Kia’s performance sub-brand reaches the EV9 electric SUV
The Kia EV9 GT is an unusual kind of car, a ‘grand tourer’ with 501bhp and 546lb ft and interior highlights appropriate for a hot derivative; but also a plus-sized 2.7-tonne family SUV with six or seven seats. It’s Kia’s most expensive car at over £82,000, an electric 4×4 that can tow 2500kg, but which has a limited-slip rear differential, fake gearshifts and can do 0-62mph in 4.6sec.This feels an odd combination of facets to me, but why? European and American car makers have been producing large performance SUVs for decades. Why should it feel weird because it’s a Kia?
