I have the new Tesla Model 3 and I have to turn off my lane keeping assistant & speed limit warnings every time I get into the car. Since a lot of cars are like this I believe it must be some stupid EU regulation. I end up having to turn things off while I'm driving sometimes, which is dangerous as Matt pointed out. It completely ignores my driver profile...
An exaggeration of course. But what is fact, is that anything made by Land Rover seems to suddenly become an unreliable PIA after 3 years or so.. They're (in)famous for it....
Thank you, Matt and CarWow! Never been a KIA fan. However, from 02.01.2024, I've been a happy owner of precisely the same (as per the video) EV9 GT-Line in Matt Blue colour (except my second-row captain chairs are in relaxation mode, fully electric). I did 2000 km in one month, and every single one was packed with joy and excitement. It is just a pleasure to be in EV9. I'm from Finland, and January was the coldest in the past 8 years. Still, my average consumption is 28 kWh/100 km (that is 2.2 miles per kWh). And when it is at least +3, I'm getting 23 kW/100 km (2.7 miles per kWh). Would I recommend KIA? Definitely so! Edit: Some comments were saying that there were better choices for money. Cars are very differently priced in different markets. As I said, I'm from Finland. I was looking for a big SUV EV. What Finnish market can (or just about to) offer?: - Volvo EX90 - 119.000 EUR (110.000 EUR after all discounts) - 3 years or 100.000 km warranty (image Pixel LED or Air Suspension fix after warranty) - Mercedes EQS 4MATIC (base price) - 132.000 EUR - 2 years or 100.00 km warranty - Tesla Model X (non-Plaid), 6 seater, standard colours - 120.000 EUR (112.000 EUR after all discounts) - 4 years or 80.000 km warranty I paid 89.000 EUR for KIA (Including winter 21" tyres with rims, towing hook, and all possible features). We are not getting the following features in Finland at all: 2nd-row massage, front grill lightning patterns, LiDAR, and digital side mirrors). KIA has 7 years or 150.000 km warranty. The Navigation System and Audio Equipment have 3 year or 100.000 km warranty. The battery has a 7-year or 150.000 km warranty. Low-voltage battery (12V) is 2 years without a mileage limit. Finland's average public charging (DC) price is 0.25 euros per kWh (based on KIA's charging curve, which is very stable for a long time). That is 6.25 EUR per 100 km (60 miles) based on 25 kWh consumption. Home price (with all taxes and delivery) is 0.10 euros per kWh (in my case). That is 2.5 EUR per 100 km (60 miles) based on 25 kWh consumption. The current fuel price is ~1.70 EUR per litre (E95). So, in Finland - KIA EV9 is one of the best choices for money.
I drove one for 2 weeks on a press loan. Was blown away by the quality & real life range / speed. Not to mention the potential for being an on the go car tracking / video editing station. Loved: 1) six seat configuration is fantastic 2) load area huge with seats down 3) super comfortable on long trips 4) looks beautiful on road Annoyances: 1) the door handles were never extended when we wanted them, needed to keep unlocking to get to them 2) there’s SO many noises; beeps on road for safety systems, arrival music, vibrations on steering wheel. If you are easily over stimulated this car will enrage you. 3) I can’t afford it.
For me it has way too much useless features that really don't solve anything we'd ever find an issue...like dropping the 3rd row seat from the front. When was there ever handy / a concern
£65k+ though, its not realistic for the majority of vehicle drivers and you know it. EV's are an expensive and resource draining fad, that are going to end up a massive white elephant soon.
I’ve been on to Kia for a long time now, since 2008, when I bought a top of the line Sorento v6 4wd. I traded that in for a 2019 top of the line Sorento. Nothing has ever gone wrong or broke on either one. The cost of running them has been superb. No wasting my time waiting to get things fixed and zero expenses for anything but consumables such as battery, tires, wiper blades, fluids, etc. Neither of mine have had any squeaks, buzzes or rattles at all. Just smooth and quiet rides. It took a long time for people to realize how good the Korean vehicles had become.
just like everything else in life, nothing remains stationery. That includes car manufacturers. Lessons learnt, R&D, investment, growing expertise, etc. etc.
I have a few observations after 1000 miles in my EV9 GTS. Day to day consumption for me is around 3.2 m/kWh. I managed a 320 mile trip without en route charging and ended up with 3.3m/kWh. That trip did not include motorways but it was mostly on 60mph A roads and I wasn’t dawdling. Winter range will be lower of course, but the real numbers are far from poor. The car is very comfortable, quiet and I did need to drive off road on a damp Scottish mountain where it performed well. Parking is straightforward - it is a big car but no issues in Morrisons car park between two other cars. Charging profile is very flat and rapid. For daily use there is no need to charge beyond 80% as that gives 280 miles on the GoM which is quite accurate. Charging overnight at home on low rate electricity is more than enough, so the energy cost is working out at around 2.5p/mile plus occasional en-route IONITY top-ups on longer trips which never need to be more than 15 minutes. The EV9 might be a big car but it makes sense if you need space. I’m 6’3” tall and I can easily sleep in it. It’s also the first of three EV’s that I have owned in which range anxiety isn’t a thing.
So, it is 40000 pounds less than the mercedes GLS you reviewed not long ago, but the panels are aligned properly doesn't have water inside the lights. Seems like a winner to me
Had a kia Sportage for 3 years, they are £20k cheaper than a premium brand, in fact I do think they ARE THE PREMIUM BRAND !! got all the gadgets, comfort and reliability you could ever ask for. Kia know what they’re doing 🤩
i just sold a 3 Series MSport and bought the Sportage AWD SX+ TD. The KIA beats the BMW in every department. So nice to drive. Looks amazing and tech is market leading.
We still have our sportage 2010 model..14 yrs!! Now my pops is a stiffler when it comes to maintenance...he checks everything and i swear the bloody thing feels like a brand new vehicle!!! When i tell my friends the yr model they're like "no wayyyyy man!!"🤭. To heck with all those "high end" vehicles
I drive those exact roads every day and it's a shockingly bad surface with some horrid potholes. If the car felt comfy and quiet there then it's got seriously good ride quality!
Great Video Matt .... I moved from my BMW iX to the EV9 GTS 6 seat 2 weeks ago and I have not been disappointed at all ..... its a great all round luxury SUV .... Despite the badge snobs out there this is a game changer for KIA at this end of the market ... I miss nothing about the BMW and the extra seat and boot space are perfect. One comment on the range ... Its looking like 230 miles in the cold, wet and windy conditions is about spot on right now .... I expect when the weather improves it will get us back up to closer to 300 miles .... But my iX 40 was only getting about 180 miles this time last year in similar conditions so I am still pretty happy .
@@Antiguan_Dart Well the iX40 doesnt come as standard with Air suspension either so the ride and handling are very similar .... I will say that the Kia feels a bit quicker that the iX but the driver aids are more intrusive. I also drove the iX50 with the air suspension and it was not a significantly better experience .... and the extra cost for the iX50 was not worth it at all
The UK must have a massively more optimistic standard for estimating range than the US. In the US the same spec GT-Line has an estimated range of of 270 miles. Which is far more realistic than 330 for the AWD with a 99kwh battery.
