New Kia EV9 review: Cancel your Range Rover!

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It's a brand-new super-imposing 7-seater from South Korea, and Mat's ready to find out if it can compete with class-leading all-electric SUVs like the Tesla Model X and BMW iX!

For beginners, simply have a look at that style! The is oh-so enforcing, with a chunky, squared-off style extending from the front to the rear. We love the blocky wheel arches and the new alloy styles – they're certainly offering this car a genuine cyberpunk feel. The headlights & taillights also look excellent, and we like the black window surrounds & matching roof bars. The blue paint just tops it off, too!

Step within and the 9's cabin is well laid out. There's a huge infotainment & digital dial screen, and the good news is there are numerous physical and haptic feedback buttons. Interior quality is ok, but if you reach down a bit low you can anticipate to find some scratchy plastics! Luckily though we don't mind as there's loads of interior storage, and there's even the option to choose a six-seat set-up in the back.

When it concerns batteries and motors, the entry-level 9 included a single electrical motor that can produce 203hp. The GT Line edition that we have here comes with double electric motors and the ability to put down 385hp. Both and trucks include a 100kWh battery, and while the entry-level has a series of 350 miles, the GT Line can only handle 315.

So all of it sounds excellent, but all this quality does not come low-cost! The EV9 begins with ₤ 65,000, rising up to ₤ 77,000 for the range-topper! So would you consider investing this much on a ? Stick with Mat to see if you should!

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Style
02:21 Cost
03:43 Interior
06:48 Rear seats
11:02 Boot
12:51 5 Annoying Things
15:28 5 Cool Things
19:40 Batteries & Motors
20:38 Town Driving
23:34 Freeway Driving
26:44 Country Road Driving
28:05 0-60mph
28:51 Verdict

Comments

79 responses to “New Kia EV9 review: Cancel your Range Rover!”

  1. @carwow Avatar
    @carwow

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    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      EV9 for me is 8.13/10.

    2. @ytacc-uy8dw Avatar
      @ytacc-uy8dw

      So British yet not a smidge posh…absolute joy to watch and listen this channel!

    3. @ptviwatcher Avatar
      @ptviwatcher

      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…

    4. @markplott4820 Avatar
      @markplott4820

      MATT – the kia EV9 is Bloatware on 4 wheels , its a very CRAPPY vehicle.

    5. @markplott4820 Avatar
      @markplott4820

      MATT – High Tech SMART car is the ULTIMATE Luxury (TESLA).

  2. @sushi777300 Avatar
    @sushi777300

    Saw it live at Brussels airport yesterday and have to say that this looks really good in person

    1. @caleidoo Avatar
      @caleidoo

      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.

    2. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      It also has decent acceleration rate. On par with even the R35GTR. 0 to 60 in only 4.91 seconds.

    3. @sbarros78 Avatar
      @sbarros78

      I saw it in Athens, it’s impressive!!!

    4. @centralkingdom8141 Avatar
      @centralkingdom8141

      Better than U8?

    5. @Reen1si Avatar
      @Reen1si

      Summer of Saqar begins invading the winter of the Arctic North Pole as we promised you with truth for this year of yours (1445 AH)

      “Verily, without any introductions, we enter directly into the topic and we direct a question to the entire nations of the northern half of the globe and we say: When does the winter turnover day enter for the Northern Hemisphere?? Surely the answer is known to every understanding and sane human being, definitely he will say: “The wintry turnover day is on the date of (December 21st) night of the twenty-second, while the entire northern hemisphere is dwelling of most countries of the worlds, they don’t dispute over the winter overturn because of the solstice night the longest wintry nights of the year — O Nasser Mohammad Al-Yemeni — who is still vocalizing that he is khalifa of Allah over the whole world; land and sea”. Then we uphold the argument with truth against you, and we say: Did the wintry storm happen which drowned Russia, China, Germany and most countries of Europe, also Québec, Canada?! Until when the date (21 of December) came then entering summer of Saqar began invading the winter of (Arctic) North Pole, so it started working invade the winter then it melted the historic snow which drowned the entire cities of China with various levels from the remote north to the remote south, as well the Canadian Québec, did the snow of Canada melt in Québec and Montreal because of entering the winter season after the current date (December 21st)? Although the snow is supposed to remain on the streets of Canada till the beginning of spring for the year (2024 AD) then it starts melting in April as each year. Then we uphold the argument with truth against you and we say:But the snow melted at the beginning of Canada’s winter on the day they entered the winter solstice! We repeat and say: O people of the northern pole, on the day of the winter solstice turn to you, how can the snow of the bitter winter melt — O people of the black holiday (lacks) the wintry snow in most countries of the world? Don’t you use sense?! Perhaps the ignorant people who barely think would say: “What is strange about the matter?” Then Allah’s kalifa the Imam Mahdi Nasser Mohammad Al-Yemeni replies to you by challenging the mind and logic: Since the snow doesn’t melt with the entering of winter season, surely this where the mind and logic do not accept it in spite the snow that occurred after the first ten (days) of the month of December, so how the appointed day comes for the winter solstice in the same month of December then snow begins melting? Did China, Europe and Canada enter the winter season, or summer season?! The answer of the entire people of the northern pole is known, surely they will say: “In fact, the north pole entered into the heart of winter on the solstice day of winter on the date (12 – 21st – 2023 AD)”. Then we say to the worlds: Don’t you reason?! Isn’t China supposed to have increased cold and not higher degrees of heat from temperatures of forty below zero to much above zero to the level of beginning melting snow in the winter season?!

