Kia Ev6 Review: Is it the best Electric Vehicle on the Market?

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Motor enthusiast, Tom Shorrock takes the stunning Kia EV6 for a thrilling test drive up around Manchester and it's safe to say he was seriously impressed! Get ready to be captivated by this cutting-edge electric marvel as Tom delves into its stunning design, unrivalled performance and incredible features!   We were completely blown away with the EV6, but we're eager to hear your thoughts in the comments below!   ------------------ Enjoyed this video? Don't forget to LIKE and SHARE the video and get involved with our community by leaving a COMMENT below the video!  Check out what else our channel has to offer and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to Men & Motors for more classic car and motorbike content! Why not? It is free after all!   Our website: http://menandmotors.com/  ----- Social Media -----  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menandmotors/ Instagram: @menandmotorstv Twitter: @menandmotorstv If you have any questions, e-mail us at talk@menandmotors.com  © Men and Motors - One Media iP 2023

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00:00 Welcome back to Men and Motors and today we're looking at the Kia EV6 GT line.

00:08 It's safe to say that this Kia really is something from the future and it's got something that

00:13 us men tend to love in life and that is big wide curves as well as a few jagged edges,

00:20 you know what I mean.

00:21 But take the car for instance, it's rather wide at the bottom, it's narrow at the top,

00:25 you're getting that hourglass sort of figure with it and then you've got these little sharp

00:29 flicks on the wing mirrors, you've got the snouty lights down below, you've got the lowered

00:33 front end and you've got the jagged splitter at the bottom and it pulls the looks off really

00:39 well and it does turn a lot of heads.

00:43 One piece of design I think that's worth mentioning is this little flick here.

00:47 It reminds me of a whale's tail and more specifically a humpback whale's tail, how it arches at

00:52 the back and the weight of it kind of bends down.

00:55 But obviously because this car has got that quite cutting edge at the top and the hourglass

00:59 figure at the bottom, it just gives it that big mean aggressive look and it makes you

01:04 feel like when you accelerate the back of the car is going to hammer down and just shoot

01:08 and slingshot forward.

01:10 One other thing that is lovely about it, at night there's a little LED light in here so

01:15 when you unlock the car it beams a beautiful bit of cool white light down onto this pearlescent

01:21 metallic paint and you just get that glimpse of glitter in your face.

01:26 I think it's marvellous.

01:28 The GT line comes with 19 inch alloys as standard, which I am quite a fan of because when you

01:34 put big wheels on cars you tend to get big problems such as road noise, stiffness when

01:40 hitting potholes but this has also got the look but a really nice cushioned ride, meaning

01:46 that when you're driving it, it's ever so silent.

01:49 Kia and Hyundai are really killing it with the colours at the moment because from a distance

01:54 you would say this car is solid white and it isn't.

01:57 Up close you've got a lovely nice glimpse of glitter and it is actually pearlescent,

02:02 very similar to the Hyundai Ioniq 6 where it looks like a Nardo grey which is obviously

02:06 an Audi colour or Prima grey as we'd refer to it and that is also pearlescent because

02:11 they are owned by the same group.

02:13 Hyundai own Kia and they also own Genesis but this car, you have to hand it to them,

02:17 it looks beautiful, especially with the black accents down here and then if you open the

02:21 handle, I mean weird design to say the least, very weird but it works.

02:28 Not only is it powered by a 77.4kW battery, it's got a single rear wheel drive motor and

02:35 you can't do any skids because there's lag when you set off but it is very powerful,

02:40 so powerful in fact it's pushing out 226bhp and 350Nm of torque which doesn't sound like

02:50 a lot but when you do the maths on it and you actually go into it, the power to weight

02:53 ratio and the horsepower per tonne is 113, give or take, bhp per 1000kg and when you

03:01 move in and there's something in your way or you're on the motorway and you want to

03:04 go for an overtake, you only have to squeeze your toes, like literally, squeeze them and

03:10 the car just rockets forward which is surprising from something that weighs 2 tonnes and is

03:15 only 226bhp.

03:17 There are other iterations of this, you can get a dual motor car which is around 300bhp

03:22 and then if you get the GT model, it is 600bhp or thereabouts and you've got to look at it,

03:29 this car is a little bit bigger than a Volkswagen Golf and if you look at a Volkswagen Golf,

03:34 their Golf R is 309bhp so for something to have 600bhp that's direct drive which is power

03:42 like no other, absolutely blows my mind but we might as well move on to the back or more

03:48 specifically the booty.