@@jasonstewart764 I think it will be lucky to ever see the other side of 300 in the Dual motor spec ... But having averaged around 220 in the BMW I will be pretty happy around the 270-290 range in the summer and 220 in the winter cold and rain
The "Leading vehicle is driving on" is also displayed on my MY2024 Kia Xceed as well with the forward collision avoidance, it steers and brakes by itself if the car detects an incoming collision. Love this EV9
It's also on my 2022 Sorento 😁, along with all the other safety features from EV9, and also, i can switch off that lane assist by a button on steering wheel 😁👍
@@NiagaraCanadaFilms I can't control surrounding vehicles but I can maintain my own concentration to make sure I don't hit them. Features such as this are completely unnecessary. Unless the car is capable of driving itself...
That lane assist feature resetting itself is something to do with the Euro Ncap safety rating. I had the same issue with my wife's Lexus NX. Extremely annoying!
Why make it so hard to turn off though. My civic has a button to the right of the steering wheel to switch that off. Cant be that hard to have a physical button in easy reach for that stuff!
@@X-boomer It's impossible for the US to "catch up" as every state has different taxes, including some with no taxes (DC, where I live, doesn't excise tax EVs). Then all sorts of individual municipalities, counties, and other government entities can (or cannot) toss in their own share of taxation.
@@SynchronousFailure it doesn't seem that complicated to me. Just require items to be labelled with the total price you will be charged at the checkout.
It's funnyhow body coloured mirrors denote base specification nowadays and black is higher specification. It was not that long ago it was the other way around.
Funny you mention that. Friend has a Porsche GT3. He thought my Evo 9 RS was the most expensive model cause it come from the factory strip down with no radio speakers or sound proofing. Black side mirrors also. My other friends’ 9 MR was fully loaded and almost twice the price😅
My family had a kia Sedona back in the day and so many of the features that care had has been repackaged and modernised by kia with this ev9 which make me so happy
FYI, you can turn LFA and LKA off or on with 2 buttons on the steering wheel; you don't need to use the touchscreen. The Kia EV6 does this and I use it regularly with the simple press of two buttons on the left side of the steering controls, depending on what I want to turn on or off.
@@MrTinkx the seat position can be saved in 2 ways: The basic setting is the seat memory buttons on the door. There are 2 buttons for 2 positions. You could use 1 for you and 1 for the other person. What I prefer to do is to use both buttons for my 2 preferred seating positions; I created a second user profile for my wife, via the touchscreen, and because the seat memory buttons are linked to the user profile, she has her 2 preferred seating positions saved in the buttons. The user profile saves everything from interface language, to radio stations and accent lighting colour. I hope this makes sense, I have not made a video about it yet.
Morons that have helped to destroy UK manufacturing, UK jobs, UK economy, less money in taxes to the Gov to pay for services (NHS etc). Everyone that buys a KIA instead of any other make is a total moron
It think it looks a bit too toy-ish and too blocky. But it does all fit together, style wise. But too big for European roads and parkings. And you know these will seat mostly one person 90% of the time. As a freelancer, I need some significant space for my gear, but I'd still prefer a car that is 10-15% smaller. Maybe the EV5, if the range - with smaller battery - doesn't suffer too much. Not sure if I could live with the alarms and notifications all the time, though. Disabling them every time I get in, would get very annoying fast.
@jcollishaw I mean the adult could sit km the middle row and swivel around to feed the toddler in the 3rd row as that row also has isofix, but yeah you can swivel the toddler that also works 😂
a LOT of practical things in fact, like those two seats in the back that can turn 180 degrees, this will be a very useful feature. Bcoz you can put your toddlers there along with their mom, and she can keep eye on them to 100%. Kia is destroying competition, literally.
@@Do_Not_Buy_Kia_Look_After_UK you mean bcoz your gov does everything possible to chase car companies out of your country? or bcoz despite sanctions on China, they become most powerful tech nation on the planet?
Ahaha. Since nobody in the UK cares enough to build a decently affordable and reliable brand/car, people look to the imports. And that's definitely not the foreign manufacturer's issue. It's the UK's for being wayyyyy behind. Nobody's taking your jobs...you're not offering any in this range.
Kia tech is pretty great to live with on a daily basis. Having driven a K5 GT Line (midsize sedan) for over a year now my only complaints are the lackluster standard brakes and the trim level differences (no Bose on GT Line?) The infotainment is great and absolutely luxury car competitive.
Matt is an amazing reviewer , funny , objective , professional informative and just fun to watch his reviews … I have the 2024 Telluride SX GT line and I love it , it has almost all the features this EV9 has … KIA has really almost become a premium brand
A real benefit of those captain chairs is to be able to have a regular ‘forward’ facing car seat be transformed into a much safer ‘rear’ facing seat, simply by swivelling the seat. Genius!
@@SynthFreaq you’re thinking of Tesla. No but seriously, design is very subjective, I like the details and thoughtful approach to function that Kia has got going here but it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
@7:17 - I could see that being very useful for a car seat for infants. You want them to be facing backwards and with this, you can put the car seat in facing forwards and just spin the seat. Makes getting the seat in easier and makes getting the infant into and out of the seat easier.
I hate SUVs (I like actual CARS, and with manual transmissions), but that thing looks fantastic - especially in that matte blue. KIA is going from strength-to-strengh in styling (and value?).
One day you might actually require some practicality, there's no way I'm ever buying a sedan again, wagons are so rare and it's basically wagon or SUV/CUV as the only choices. There's no point compromising on one car which doesn't do anything well (sedan), if I'm ever rich enough I'd have a practical vehicle and a two door fun one
I use that auto regen function on my 2020 Kia Soul EV First Edition. It's amazing the level of technology on these Kias and it all works so brilliantly.
7:32 that position is really for parents when you have younger toddlers and babies in car seats during long drives. So, for parents I can see that becoming very handy especially if you have a inter-generational household. Kia is a South Korean company(ish), Asians usually live in inter-generational households so grandpa and grandma can look after the little ones during long drives. So, yeah it is a very rare and useful feature imo. Also, in families where you have say 4 kids with two older siblings and two younger siblings, they can talk and play games with each other during long drives. So, once again pretty useful feature imo.
Just hold down the respective button on the steering wheel for a few seconds to turn off the respective safety function. No need to go into the options screens.
This has to be one of the most energy packed videos ever by Mat! Plus the whole production value, visibly so much effort went into this. Thank you for this level of content. And what a cracking car, seriously impressed!
It's because these lying car reviewers are compensated very well by Kia and Hyundai to market their garbage. They have so much bad publicity because of fires, thefts, unreliability, HIDEOUS resale value, and poorly aging designs that they have to suck these guys off and send them home with an endless buttplug supply in order to prompt positive but disingenuous social media content revolving around their horrible little crap boxes. Don't fall for it, mate.
The auto-braking for cars in front of you is also a feature on the ID cars... I have it on my ID3 2020 model. Never tried it to full stop, but the car will brake when the one in front does.
Matt just thought I'd let you know. If you press and hold the lane assist button on the steering wheel. You can switch it off without going through all the menu. That's how I do it on our Sportage. 👍
As working class peasantry here in England I’m not KIA’s target audience for this, but if I had £77k I’d go to Barbados with the fam, all inclusive every year, for the next 20 years! 😂
A kilowatt is 1000 watts (W). 1000 W = 1 kW. A kWh or kilowatt-hour measures the energy usage of an electrical device or load. The higher the rate of power (kW) of an electrical device and the longer it is used (hours), the more electricity it consumes (kWh).
