KIA EV6 GT FROM $99,590

EVs are not usually associated with high performance motoring. Virtuous but dull is a more common perception. However there is no reason why electricity can’t deliver just as many thrills, and pointy end performance, as petrol. The old petrol-power adage, though, applies also to EVs: “Performance costs money. How fast do you want to go?” Porsche was the first to answer this question in 2020 with its revolutionary Taycan EV. Now Kia has joined the high-performance EV contest with its new EV6 GT, priced at $99,590. A pair of electric motors--front-axle mounted 160kW and 270kW rear mounted – deliver a combined 430kW of power and 740Nm of torque. That’s 80 percent more poke than the most powerful of the regular EV6 models, the 239kW AWD dual motor variant. EV6 GT…

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