03:51 This booty is 490 litres and to put that into perspective, I'm going to get in it, I'm 6ft3,

03:58 I'm about 6ft3 in stone because I like the odd lager, obviously not when driving and

04:04 yeah let's demonstrate this.

04:06 So if I get in, you should be able to close yourself in nice and neat like this.

04:16 Not that this has any relevance whatsoever to the actual size of the boot, it's just

04:22 that I'm a large object getting into a large boot but if you do want more space, this car

04:28 has something called a frunk which I'm only assuming comes from the Americans calling

04:32 this a trunk and a frunk is something in the front.

04:37 Now if you don't know what a frunk is, prepare to be amazed.

04:42 I was amazed to a certain degree.

04:44 Well you basically pop the bonnet or the hood if you're American if we're really on that

04:49 terminology and if you lift this up, you actually have an engine.

04:56 No you don't, this is fake.

04:58 You lift this and there you have your frunk.

05:02 Now I know I climbed in the boot but I'm telling you now, I am not climbing in there because

05:07 I feel like I'll break something and quite frankly, I don't fit.

05:12 Don't ask me how I know though.

05:14 This adds around 70 litres of storage space to your EB6, however I think Kia have missed

05:20 a trick with this so bear with me.

05:24 Why isn't it a fridge?

05:27 Hear me out.

05:28 You take this car on a road trip, you're driving all day, you've had to charge up a couple

05:32 of times, you get to your destination in the Scottish Highlands, you pull up next to Loch

05:37 Lomond, you're going to do a bit of wild camping, your tent's set up, the fire's going and what

05:42 do you want most?

05:44 A freezing cold bottle of lager.

05:48 I know I keep mentioning lager, trust me, I don't have an issue, I just like lager.

05:53 But you pull up, you sit down, you open this, you lift it up and it just gleams with the

06:00 golden colour of lager with all the droplets coming off and it would be amazing.

06:05 You could also keep your meats in there, your sausages, your bacon, your steaks, your chicken,

06:13 pork ready for the barbecue.

06:16 I must admit though, if there was bottles in there, I think the jingling as you're driving

06:20 would really do your head in but come on Kia, make it a fridge.

06:28 Now enough of the outside, it's about time we had a look at the inside because it's rather

06:34 spacious and it's quite simply lovely.

06:41 What you get inside this car is a massive screen.

06:45 Only when you turn the power on you realise it's actually split into two screens, one

06:49 for the clocks and the driver information, the other for the sat nav, infotainment and

06:53 everything else.

06:54 But one thing I do love is this centre console.

06:56 It's absolutely massive, it has huge cubby holes, even more things that could be a fridge

07:01 in this car.

07:02 It has all this legroom here, very, very spacious and I'm quite tall and I have the chair really

07:07 far back and you can still fit a 6ft 3in human behind me.

07:11 All in all, it's very lovely.

07:13 How about we hit the road and take a look at this in a little bit more detail.

07:17 Although this car only has 226bhp but a whopping 350Nm of torque, it is quite pokey considering

07:27 it's 2 tonnes.

07:28 I did mention this earlier but I'm in eco mode at the moment and it's cruising along,

07:34 we're getting about 3.8mph, that's probably because I've got a heavy right foot.

07:38 But if I just press this button here and change the drive mode to sport and let these cars

07:44 get out of the way, I'll show you what the acceleration is like.

07:49 And it's like this.

07:52 This is so fast.

07:55 What?

07:56 Oh my.

07:59 This is a fast EV and it is so fun to drive.

08:07 I mean, we're on a national speed limit road right now and it just sticks to the corners.

08:14 You can't really see what's going on but with it being rear wheel drive, you'd expect it

08:19 to be quite slidy and it really isn't.

08:23 Not that I've tried sliding it but you just feel the back end go and you don't.

08:27 You feel the push right behind you.

08:30 It's so quick.

08:31 I mean, like there now.

08:32 Just look at that.

08:33 Right, and brake.

08:34 This is brilliant.

08:35 The other thing is, this car around town boasts a 460 mile range.

08:43 And what that means is city driving.

08:46 And that's when you have the regenerative braking set to the highest resistance.

