Tag Archives: Kia EV6

It’s time to get back behind the wheel of Kia’s popular XCeed compact crossover, which has just been treated to a facelift… The XCeed is an important car for Kia in the UK, accounting for 10% of the South Korean company’s sales in the country during 2021, and more than …

We road test the first pure electric car from the new, upmarket Genesis brand… Before we begin, let’s start with a quick refresh. Genesis is the luxury arm of the Hyundai Motor Group, which also includes Kia. So, think Lexus/Toyota and DS/Citroen. Only launched in the UK in the summer …

We test drive the Hybrid, Plug-In Hybrid and EV versions of the all-new second generation Kia Niro… The Niro compact crossover is an important car for Kia. After the slightly larger Sportage, it’s the South Korean brand’s second most successful model. A genuine game-changer when it was launched in 2016, …

The high performance version of Kia’s award-winning EV6 crossover will be taking to the Goodwood Festival of Speed’s famous hillclimb several times throughout the weekend (June 23-26). Kia claims the all-electric EV6 GT “combines exhilarating performance, first-class long-distance travel capabilities, ultra-fast charging tech, and an impressive real-world driving range for …

It’s fair to say that Toyota is a little late to the EV party. Despite the fact that it was a hybrid technology pioneer 25 years ago with the Prius, it’s taken until 2022 for the Japanese giant to launch its first pure electric car in Europe. So, I guess …

Electric cars are one of the biggest trends today. But while they’ve only started gaining popularity in the last ten years or so, the first electric cars hit the road over a century ago. Electric cars were all the rage between 1890 and 1910 until the much cheaper Model T …

We road test the award-winning electric vehicle that instantly dates just about every other car on the road… It’s difficult to know where to start with a car like the acclaimed Hyundai Ioniq 5. Already the winner of various Car of the Year titles, this futuristically styled EV features state-of-the-art …

The game-changing Kia EV6 has been named Europe’s top car at a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland. Already widely acclaimed, the electric vehicle beat seven other cars that had made it to the final round of the contest. The 61-member jury, made up of automotive journalists from 23 countries, voted as …

Kia ended 2021 on a high with a record UK market share of 5.5% before getting off to a cracking start in 2022. The South Korean brand finished January as the best-selling brand (9.1% share) – a first in its 30-year history. This success was led by the Kia Sportage, …

The all-new Kia EV6 electric car has been crowned What Car? Car of the Year 2022. It’s the second time Kia has won the overall What Car? Car of the Year Award – and the second time it has won with a new electric car, having taken its maiden victory …