I just got my new car, its the gt line sportage and is the best car I ever driven. I could have spent twice as much on various german and japanese models but I got more on this one
The brake sound when creeping forward is the parking brake disengaging with an electric motor. It has an “auto hold” function where you can take your foot off the brake while stopping in traffic. It holds the car with the parking brake.
Hey. Its actually to warn people around that the car is moving. I work for Kia. Its not coming from the brakes, there are external speakers around that area
4:43 this is true. It is expensive, but if you buy a Kia ev9 in Korea, you can buy it for 45000 pounds. And the price of bmw ix is around 90000 pounds in korea. So it makes sense not to buy Kia ev9 in a country that is not actually Korea.😂😂 + And Range Rover is close to 120000 pounds in korea.
@@koenbraggaar4380in Germany you can get a new iX with better performance for the same price as the sport line (80k€) 🥵 no seven seats though but it’s a bmw vs a Kia… it’s too expensive
You can turn lane assist off by holding the button the steering wheel, the rear view mirror is also a screen which if you flip it down you can view a camera that shows behind the car.
You can turn the speed limiter off for good in the settings and u can turn lane control and the others by holding the buttons on the steering wheel for 3secs.
Remember that with an electric car you pay a premium for a battery so you think you get cheap fuel, but actually you’ve paid a small fortune for a battery to store it in. Tax breaks are the only thing that makes electric worth looking at. Talking to a car dealer the other day they’re struggling to shift as many as they were since manufacturers hiked prices. They’re finding it even harder to sell 2nd hand evs as there arent the same tax breaks, so they were expecting values to plummet. Whether they’re right or not I don’t know
I work at a kia dealer and seen these for a while now. They do look much better in real life. Camera does not do them justice. And this blue looks amazing too, but it's a good looking car in gray and white as well
Lane-keeping assist, as on all (most?) Kias can be turned off by holding down the auto-steer button on the steering wheel. Although it's still immensely annoying to have to do this every single time. Also, my dog was extremely freaked out by the audio when you were beckoning the car. 😉
But it's a range rover and this is a Kia. People with range rovers want the badge and brand heritage. Kias heritage consists of N series hot hatches. In the end why spend more for an EV when there will inevitably be a Chinese equivalent available soon
@@Matriarchy_Feminismlithium based EVs are an evolutionary dead end. In whole life terms they are more damaging to the environment than the vehicles they are intended to replace and so expensive they will end the freedom of personal transportation for the masses.
I'd buy an iX M50 over the EV9, just because it drives extremely comfortable. And I like the looks - with the right color combination choices. I find this EV9 looking a bit too toy like. A RR looks & drives better too, obviously. Aren't EV's higher insurance? Because they are total loss much easier, when the battery or camera / sensor system is damaged.
Nice work whoever is doing your graphics. Nice motion tracking on the hubcaps, and then motion tracking & moving mask on the back hatch reveal of the trunk space. Kudos!
I just saw this one on the dealership, it looks pretty amazing inside and out ( I have never liked KIA until the last gen of vehicles, ALL of them look fantastic)
I earn close to 90K euros and I think that is a pretty reasonable salary, I believe in top 10% at least - I don't mean this as a boast, I know people earn a lot more and also a lot less. However, I drive a BMW that I paid 32K for around 6 years ago and still run it. I am not sure what sort of income people are on in order to afford a car that is worth 65 to 77K. Even on credit it would mean spending up to a thousand a month and still not own the car after 3 years. Can someone please explain? Or am I actually poorer than I thought?
Spot on, I pay £750/month on a mortgage, why would I pay £1000/month on a car? It’s bonkers and for me, not affordable. It’s becoming very obvious that the motor industry is pricing out most people from buying (or paying for) a new car. As most batteries will only last 7 years before needing to replaced as a cost of £20-£30K, even new cars are going to be out of reach of most people in a few years time.
Same issue in the States. The people who can choose to retire early will be those who $pend on *appreciating* assets like houses & shares, not new, expensive cars that depreciate.
Same. I work a commercial job for a chemicals company though, and I know there are a fair amount of blue collar workers at the manufacturing site I'm at who pay off close to 1K/month on their car. All spec'ed out Audi's, Merc's and BMW's. They make decent pay, but not 90K, I can tell you that much. It's worth mentioning there are a significant percentage of these people on debt mediation. Some people are not very smart with money, and some creditors don't really care (or even cheer it on) when issuing credit.
God I remember my first car in 2004 being a 1995 Kia…something or other and it was basically a tuna can on wheels. I remember my brother nearly falling out of it on a roundabout as the doors never shut properly. Credit to them for basically working their way up to luxury car brand. Just a shame they’re out of my price range now
Just got my EV6 with a really good deal! Really impressed, coming from an Audi high-spec model. Definitely going to buy Korean electric cars again. Wishing EV9 second generation to have adaptive suspension, since when I test drove the car, it did not do well with the bumps
I hate to say this because I love Mat and watch every single video on carwow (drag race or not) : those glasses make him look like a serial killer from an American bad movie 😅
When I was living in Bali last year I had a KIA Carens as company car. Not the MPV that was sold in Europe, but the current version which somehow while seeing this video feels like a smaller brother in many aspects of the interior.
Sorry, I just realised the comment went online without completing. I was meaning the interior was similar, for a large fraction of the price. I do like the EV9, however the price seems way too high and it cannot match interior "presence" of luxury brands. As for Bali itself, there are more than 4 million people living there, making it nothing so extraordinary when you are from this part of the world. You too can move there, providing your qualifications to obtain a visa, it's not that difficult. @@julianmcwey866
Korean automaker became on the top in all ways I bought a Genesis gv60 2023 performance version, and it's super nice and super comfy even if it's drive 21" wheels I really love more than all of my all old daily
My 2024 KIA Seltos SX Turbo saves all of your safety preferences with a KIA connect profile including things like tailgate auto lift and HUD settings. Can/do you have this EV9 linked to KIA connect account?
Some of the safety systems on the EV9 are present on my 2021 Ioniq 38kW. Even the collision warning chime is the same, although the Ioniq doesn't have the auto steering, just the braking. I leave our regen setting in Auto as it works so well. The auto-opening of the bottled was the same on our 2015 Santa-Fe, it always worked. "Good cars them Hyundais and Kias" If we still needed a car of this sort (and I had the funds), I'd go right ahead and buy it. I've missed your detailed reviews like these Matt. Love the drag races, but still like a full, balanced review of the more practical stuff too.
@@marvinsamuels1237 Yes, I have made a comment but I see the brake break confusion so often I got ‘triggered’ which is apparently fashionable these days. You may be a victim of autocorrect in which case I humbly and sincerely apologise for any distress caused to you and hope this experience does not impact negatively on your enjoyment of UA-cam or you willingness to contribute comments in the future.
@@bobroberts6155 no worries. I try not to get triggered by things these days. It’s all too easy on the various social networks. Plus autocorrect can be an absolute pain in the derrière.
It doesn't...at least not in America. This completely top of the line EV9 is about $75k (starts at $55k) whereas a similarly equipped iX is about $105k (and that's not even the M60 version which can get bonkers in price).
7:16 Perhaps the two 'captain' seats aren't meant to really swivel 180 degrees but 90 degrees so facing each other. That way more room for people in back and the swivel seat people can talk to each other.