08:50 Right now it's a level three.

08:51 If I whack it up to level four and I completely let go of the accelerator, you ready?

08:57 Three, two, one.

09:00 You're near enough, come to a complete stop and then you accelerate and you're away again.

09:09 And what that actually does is it charges the battery of the car by putting resistance

09:14 onto the motor.

09:15 I'm not quite sure with the science of how it actually works but in theory that is exactly

09:20 how it works.

09:21 I don't understand the maths behind it but by slowing the car down, the forward energy

09:26 puts resistance onto the motor which then charges the battery, gaining extra miles.

09:32 Which means that you get the 460 mile range in city mode but in combined motorway miles

09:39 it says a range of 360 miles.

09:41 But having lived with this car for around a week, I've been getting about 280 out of

09:46 a charge.

09:47 With that said though, I haven't been charging it all the way up to 100%.

09:51 I've been unplugging it at around 95% because if you've ever charged an electric vehicle

09:55 before, you'd be well aware that the last 5, 6, the last 5, 4, 3% just takes ages and

10:02 it isn't worthwhile.

10:04 But I can't complain because it's so fun to drive, especially when you give it a poke

10:12 like that.

10:13 It is brilliant.

10:14 The other perk with EVs is that you can actually whisper to your passengers and they can hear

10:20 everything in the car because of how quiet they are.

10:24 And I mean they're so quiet.

10:28 You can hear a pin drop.

10:30 This car is so comfortable to drive.

10:33 I mean it's just relaxing and it relaxes me so much that I feel like you could fall asleep.

10:40 It's got comfortable seats that grip you, it's cushioned, there's no road noise, there's

10:45 no tyre roar, there's nothing.

10:47 It is literally so quiet to drive and it's joyous.

10:51 Which brings me on to say when you're feeling a little bit tired, it has this other unknown

10:58 feature where you can utilise a little bit of exercise.

11:07 And before you guess, no, the car isn't just going to magically turn itself into a treadmill.

11:13 It has this amazing feature which involves me getting something out of the boot.

11:19 This EV6 has something called vehicle to load technology which means if you grab yourself

11:25 a heavy electric bike such as this, you can charge it whilst driving.

11:32 Meaning that you should be able to go and get some exercise.

11:40 And when you do come back, you can fold it up and stick it back on charge using the vehicle

11:46 to load technology.

11:50 You see this is the beautiful thing about Manchester, you get this lovely sunny weather

11:54 which lasts about five minutes and then the rain starts to draw in.

12:01 What a place.

12:03 Come up north, you'll love it.

12:06 Jim.

12:08 Whilst we're up here I may as well talk to you about the back of the car.

12:11 It is very, very spacious.

12:14 It's also very premium.

12:15 I'm six foot three and this driver's seat is currently in the position that I drive

12:19 in and as you can see, I've got a nice amount of leg room.

12:23 Headroom is a little bit compromised but it's just enough to get comfortable, especially

12:27 for a man that's quite tall and also a bit wide if I must admit.

12:31 You do get a lovely little armrest that's leather, two cup holders in it.

12:34 Would be nice if they flicked out so you could have that as a bit of a writing bench but

12:39 then again I'm just getting picky.

12:41 You do get a USB-C socket here and a USB-C socket in that seat.

12:44 And the best thing is when you pull up into an area like this and you think, "I could

12:49 really murder a cup of tea."

12:53 Well if you come down here and pull this lever open, there is a 16 amp 230 volt domestic

13:00 socket meaning that you could plug a kettle in and boil the water from your car which

13:05 I think is fantastic because as a Mancunian and someone from up north, I love a cup of

13:10 tea.

13:11 The other thing you do get as well is air conditioning in the back.

13:13 You've got these little vents here and here and you can adjust them and blow them in your

13:17 face which is rather nice.

13:19 Lovely, lovely smooth perforated fabric and it smells lovely.

13:26 It smells brand new.

13:28 I've just sniffed where someone's bum has been.

13:34 Probably not a wise decision.

13:35 But yeah, very premium space.

13:36 Two little grab handles here and here if you want to start doing pull-ups.

13:40 Not that you would.

13:41 Lovely centre console finish, leather, premium.

13:44 Sound system's fantastic and then you do get two little foot heaters at the bottom.

13:49 Not really much more to show you guys other than the fact that it would make a great family

13:52 car.

