The Kia EV6 will launch later this month, and the Korean carmaker has just released some instant photos and videos to take care of us. As if we need it.
The all-electric crossover SUV is stylistically based on the Kia Imagine Concept. We found images of it in various places covered with camouflage or upholstery as it saw road tests under the internal name Kia CV.
Built on the new E-GMP platform, it will be the brand’s first electric vehicle. We expect it to be exceptional. This is because he shares his basic technical DNA with the Hyundai Ioniq 5, which has just made its own debut and has been enthusiastically received.
Although there are obviously big style differences between these two cousins, there will be a distinction in the performance section. Just a month ago, we learned that the Kia could have a distance of 311 miles (WLTP), recharge 100 km (30 km) within four minutes, and accelerate from standstill to sixty miles per hour in just three seconds. These are some impressive numbers!
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If true, it would be surprisingly fast for a vehicle of this size and shape. It strikes us that it will be targeting a slightly different segment than the Hyundai offering, with an emphasis on sportiness. This seems to be emphasized in the new label line – movement that inspires – expressed in the teaser videos (top and bottom).
While the press release with the images gives the first quarter of 2021 only as a debut period, a slide indicates from investor day to the 21st of this month with deliveries starting in July.
The snapshots (above in the gallery) show a car that captures much of the essence of the original concept vehicle, but offers a more livable design. The hood has two dynamic lines that flow from the inside of the headlight to the bottom of the A-pillar. The flanks have a character fold of a little more than the middle of the doors, but then turn in as it comes to the band line.
These contours change into muscular squats over the rear wheels that extend to the rear. The roof, meanwhile, curves gracefully toward the C-pillar, which opens onto a destroyer. The rear glass rakes downward from under its wing.
The taillights are segmented, just like the front turn signals that surround the LED headlights, and as you can see in the video below, you need to do their duties sequentially.
It all contributes to a design that, even if the lights are still dimmed, will evoke a lot of excitement and hopefully inspire a lot to take the plunge into electric waters.
