2025 Kia EV6 GT review: close to joyous but there's one terrible issue
The updated Kia EV6 is a rare electric car that is good to drive. As long as you're not planning to go too far in a hurry
EV6 is a rewarding drive — if you have the charge
Kia
This is such a superficially clever car. It’s a quite spacious five door family machine that, like so many other electric vehicles, also goes like hell when you so command. Unlike almost all of them, however, it is genuinely rewarding to drive. I’d stop a distance short of calling it fun, but this recently updated and uprated model comes with excellent steering, a commendable ability to disguise its weight and proper poise on the open road. With its sister, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, these two are the best EVs of their kind this type of money can buy.
But. Both cars suffer the same terrible range issue, which in theory shouldn’t be a problem because they’ll charge faster than anything this side of a Porsche Taycan but, in reality, and thanks to the still parlous nature of our charging infrastructure, it’s still a real issue. Not Kia’s fault, but there all the same. And it’s pulled its punches when it comes to making petrol-powered noises. You may recall that in the Hyundai you can summon up a programme that makes the car sound like it has an engine belonging to an RS1800 Escort under the bonnet. The EV6 has the same programme, but emits a rather nasal blare instead, which is both too quiet and not that interesting to listen to. If you’re going to commit, commit.
It’s better looking than the Hyundai and more comfortable too but I’d make really sure you can cope with the range before choosing either. If you can, they’re both highly recommended.
Kia EV6 GT
• Price £59,985
• Engine front and rear electric motors, 86.0kWh battery
• Power 641bhp
• Torque 567lb ft
• Weight 2200kg
• Power to weight 291bhp per tonne
• Transmission single speed, four-wheel drive
• 0-62mph 3.5sec
• Top speed 161mph
• Range 279 miles (WLTP)
• Charging speed up to 350kW