13:53 Lots of space, very spacious, no transmission tunnel in the way I must add.

13:57 Very flat, very smooth.

13:58 All in all, I approve.

14:00 I should probably talk more about the interior of this car.

14:03 It comes standard with ambient lighting.

14:07 You get these lovely fabric seats but perforated fabric with a bit of leather on the sides.

14:12 These curvy headrests which remind me a little bit of a Volvo.

14:17 You've got all these touch screen buttons here.

14:20 One thing I do think it's lacking is I'm not a massive fan of touch screens in cars and

14:24 the reason for that is when you're on a bumpy road like this and you're trying to select

14:27 the screen, you might be going to type a postcode in and you might put AB and it comes up NM.

14:33 I know you shouldn't be doing that while you're driving but it's force of habit and you'd

14:36 be lying if you said you didn't do it because every single human tries to put a postcode

14:40 in whilst they're driving.

14:41 It's because we're impatient.

14:43 But touch screens are quite annoying to use, especially if you're trying to do something

14:47 intricate on the screen.

14:49 One thing I would have liked is a little twist knob down here, just like the drive selector

14:54 but more to control the screen.

14:56 One other great thing is this.

14:59 Your mobile phone, if it supports wireless charging, you literally sit it on this pad,

15:03 it starts charging, a little yellow bar lights up down here.

15:06 Your phone charges wirelessly.

15:08 One thing it doesn't do is have wireless Apple CarPlay.

15:10 Now again, I think that's a trick that's been missed.

15:12 You can buy aftermarket devices to do that but I hate aftermarket electrical mods.

15:17 I just think they look tacky, they don't look the best and quite frankly could be integrated

15:23 in this Kia EV6.

15:27 You get a rear reversing camera and when you reverse it bongs, it goes boong, boong, boong,

15:34 boong.

15:35 It does sound quite cool.

15:37 The camera is quite crisp, it's a bit washed out contrast wise on the colour which you'll

15:41 see here.

15:42 I just personally think it could be a bit better.

15:46 On the Hyundai Ioniq 6, which me and Jim did a video on where we drove to five countries

15:50 in one day on one charge, Callum, link it here, collaborative content, you know the

15:54 drill.

15:57 The screen's a bit better but they do run on the same sort of technology.

16:01 Steering wheel, two spoke, rather pretty.

16:04 I didn't like this at first but it has grown on me.

16:08 Flappy paddles, not for changing gears because this car's direct drive which means it's just

16:13 one speed, one gear ratio and it's gradual.

16:16 But the flappy paddles control the regenerative braking.

16:19 The left one, the more you press it, the more resistance is on when you let off the accelerator.

16:23 The right one, the more you press that, the more freewheeling it does and the more the

16:27 car rolls.

16:29 You do get adaptive cruise control as standard with the car, you get lane keeping assist

16:34 and you also get steering assist when you're on the motorway.

16:37 So if you want to change lanes, obviously it won't do it round a corner as sharp as

16:40 this, but if you want to change lanes, if you don't indicate and you try to turn out

16:45 a lane, it'll fight the steering wheel and chuck you back over into the lane that you

16:48 should be in.

16:49 The Hyundai Ioniq 6 does actually change lanes for you.

16:52 I'm not sure whether that's an option on this Kia, I've not really found out.

16:56 If it is, drop us a comment, let me know, we'll be always keen to hear your feedback.

17:03 One thing I want to show you is what this car looks like at night.

17:06 A lot of people skip over this in reviews and it's something that I always consider

17:09 when buying a car, is what it actually looks like when it goes dark.

17:13 And the reason for that is, the atmosphere completely changes in the car.

17:18 It gets to the point where you get LED lights coming on, backlit buttons, like different

17:23 bits in the floor, and it can feel quite moody and quite cosy.

17:26 I think it looks absolutely fantastic.

17:29 You can change all the colours to custom colours, whatever you want.

17:32 You've got all the white lights, the LED lights on the outside look fantastic.

17:35 You put the indicators on this scroll.

17:38 It just looks premium and pretty.

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17:51 If you're looking for something else to watch, click up here to watch Jim's review of the

17:55 Honda Civic and click down here to see what Richard Hammond thought of Kia over 20 years

17:59 ago.

18:00 So with that said guys, I will see you next time.

18:04 Bye.

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