The rotating seats are designed to he used when the far is static and you move tge front seats in to create a little face to face meeting space in the car
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EV9 for me is 8.13/10.
So British yet not a smidge posh...absolute joy to watch and listen this channel!
I have the new Tesla Model 3 and I have to turn off my lane keeping assistant & speed limit warnings every time I get into the car. Since a lot of cars are like this I believe it must be some stupid EU regulation. I end up having to turn things off while I'm driving sometimes, which is dangerous as Matt pointed out. It completely ignores my driver profile...
MATT - the kia EV9 is Bloatware on 4 wheels , its a very CRAPPY vehicle.
MATT - High Tech SMART car is the ULTIMATE Luxury (TESLA).
Kia have a 7yr warranty…Range Rover have a seven minute one 😂
LMAO
Range rover be stolen in 5 minutes so it's well thought through 😂
An exaggeration of course. But what is fact, is that anything made by Land Rover seems to suddenly become an unreliable PIA after 3 years or so.. They're (in)famous for it....
😂 💯
@@stephen10. point is, rover is worse in every possible way lol
Thank you, Matt and CarWow! Never been a KIA fan. However, from 02.01.2024, I've been a happy owner of precisely the same (as per the video) EV9 GT-Line in Matt Blue colour (except my second-row captain chairs are in relaxation mode, fully electric). I did 2000 km in one month, and every single one was packed with joy and excitement. It is just a pleasure to be in EV9. I'm from Finland, and January was the coldest in the past 8 years. Still, my average consumption is 28 kWh/100 km (that is 2.2 miles per kWh). And when it is at least +3, I'm getting 23 kW/100 km (2.7 miles per kWh). Would I recommend KIA? Definitely so!
Edit: Some comments were saying that there were better choices for money. Cars are very differently priced in different markets. As I said, I'm from Finland. I was looking for a big SUV EV. What Finnish market can (or just about to) offer?:
- Volvo EX90 - 119.000 EUR (110.000 EUR after all discounts) - 3 years or 100.000 km warranty (image Pixel LED or Air Suspension fix after warranty)
- Mercedes EQS 4MATIC (base price) - 132.000 EUR - 2 years or 100.00 km warranty
- Tesla Model X (non-Plaid), 6 seater, standard colours - 120.000 EUR (112.000 EUR after all discounts) - 4 years or 80.000 km warranty
I paid 89.000 EUR for KIA (Including winter 21" tyres with rims, towing hook, and all possible features). We are not getting the following features in Finland at all: 2nd-row massage, front grill lightning patterns, LiDAR, and digital side mirrors).
KIA has 7 years or 150.000 km warranty. The Navigation System and Audio Equipment have 3 year or 100.000 km warranty. The battery has a 7-year or 150.000 km warranty. Low-voltage battery (12V) is 2 years without a mileage limit.
Finland's average public charging (DC) price is 0.25 euros per kWh (based on KIA's charging curve, which is very stable for a long time). That is 6.25 EUR per 100 km (60 miles) based on 25 kWh consumption.
Home price (with all taxes and delivery) is 0.10 euros per kWh (in my case). That is 2.5 EUR per 100 km (60 miles) based on 25 kWh consumption.
The current fuel price is ~1.70 EUR per litre (E95).
So, in Finland - KIA EV9 is one of the best choices for money.
There was a lot better choices for the money, bro it’s a good car don’t get me wrong but for 70 there are much better options
@sam-zf7xd not in Finland. Here EV9 is a very financially wise choice
@@sam-zf7xd Nah.
It's kWh, not kW. Kinda an important distinction.
@@bond_andrew you could’ve got a top line suburban, GLE, q8, x6, TX 350
When Mat put his boots on the seats I died a little
Probably why they have scratchy bits lower down
He doesn't clean them, so he doesn't give a shit i guess.
Get a grip... Why does it matter to you?
for a baby seat?
It's just a KIA, nothing of value was lost
I drove one for 2 weeks on a press loan. Was blown away by the quality & real life range / speed. Not to mention the potential for being an on the go car tracking / video editing station.
Loved:
1) six seat configuration is fantastic
2) load area huge with seats down
3) super comfortable on long trips
4) looks beautiful on road
Annoyances:
1) the door handles were never extended when we wanted them, needed to keep unlocking to get to them
2) there’s SO many noises; beeps on road for safety systems, arrival music, vibrations on steering wheel. If you are easily over stimulated this car will enrage you.
3) I can’t afford it.
단점 대부분이 세팅변경 가능함 on/off
That last point is the key one like me you cant afford it!
For me it has way too much useless features that really don't solve anything we'd ever find an issue...like dropping the 3rd row seat from the front. When was there ever handy / a concern
£65k+ though, its not realistic for the majority of vehicle drivers and you know it. EV's are an expensive and resource draining fad, that are going to end up a massive white elephant soon.
And is shoe ugky as hell..😮
Boiling a kettle in the back of the car is the most British thing I've seen for a while... A missed opportunity for tea though
Saves you a fortune in costa and starbucks though. Id rather stop and make my own brew and save £3.50 each time.
Saves you a fortune though
@@EmuGamesMasterThat's thoughtful
After all it’s Korean , they like ramen noodles 🍜. Camping is a big thing in Korea
They have a kettle in the crew compartment of their Challenger 2 tanks too - wonder if that ability has been carried over to the 3
I love the rotating seats. It’s got that minivan level of practicality we lost when minivans became uncool.
There are videos online of the Kia carnival and people get confused and think it's an ultra luxury car because of the looks of the interior
The rotating seat in EV9 is also a neat touch. Wish the FIAT 600 Seicento also has rotating seat.
I used to love the rotating seats in my old Renault Espace
Minivans were cool🤔
Very stylish? You sure. Fugly you meant.
I’ve been on to Kia for a long time now, since 2008, when I bought a top of the line Sorento v6 4wd. I traded that in for a 2019 top of the line Sorento. Nothing has ever gone wrong or broke on either one. The cost of running them has been superb. No wasting my time waiting to get things fixed and zero expenses for anything but consumables such as battery, tires, wiper blades, fluids, etc. Neither of mine have had any squeaks, buzzes or rattles at all. Just smooth and quiet rides. It took a long time for people to realize how good the Korean vehicles had become.
That is why I bought a GT Sorento Diesel 2024. Paid AUD75K. EV9 GT is AUD140K, or two Sorento's. No value for money here.
just like everything else in life, nothing remains stationery. That includes car manufacturers. Lessons learnt, R&D, investment, growing expertise, etc. etc.
I like how you had to put in “top of the line” because you’re still a bit ashamed of owning a Kia
@@Crashawsome but not as much as ya mom
If the rear, rear seets fold down, the rear seats facing backwards can probably be used as extra cargo and or a bed.
Well the EV9 kinda reminded me a lot to Jaguar XJR Sedan.
America don’t get this feature!
Or you turn the seat around to put a child into a child seat more easily
Yeah, but why not the fold them down like mat did?
@@LEDtherebelight the rear rear seats fold down, but it didn't show the rear seats folding down at all, so it might not be a feature.
always 10/10 reviews !
Hey youtube, can you delete annoying comment bots?
YO UA-cam!
Bring back the dislike
Bring back the channels option in the home page of a youtube channel
UA-cam itself comments on carwow video?!! Matt sold his soul💔🕊️
I really prefer normal car reviews instead of drag races and expensive cars reviews
Drag races for me champ!
