REVIEW: Could the Kia EV6 GT be the model that pushes the firm to the forefront of the electric revolution? Let's find out...
GT mode also brings the unlikely option of a drift mode. Yes, really – although one that seems to have been created more to demonstrate Kia’s mastery of motor torque control beyond the limits of adhesion than in the expectation many EV6 owners are going to want to regularly smoke their two-tonne crossovers sideways.
Silly or not, the system worked well when I experienced it on a skidpan, allowing the GT to oversteer keenly and predictably at impressive angles.
None of the changes have turned the EV6 harsh. The development team’s brief was to create an EV with the relaxed athleticism of theGT-S. So although it sits on stiffer springs than the regular EV6 and has gained adaptive dampers, the GT’s suspension still feels pretty soft. In the gentler dynamic modes, there’s noticeable body roll under cornering loads, and even with the switchable shocks fully firmed, it stays respectably pliant.
Yet factor the GT’s £61,595 price into the equation and it becomes hard to quibble. That figure takes Kia into new territory, the GT being the priciest car it has yet sold in the UK. But the supplement of £5725 over the GT Line S version seems reasonable, considering the extra performance, plus the GT gets a standard heat pump for more efficient cabin temperature regulation, whereas it’s a £900 option on the lesser car.
It might seem unlikely that too many brand-conscious buyers will be cross-shopping this Kia with the Porsche Taycan or, but they really should be. The regular EV6 already feels like a benchmark in terms of its blend of practicality, price and performance, but the GT moves that on with what looks to be an unbeatable quantity of electric bang per buck when it reaches the UK later this year. Make no mistake: Kia is pushing its way to the forefront of the electric revolution.
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