      As well the winter of Yemen which embraced the people with its cold before the day of the winter solstice, and even when the day of the winter solstice came, the temperature rose from below zero for the capital Sanaa to above zero by several degrees, and it is still continue rising, so did the people of Yemen enter summer season on the date of (December 21 st 2023 AD), or the winter season in Yemen?! Despite that the winter season did embrace the people of Yemen before the winter solstice day, even when the winter solstice day came the temperature rose among the people of Yemen while they are part of the northern hemisphere, although their feeling of the cold of the winter of the year (1445 AH), so what began to destroy the winter season after its arrival?! The answer with truth: That is because the northern hemisphere began to enter into the climate of the Saqar summer, or you do not know what summer of Saqar is! Didn’t we say that it will initially wreck the four seasons? So it would transform the climate of the planet earth to a rainy summer and pouring water, also strikes of mountainous hail, thunder storms and drowning, tile when the earth is dressed with its adornment cover of green grass and trees because of the rain flood due to summer of Suqar, then the rainy wind is stopped, then because of rising level of horrific and unacceptable temperature, Allah sends soldiers of storms within it fire attacks your gardens and your homes in unprecedented way in the history. Oh people of the green gardens, storms of (swirling) fire in the season of winter, you could not call it winter season, in fact you will call it summer of Saqar — Oh people of the north pole — due to the fact that summer of the sun turned over with the sun to the southern hemisphere. So how can the northern pole melt, thus the Alps mountains at this time of the year in spite that the (Arctic) north pole at this time is in the winter season?! In fact, you have entered summer of Saqar as we promised you with truth, this year it would invade the entire seasons in this year of yours (1445 AH) coinciding 2023 – 2024 by a command from Allah my Lord and your Lord, Who is in control over the kingdom of heavens and earth. Quickly, the whole winter will be hanged before the end of winter, in fact the entire planet earth will enter the climate of Saqar’s summer.

      Despite that, there are countries in Europe that have been covered by snow suddenly as well after the tenth of the month of December after they called this winter; the warm winter because of El Nino and global warming from the smog of their factories, so they set forth their hindering about summer of Saqar, with their cunning by the warm winter! Because the thermal El Nino phenomenon coincided according to their claim with conjecture of warm thermal global warming, so they claim that it is behind the global warming phenomenon which was not based on a physical scientific foundation according to their claim. Then Allah wanted to abolish their deception and fail all of their speculative predictions, so Allah sent a snowy storm over the great countries after the first ten (days) of December to the point that airports of Germany seized flying, but now Germany’s snow has melted, in fact, even the snowy mountains, and floods has occurred and summarized the entire countries of Europe, China, Canada, America and the Middle East. And the wisdom of that is: Allah desired to smite the lie of the marine thermal El Nino phenomenon due to warm gasses according to their claim, also Allah wanted to uncover their mockery and their hindering, And Allah knew that China is the largest of manufacturing countries from which emit fumes of which caused global warming according to their claim. So Allah crushed the fraudulent phenomenon of the global warming in the sky of China, in fact shattered the global warming phenomenon utterly and in the sky of the biggest manufacturing country on earth, so He sent on them a historic snowy storm they did not see in their history! Then He silenced the entire scientists of climate/ meteorologists and sealed their mouths, and they knew for sure that the rise of climate temperature of planet earth is not because of the alleged global warming because of the warm fumes / gasses from factories of the humans according to their claim. In fact, look at how Allah turns the same winter so He would make it into summer then winter then summer in the same week to cause them shocks that they might beware of Allah’s chastisement. And only their words that they said: “climatic chaos”, and we say: By Allah, yes climatic chaos because of the climate of the flaming planet Saqar approaching planet earth.”