😁👈🏽
@@eduardoduarte1598 When did he say EVERYONE prefers them? The guy is allowed to give an opinion 😂
maybe he can review your purse next 👛
@@eduardoduarte1598Kazuto Kirigaya preferred Carwow Drag races a lot more than car reviews.
@@Persephone_the EV9 for me is like: Daihatsu Midget 1998 + Subaru Impreza + Nissan Leaf.
I have a few observations after 1000 miles in my EV9 GTS. Day to day consumption for me is around 3.2 m/kWh. I managed a 320 mile trip without en route charging and ended up with 3.3m/kWh. That trip did not include motorways but it was mostly on 60mph A roads and I wasn’t dawdling. Winter range will be lower of course, but the real numbers are far from poor. The car is very comfortable, quiet and I did need to drive off road on a damp Scottish mountain where it performed well. Parking is straightforward - it is a big car but no issues in Morrisons car park between two other cars. Charging profile is very flat and rapid. For daily use there is no need to charge beyond 80% as that gives 280 miles on the GoM which is quite accurate. Charging overnight at home on low rate electricity is more than enough, so the energy cost is working out at around 2.5p/mile plus occasional en-route IONITY top-ups on longer trips which never need to be more than 15 minutes. The EV9 might be a big car but it makes sense if you need space. I’m 6’3” tall and I can easily sleep in it. It’s also the first of three EV’s that I have owned in which range anxiety isn’t a thing.
So, it is 40000 pounds less than the mercedes GLS you reviewed not long ago, but the panels are aligned properly doesn't have water inside the lights. Seems like a winner to me
Seems like a winner to me as well. Are you a shareholder?
yeah but that Mercedes is crap. I wonder how it compares vs the BMW iX, which is roughly the same price?
This car was sold 30% off in Korea due to inventory piled up due to the cheap plastic interior and high price
@@1호-o6j Would be fantastic if they made the same price cut in Europe. That would make in an instant winner for my needs.
That is utter bullshit@@1호-o6j
Had a kia Sportage for 3 years, they are £20k cheaper than a premium brand, in fact I do think they ARE THE PREMIUM BRAND !! got all the gadgets, comfort and reliability you could ever ask for. Kia know what they’re doing 🤩
i just sold a 3 Series MSport and bought the Sportage AWD SX+ TD. The KIA beats the BMW in every department. So nice to drive. Looks amazing and tech is market leading.
We still have our sportage 2010 model..14 yrs!! Now my pops is a stiffler when it comes to maintenance...he checks everything and i swear the bloody thing feels like a brand new vehicle!!! When i tell my friends the yr model they're like "no wayyyyy man!!"🤭. To heck with all those "high end" vehicles
4.9 seconds to 60mph on a rainy day is mental...such an impressive vehicle. Love everything about this. Excellent review as usual
my TT is faster than that so
@@EazyDuz18 Dumbest comment I've seen today...congrats!
So your sports coupes performance version is quicker than a 7 seater 2.6 tonne 5 meter long family SUV. Congrats.@@EazyDuz18
@@EazyDuz18we are talking about a 2.6 ton suv here sir
@@chainsaw_dogEV so it doesn't count. You can glue batteries and motors on a 5 ton block of solid steel and it would still go 0-60 in 5 seconds
I drive those exact roads every day and it's a shockingly bad surface with some horrid potholes. If the car felt comfy and quiet there then it's got seriously good ride quality!
Great Video Matt .... I moved from my BMW iX to the EV9 GTS 6 seat 2 weeks ago and I have not been disappointed at all ..... its a great all round luxury SUV .... Despite the badge snobs out there this is a game changer for KIA at this end of the market ... I miss nothing about the BMW and the extra seat and boot space are perfect. One comment on the range ... Its looking like 230 miles in the cold, wet and windy conditions is about spot on right now .... I expect when the weather improves it will get us back up to closer to 300 miles .... But my iX 40 was only getting about 180 miles this time last year in similar conditions so I am still pretty happy .
Wow! iX and EV9 in the same sentence from an owner of both - an accolade in deed!
If you had to comment on the difference in ride comfort?
Very curious about the ride comfort. Especially with the air suspension having ix xdrive50 version..
@@Antiguan_Dart Well the iX40 doesnt come as standard with Air suspension either so the ride and handling are very similar .... I will say that the Kia feels a bit quicker that the iX but the driver aids are more intrusive.
I also drove the iX50 with the air suspension and it was not a significantly better experience .... and the extra cost for the iX50 was not worth it at all
The UK must have a massively more optimistic standard for estimating range than the US. In the US the same spec GT-Line has an estimated range of of 270 miles. Which is far more realistic than 330 for the AWD with a 99kwh battery.
@@jasonstewart764 I think it will be lucky to ever see the other side of 300 in the Dual motor spec ... But having averaged around 220 in the BMW I will be pretty happy around the 270-290 range in the summer and 220 in the winter cold and rain
The "Leading vehicle is driving on" is also displayed on my MY2024 Kia Xceed as well with the forward collision avoidance, it steers and brakes by itself if the car detects an incoming collision.
Love this EV9
Just features that anyone who can drive doesn't need
It's also on my 2022 Sorento 😁, along with all the other safety features from EV9, and also, i can switch off that lane assist by a button on steering wheel 😁👍
@@lukemclellan2141everyone thinks they can drive until they can’t. You can’t control surrounding vehicles too and anything can happen.
@@NiagaraCanadaFilms I can't control surrounding vehicles but I can maintain my own concentration to make sure I don't hit them. Features such as this are completely unnecessary.
Unless the car is capable of driving itself...
On my Subaru xv 2022 also
That lane assist feature resetting itself is something to do with the Euro Ncap safety rating. I had the same issue with my wife's Lexus NX. Extremely annoying!
That’s a deal breaker for me.
Yep looks like all new cars have this feature :/
The EU made it mandatory. You Brits were so stupid to take it over.
Why make it so hard to turn off though. My civic has a button to the right of the steering wheel to switch that off. Cant be that hard to have a physical button in easy reach for that stuff!
Yes it does help with NCAP credits. Is it not a legal requirement now [in Europe] from 2024? I believe so.
It’s “only” $75,000 (fully loaded) in the US. UK buyers are being ripped off.
It'll be less than that when no one buys it.
There's tax on top of that depending where you are though right?
@@geolykos in the UK, for all consumer goods the price advertised must be the price you pay, taxes included. It’s about time the US caught up.
@@X-boomer It's impossible for the US to "catch up" as every state has different taxes, including some with no taxes (DC, where I live, doesn't excise tax EVs). Then all sorts of individual municipalities, counties, and other government entities can (or cannot) toss in their own share of taxation.
@@SynchronousFailure it doesn't seem that complicated to me. Just require items to be labelled with the total price you will be charged at the checkout.
It's funnyhow body coloured mirrors denote base specification nowadays and black is higher specification. It was not that long ago it was the other way around.
Funny you mention that. Friend has a Porsche GT3. He thought my Evo 9 RS was the most expensive model cause it come from the factory strip down with no radio speakers or sound proofing. Black side mirrors also. My other friends’ 9 MR was fully loaded and almost twice the price😅
STUPID Black is the Stupid Fashion !
That’s marketing for ya. Let’s make the least expensive option for us, the most desirable 😅
That’s great that you picked that up…nice one!
