders, rotating gear selector and wireless phone charger. It’s like commanding a spacious starship with a heated
economy
performer
classical
Caseys
Sporting
Williams
Traffic
Bruce Wayne