From the December 2023 issue of Car and Driver.
0–150–0 mph: 31.2 seconds
Base: $62,925 | As-Tested: $63,100
Power and Weight: 576 hp • 4815 lb • 8.4 lb/hp
Tires: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 SUV, 255/40R-21 102Y
Brakes, F/R: 15.0-in vented disc/14.2-in vented disc
On a recon run, without the complete array of test equipment active, the EV6 notched a 30.8-second pass, which would have put it ahead of the Supra. Alas, without the granular data, the score from the Russian judge got tossed, and the EV6 officially finished 0.1 second behind the Supra. That is still a quick time, and scrambling to 150 didn’t use as much juice as you’d think—about 5 percent of the battery’s charge per pass, 2 percent of which returns with a regen-friendly gentle stop. When throwing out the anchors in anger, the Kia’s brakes felt good but required a longest-in-test 756 feet of pavement.
Launching the EV6 couldn’t be simpler: Press the GT button on the steering wheel to enable all 576 horsepower, brake-torque (which doesn’t seem to do anything, but why not?), and you’re off. Dispatching the quarter-mile in 11.8 seconds, the EV6 is reminiscent of the Bentayga—more motor than brakes but still puts up a nice number at the end of the run. In fact, if the EV6 had been there in 1998, it would have beaten every stock vehicle we tested, including the Dodge Viper. Not bad for a car with zero cylinders.
Senior Editor
Ezra Dyer is a Car and Driver senior editor and columnist. He’s now based in North Carolina but still remembers how to turn right. He owns a 2009 GEM e4 and once drove 206 mph. Those facts are mutually exclusive.
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