I think a difference being, in the olden days, 'black' mirrors were simply unpainted... whereas now, they're actually painted black.
My family had a kia Sedona back in the day and so many of the features that care had has been repackaged and modernised by kia with this ev9 which make me so happy
FYI, you can turn LFA and LKA off or on with 2 buttons on the steering wheel; you don't need to use the touchscreen. The Kia EV6 does this and I use it regularly with the simple press of two buttons on the left side of the steering controls, depending on what I want to turn on or off.
Same on my Sportage
I have an EV6. Can you link seat placement to the key. When I use the car after my wife (even with my key) have to change profile manually.
@@MrTinkx the seat position can be saved in 2 ways: The basic setting is the seat memory buttons on the door. There are 2 buttons for 2 positions. You could use 1 for you and 1 for the other person. What I prefer to do is to use both buttons for my 2 preferred seating positions; I created a second user profile for my wife, via the touchscreen, and because the seat memory buttons are linked to the user profile, she has her 2 preferred seating positions saved in the buttons. The user profile saves everything from interface language, to radio stations and accent lighting colour. I hope this makes sense, I have not made a video about it yet.
Morons that have helped to destroy UK manufacturing, UK jobs, UK economy, less money in taxes to the Gov to pay for services (NHS etc). Everyone that buys a KIA instead of any other make is a total moron
That is one ugly MF of a car.
I enjoyed watching your review and thanks 👍🏽
Saw it live at Brussels airport yesterday and have to say that this looks really good in person
It think it looks a bit too toy-ish and too blocky. But it does all fit together, style wise. But too big for European roads and parkings. And you know these will seat mostly one person 90% of the time. As a freelancer, I need some significant space for my gear, but I'd still prefer a car that is 10-15% smaller. Maybe the EV5, if the range - with smaller battery - doesn't suffer too much. Not sure if I could live with the alarms and notifications all the time, though. Disabling them every time I get in, would get very annoying fast.
It also has decent acceleration rate. On par with even the R35GTR. 0 to 60 in only 4.91 seconds.
I saw it in Athens, it's impressive!!!
Better than U8?
@@purwantiallan5089wow. A heavy brick EV going fast in a straight line.. Who would of guessed.
7:48 that swivel is good if you have a toddler in the rear isofix, can feed them while on the move a lot easier than reaching over.
Rear facing is also safer for younger children in general. An upright seat rear facing maybe safer than forward facing, though don't quote me on that
@jcollishaw for babies your correct, but toddlers can't rear face buddy so that's what I was referring to
@@Slowjo369 yeah exactly! You can't normally rear face a toddler and this would allow for it all the time, not just whilst feeding.
@jcollishaw I mean the adult could sit km the middle row and swivel around to feed the toddler in the 3rd row as that row also has isofix, but yeah you can swivel the toddler that also works 😂
Wow. the rare BUY rec from Matt. Actually not surprised given the long list of things this SUV gets right.
yeah, how good does a car need to be to get the buy thing, this car is over the top
a LOT of practical things in fact, like those two seats in the back that can turn 180 degrees, this will be a very useful feature. Bcoz you can put your toddlers there along with their mom, and she can keep eye on them to 100%.
Kia is destroying competition, literally.
Buy this and watch your childrens jobs go down the drain in years to come. It's already started to happen.....
@@Do_Not_Buy_Kia_Look_After_UK you mean bcoz your gov does everything possible to chase car companies out of your country? or bcoz despite sanctions on China, they become most powerful tech nation on the planet?
Ahaha. Since nobody in the UK cares enough to build a decently affordable and reliable brand/car, people look to the imports. And that's definitely not the foreign manufacturer's issue. It's the UK's for being wayyyyy behind. Nobody's taking your jobs...you're not offering any in this range.
6:46 Matt's makes this face in the clubs when he hears those tunes.
Got mines a couple of weeks ago! I l love it. (Swapped a Merc GLE-400 for it... and no looking back!)
Why? Does the Kia not have a rear view mirror?
@@wavavoomgood one😂
Why would you swap a petrol/diesel car for crappy range electric
GLE 400 has functional rear view mirrors like the Range Rover.
good move german ones suck
I promise you he did not have to stand that close to the trunk for it to open like that 😂
Kia tech is pretty great to live with on a daily basis. Having driven a K5 GT Line (midsize sedan) for over a year now my only complaints are the lackluster standard brakes and the trim level differences (no Bose on GT Line?) The infotainment is great and absolutely luxury car competitive.
Matt is an amazing reviewer , funny , objective , professional informative and just fun to watch his reviews … I have the 2024 Telluride SX GT line and I love it , it has almost all the features this EV9 has … KIA has really almost become a premium brand
A real benefit of those captain chairs is to be able to have a regular ‘forward’ facing car seat be transformed into a much safer ‘rear’ facing seat, simply by swivelling the seat. Genius!
Great way to transport the younger children who are too big for a rear facing car seat!
Great way to make it not function as designed in a crash!
That's all I could think. Safe car riding for longer! Love this feature.
@@TheAbcdhjklnot really but sure mate 😅
@@TheAbcdhjkl so swivelling the swivel seats, which were designed to swivel is using them in a way which they were not designed?
Not a fan of EV6 design, but this EV9 looks reaaaaally good - excellent job, KIA.
i think completely the opposite lol
Looks like cancer
Nope... Looks like a 5 year-old with a crayon had a hand in the design...
@@SynthFreaq you’re thinking of Tesla. No but seriously, design is very subjective, I like the details and thoughtful approach to function that Kia has got going here but it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
Its revolting 🤮
@7:17 - I could see that being very useful for a car seat for infants. You want them to be facing backwards and with this, you can put the car seat in facing forwards and just spin the seat. Makes getting the seat in easier and makes getting the infant into and out of the seat easier.
It is a pretty good car 👍
The backseat drawer probably extends further for when you have the chair spun around you can still use it as a side table.
Yes and maybe, it would be good for playing a game with a little kid in the 2rd row.
@@kensmith5694 Clever observation. I would've thought it was there to put a laptop while charging.
I hate SUVs (I like actual CARS, and with manual transmissions), but that thing looks fantastic - especially in that matte blue. KIA is going from strength-to-strengh in styling (and value?).
One day you might actually require some practicality, there's no way I'm ever buying a sedan again, wagons are so rare and it's basically wagon or SUV/CUV as the only choices. There's no point compromising on one car which doesn't do anything well (sedan), if I'm ever rich enough I'd have a practical vehicle and a two door fun one
@@cenciende9401 Minivans are far more practical and efficient than SUVs. And I LIKE minivans.
I use that auto regen function on my 2020 Kia Soul EV First Edition.
It's amazing the level of technology on these Kias and it all works so brilliantly.
EXCEPT FOR THE EXPLODING ENGINES ,YOU MEAN ?
No engine = no explosion. @@davidkettell1073
@@davidkettell1073 Change the3 bloody oil !
@@davidkettell1073 Do know EV means?
7:32 that position is really for parents when you have younger toddlers and babies in car seats during long drives. So, for parents I can see that becoming very handy especially if you have a inter-generational household. Kia is a South Korean company(ish), Asians usually live in inter-generational households so grandpa and grandma can look after the little ones during long drives. So, yeah it is a very rare and useful feature imo. Also, in families where you have say 4 kids with two older siblings and two younger siblings, they can talk and play games with each other during long drives. So, once again pretty useful feature imo.
