IONIQ 5’S STABLEMATE HAS ITS OWN PEDIGREE
IT’S NOT JUST that the all-electric EV6 is the first Kia in history designed from the wheels up to be battery-powered; the EV6 signals its virtues in other ways, too. It looks dramatically modern. It has a roomy, well-finished interior. And it’s genuinely engaging to drive, with great steering, a confident chassis, and good performance.
One of 11 electric vehicles to be launched by Kia over the next five years, the EV6 is built on Hyundai Motor Group’s Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) and shares much of its hardware with Hyundai’s handsome Ioniq 5.
That means the same battery packs and the choice of either single-motor rear-drive or dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrain configurations.
But the Kia looks and feels a very different car to its Hyundai cousin. The Ioniq 5 has been designed to be the more comfort-oriented of these two E-GMP cars.
Just on 55mm lower overall than the Ioniq 5, 100mm shorter in