Just hold down the respective button on the steering wheel for a few seconds to turn off the respective safety function. No need to go into the options screens.
Untrue. At least on my EV9.
Certainly works on sister brand Hyundai, holding the steering button for 5 seconds turns the two straight lines off in the HUD
@@ChristopherBennett81 Yes, my Kona EV did that, not the EV9.
@@IXXIBoss My EV9 does 😱
@@3231313fulBet you aren’t in England or Australia?
This has to be one of the most energy packed videos ever by Mat! Plus the whole production value, visibly so much effort went into this. Thank you for this level of content. And what a cracking car, seriously impressed!
It's because these lying car reviewers are compensated very well by Kia and Hyundai to market their garbage. They have so much bad publicity because of fires, thefts, unreliability, HIDEOUS resale value, and poorly aging designs that they have to suck these guys off and send them home with an endless buttplug supply in order to prompt positive but disingenuous social media content revolving around their horrible little crap boxes. Don't fall for it, mate.
Never seen Matt praised a car like that. Well done Kia.
H did ! MG 4 EV.
The auto-braking for cars in front of you is also a feature on the ID cars... I have it on my ID3 2020 model. Never tried it to full stop, but the car will brake when the one in front does.
Matt just thought I'd let you know. If you press and hold the lane assist button on the steering wheel. You can switch it off without going through all the menu. That's how I do it on our Sportage. 👍
Is the EV3 has Lane Assist button?
Same for the EV6. But who knows it may have been turned off for the EV9.
As working class peasantry here in England I’m not KIA’s target audience for this, but if I had £77k I’d go to Barbados with the fam, all inclusive every year, for the next 20 years! 😂
Barbados, badly over rated imho. Car is better value. 😀
I'd buy a fiat 500 and spend £60 000 on motorbikes 🤣🤣
You could get a flat for 77k and use the rental income to go on holiday every year for life
@@truth.speaker Where would you buy a flat for 77k?
@@mobsiesixsixsix9785he missed pack off his comment
20:17 kW is power, not kWh
A kilowatt is 1000 watts (W). 1000 W = 1 kW. A kWh or kilowatt-hour measures the energy usage of an electrical device or load. The higher the rate of power (kW) of an electrical device and the longer it is used (hours), the more electricity it consumes (kWh).
@@JoriDiculousBut what’s electricity? Wikipedia copy and paste, go!
I just got my new car, its the gt line sportage and is the best car I ever driven. I could have spent twice as much on various german and japanese models but I got more on this one
Not that there is a Japanese equivalent.
24:03 If there was someone in that Mini they probably had a heart attack
The brake sound when creeping forward is the parking brake disengaging with an electric motor. It has an “auto hold” function where you can take your foot off the brake while stopping in traffic. It holds the car with the parking brake.
Love that feature on my 2024 Seltos SX. It’s a safety feature and also makes driving easier in the feet
Hey. Its actually to warn people around that the car is moving. I work for Kia. Its not coming from the brakes, there are external speakers around that area
4:43 this is true. It is expensive, but if you buy a Kia ev9 in Korea, you can buy it for 45000 pounds. And the price of bmw ix is around 90000 pounds in korea. So it makes sense not to buy Kia ev9 in a country that is not actually Korea.😂😂
+ And Range Rover is close to 120000 pounds in korea.
same here in the Netherlands, fully spec ev9 is 80k while’s a similar IX or model X is wel in de 120k range
@@koenbraggaar4380in Germany you can get a new iX with better performance for the same price as the sport line (80k€) 🥵 no seven seats though but it’s a bmw vs a Kia… it’s too expensive
Here in the US, the iX starts from just over $87K (about £69K), but gets a lot more expensive with options.
Just built pretty much this exact car, as far as I can tell, top of the line. $78,390 US. Not bad at all for what it is.
Actually, every Korean cars are much cheaper in Korea. So cannot be compared to Korean prices of Hyundais and Kias
You can turn lane assist off by holding the button the steering wheel, the rear view mirror is also a screen which if you flip it down you can view a camera that shows behind the car.
The integrated load cover storage is brilliant. Hopefully more companies adopt this feature.
You can turn the speed limiter off for good in the settings and u can turn lane control and the others by holding the buttons on the steering wheel for 3secs.
Prices of the new cars is from another world....
Everything is expensive in the world these days, and it seems impossible to make it cheap without colonizing other countries and exploiting them.
Remember that with an electric car you pay a premium for a battery so you think you get cheap fuel, but actually you’ve paid a small fortune for a battery to store it in. Tax breaks are the only thing that makes electric worth looking at. Talking to a car dealer the other day they’re struggling to shift as many as they were since manufacturers hiked prices. They’re finding it even harder to sell 2nd hand evs as there arent the same tax breaks, so they were expecting values to plummet. Whether they’re right or not I don’t know
This sounds like a all rounder practical electric suv. Rare to see something like this nowdays
I've never seen mat this impressed before,good job kia 😁👍
I work at a kia dealer and seen these for a while now. They do look much better in real life. Camera does not do them justice. And this blue looks amazing too, but it's a good looking car in gray and white as well
Hey! I work for Kia UK and totally agree with you.
Lane-keeping assist, as on all (most?) Kias can be turned off by holding down the auto-steer button on the steering wheel. Although it's still immensely annoying to have to do this every single time. Also, my dog was extremely freaked out by the audio when you were beckoning the car. 😉
Just saw one of these, what a cool car. especially if you have a family. looks incredible.
£77K!!! Is it April 1st already
Welcome to the new world where inflation has eliminated the word "affordable".
yet youd pay that for a RR no problem
But it's a range rover and this is a Kia. People with range rovers want the badge and brand heritage. Kias heritage consists of N series hot hatches. In the end why spend more for an EV when there will inevitably be a Chinese equivalent available soon
dont compare RR interior quality to this@@Luckyjo21
77k for a 5 second Kia nice joke
Gotta be brave to stand in front of that giant refrigerator moving by itself
While it lets your ice car look like a Bobby Car.
Engines = 💩💩
With ultra-sonic sensor emergency braking more confident than Tesla’s camera only implementation🤭
American style fridge... 😂 I can't unsee that now...
@@Matriarchy_Feminismlithium based EVs are an evolutionary dead end. In whole life terms they are more damaging to the environment than the vehicles they are intended to replace and so expensive they will end the freedom of personal transportation for the masses.
I'm not cancelling my Range Rover, the insurance cost is!
Range Rover in terms of looks, still a bit better overall than the KIA.
@@purwantiallan5089bit? 😂😂😂 bro range rover is faaaar better looking than this
i cancelled my x5 order
I'd buy an iX M50 over the EV9, just because it drives extremely comfortable. And I like the looks - with the right color combination choices. I find this EV9 looking a bit too toy like. A RR looks & drives better too, obviously. Aren't EV's higher insurance? Because they are total loss much easier, when the battery or camera / sensor system is damaged.
@@caleidoo Germans make piss poor EV
Spend the last weekend in the snow in one of these and I’m very impressed with it. Good job Kia!
Nice work whoever is doing your graphics. Nice motion tracking on the hubcaps, and then motion tracking & moving mask on the back hatch reveal of the trunk space. Kudos!
Our 2020 Kia Niro PHEV has the "car infront is driving away" alert/warning.
Yeah, that feature has been around for a while.
13:51 🫠: "So you can actually see what's behind you" 😂
Genuine compliment, you're sounding more like Alan Partridge with each video and it is great.
Thanks Carwow!! Great review !
Honestly when I first saw it I was like oh its probably a much more reliable Range Rover alternative and then boom, your video pops up
The Kia EV9 is beautiful and bold with great specs and more standard features than on cars like Rivian and Mercedes.
What happens in the winter when the handles are frozen and won’t pop out?
자동으로 열리는 트렁크 문을 이용해라 Use the trunk door that opens automatically.
I just saw this one on the dealership, it looks pretty amazing inside and out ( I have never liked KIA until the last gen of vehicles, ALL of them look fantastic)
I earn close to 90K euros and I think that is a pretty reasonable salary, I believe in top 10% at least - I don't mean this as a boast, I know people earn a lot more and also a lot less. However, I drive a BMW that I paid 32K for around 6 years ago and still run it. I am not sure what sort of income people are on in order to afford a car that is worth 65 to 77K. Even on credit it would mean spending up to a thousand a month and still not own the car after 3 years. Can someone please explain? Or am I actually poorer than I thought?
Spot on, I pay £750/month on a mortgage, why would I pay £1000/month on a car? It’s bonkers and for me, not affordable. It’s becoming very obvious that the motor industry is pricing out most people from buying (or paying for) a new car. As most batteries will only last 7 years before needing to replaced as a cost of £20-£30K, even new cars are going to be out of reach of most people in a few years time.
I pay £800 a month for a BMX iX and only earn a little more than you.
Same issue in the States.
The people who can choose to retire early will be those who $pend on *appreciating* assets like houses & shares, not new, expensive cars that depreciate.
@MarkN67 Just as well then that most ev batteries have an 8 year warranty.
Same. I work a commercial job for a chemicals company though, and I know there are a fair amount of blue collar workers at the manufacturing site I'm at who pay off close to 1K/month on their car. All spec'ed out Audi's, Merc's and BMW's. They make decent pay, but not 90K, I can tell you that much. It's worth mentioning there are a significant percentage of these people on debt mediation. Some people are not very smart with money, and some creditors don't really care (or even cheer it on) when issuing credit.
Is GT Line a trademarked name? I notice KIA, Peugeot, Renault use the same font for GT Line branding. I love this KIA.
God I remember my first car in 2004 being a 1995 Kia…something or other and it was basically a tuna can on wheels. I remember my brother nearly falling out of it on a roundabout as the doors never shut properly. Credit to them for basically working their way up to luxury car brand. Just a shame they’re out of my price range now
That 6 seat configuration is really good. Should be done more often!
Was normal back in the day - bench seats allowed 3 in the front and 3 in the back
Just got my EV6 with a really good deal!
Really impressed, coming from an Audi high-spec model. Definitely going to buy Korean electric cars again. Wishing EV9 second generation to have adaptive suspension, since when I test drove the car, it did not do well with the bumps
Gt-line has self leveling suspension though.
You’re making me want one of these for a new family hauler!
I hate to say this because I love Mat and watch every single video on carwow (drag race or not) : those glasses make him look like a serial killer from an American bad movie 😅
When I was living in Bali last year I had a KIA Carens as company car. Not the MPV that was sold in Europe, but the current version which somehow while seeing this video feels like a smaller brother in many aspects of the interior.
Great opportunity to tell the world you lived in bali !!! Congratulations
Sorry, I just realised the comment went online without completing. I was meaning the interior was similar, for a large fraction of the price. I do like the EV9, however the price seems way too high and it cannot match interior "presence" of luxury brands.
As for Bali itself, there are more than 4 million people living there, making it nothing so extraordinary when you are from this part of the world. You too can move there, providing your qualifications to obtain a visa, it's not that difficult.
@@julianmcwey866
You’ve just swayed me. I was planning on either Range Rover 7 seat or bmw x7. Couldn’t decide. I have now; Kia EV9. Many thanks 🙏
Just got the Niro EV …never had a KIA before (BMW previously). It’s an absolute dream…literally can’t convey how thrilled we are with it.
Korean automaker became on the top in all ways
I bought a Genesis gv60 2023 performance version, and it's super nice and super comfy even if it's drive 21" wheels
I really love more than all of my all old daily
It's as exciting as a new fridge.
My Kia Niro had that same function to warn me when the car in front of me left. really nice function. Kinda miss it on my x-trail.
Same as Hyundai Kona.
Useful feature for people on their phones while driving I guess
If you miss a function like that, it probably means you need to pay more fucking attention to the car in front of you..... 🤡
My 2024 KIA Seltos SX Turbo saves all of your safety preferences with a KIA connect profile including things like tailgate auto lift and HUD settings. Can/do you have this EV9 linked to KIA connect account?
I'm actually impressed Mat still has his 996 after all these years.
11:05 that editing is on point!
This interior looks a lot like the SsangYoung Rhodius my family used to have (the first version), including the rotating seats.
I just test drove the EV9, SUPER impressed 🎉🎉
Some of the safety systems on the EV9 are present on my 2021 Ioniq 38kW. Even the collision warning chime is the same, although the Ioniq doesn't have the auto steering, just the braking. I leave our regen setting in Auto as it works so well. The auto-opening of the bottled was the same on our 2015 Santa-Fe, it always worked. "Good cars them Hyundais and Kias"
If we still needed a car of this sort (and I had the funds), I'd go right ahead and buy it.
I've missed your detailed reviews like these Matt. Love the drag races, but still like a full, balanced review of the more practical stuff too.
Does no one know the difference between break and brake?
@@bobroberts6155 just spotted my mistake; duly noted and corrected.
@@bobroberts6155did you have a comment to post about the video or do you just call out peoples typos and grammar?
@@marvinsamuels1237 Yes, I have made a comment but I see the brake break confusion so often I got ‘triggered’ which is apparently fashionable these days. You may be a victim of autocorrect in which case I humbly and sincerely apologise for any distress caused to you and hope this experience does not impact negatively on your enjoyment of UA-cam or you willingness to contribute comments in the future.
@@bobroberts6155 no worries. I try not to get triggered by things these days. It’s all too easy on the various social networks. Plus autocorrect can be an absolute pain in the derrière.
Still the BEST car reviewer:
Funny, thorough, professional
This looks really good but it is insane that this costs more than the BMW iX.
It doesn't...at least not in America. This completely top of the line EV9 is about $75k (starts at $55k) whereas a similarly equipped iX is about $105k (and that's not even the M60 version which can get bonkers in price).
55k in usa which is 48k GBP
Last time I checked an equal spec IX costs 90k.
7:16 Perhaps the two 'captain' seats aren't meant to really swivel 180 degrees but 90 degrees so facing each other. That way more room for people in back and the swivel seat people can talk to each other.
It might be similarly priced to the IX entry model, howver similar spec IX is around 20-30k more 😅
I believe it! Of course then you'd have the nicer interior and wouldn't be in a Kia
@mediocreman2 this is very true haha
The rotating seats are designed to he used when the far is static and you move tge front seats in to create a little face to face meeting space in the car
Will you review Mercedes estate?
Why is the Kia carnival not available in the UK?
when all the seats are folded down, is that sliding compartment so there's not a gap in the middle? Would be great for sleeping
I think it's just a tray extension so you can put more stuff on it when using it as a mini-table.