      . . ⚪️
      Imam Mahdi Nasser Mohammad Al-Yemeni
      Dec. 31 – 2023 AD
      Full Official Statement: Mahdialumma com

  3. @nischalvaradhan4303 Avatar
    @nischalvaradhan4303

    I really prefer normal car reviews instead of drag races and expensive cars reviews

    1. @eduardoduarte1598 Avatar
      @eduardoduarte1598

      You aren’t everybody. Some people enjoy the other stuff, too.

    2. @dennissmith7214 Avatar
      @dennissmith7214

      Drag races for me champ!
      😁👈🏽

    3. @Persephone_ Avatar
      @Persephone_

      @@eduardoduarte1598 When did he say EVERYONE prefers them? The guy is allowed to give an opinion 😂

    4. @AlexDiggs Avatar
      @AlexDiggs

      maybe he can review your purse next 👛

    5. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@eduardoduarte1598Kazuto Kirigaya preferred Carwow Drag races a lot more than car reviews.

  4. @jamxmcr Avatar
    @jamxmcr

    Got mines a couple of weeks ago! I l love it. (Swapped a Merc GLE-400 for it… and no looking back!)

    1. @wavavoom Avatar
      @wavavoom

      Why? Does the Kia not have a rear view mirror?

    2. @abhishekmohapatra6617 Avatar
      @abhishekmohapatra6617

      ​@@wavavoomgood one😂

    3. @yoyobase4638 Avatar
      @yoyobase4638

      Why would you swap a petrol/diesel car for crappy range electric

    4. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      GLE 400 has functional rear view mirrors like the Range Rover.

    5. @hassyg4083 Avatar
      @hassyg4083

      good move german ones suck

  5. @alisonb4898 Avatar
    @alisonb4898

    Kia have a 7yr warranty…Range Rover have a seven minute one 😂

    1. @user-bv8sr6oq9g Avatar
      @user-bv8sr6oq9g

      LMAO

    2. @stephen10. Avatar
      @stephen10.

      you will be disapointed by Kia guarantee. It concerns only some parts, you must pay a lot of money each year to watch the car and to keep the guarantee and the after sales service is bad. This guarantee is theft ! it ‘s better to negociate an extra real guarantee with another brand for 7 years.

    3. @gavinthomas7375 Avatar
      @gavinthomas7375

      Range rover be stolen in 5 minutes so it’s well thought through 😂

    4. @Brian-om2hh Avatar
      @Brian-om2hh

      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….

    5. @Reppintimefitness Avatar
      @Reppintimefitness

      😂 💯

  6. @bigbufobufo Avatar
    @bigbufobufo

    I love the rotating seats. It’s got that minivan level of practicality we lost when minivans became uncool.

    1. @Sakosaga Avatar
      @Sakosaga

      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

    2. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      The rotating seat in EV9 is also a neat touch. Wish the FIAT 600 Seicento also has rotating seat.

    3. @DanVibesTV Avatar
      @DanVibesTV

      I used to love the rotating seats in my old Renault Espace

    4. @atg1338 Avatar
      @atg1338

      Minivans were cool🤔

    5. @jamesm90 Avatar
      @jamesm90

      Very stylish? You sure. Fugly you meant.

  7. @-aid4084 Avatar
    @-aid4084

    If the rear, rear seets fold down, the rear seats facing backwards can probably be used as extra cargo and or a bed.

    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      Well the EV9 kinda reminded me a lot to Jaguar XJR Sedan.

    2. @scottpidity2088 Avatar
      @scottpidity2088

      America don’t get this feature!

    3. @driochor9956 Avatar
      @driochor9956

      Or you turn the seat around to put a child into a child seat more easily

    4. @LEDtherebelight Avatar
      @LEDtherebelight

      Yeah, but why not the fold them down like mat did?

    5. @-aid4084 Avatar
      @-aid4084

      @@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.

  8. @xianshep Avatar
    @xianshep

    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?).

  9. @rumanuu Avatar
    @rumanuu

    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!

    1. @ohrate Avatar
      @ohrate

      That’s a deal breaker for me.

    2. @TheBowerbird Avatar
      @TheBowerbird

      Yep looks like all new cars have this feature :/

    3. @jghegheljkgherl Avatar
      @jghegheljkgherl

      The EU made it mandatory. You Brits were so stupid to take it over.

    4. @anthonyfinch4401 Avatar
      @anthonyfinch4401

      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!

    5. @robertkisby3170 Avatar
      @robertkisby3170

      Yes it does help with NCAP credits. Is it not a legal requirement now [in Europe] from 2024? I believe so.

  10. @brucieplays3720 Avatar
    @brucieplays3720

    Man Kia is killing it with these designs.

    1. @blackmh Avatar
      @blackmh

      They’re also killing it with battery fires

    2. @christophe9602 Avatar
      @christophe9602

      Not so much with the prices though

    3. @robbiepmusic Avatar
      @robbiepmusic

      Designs are the worst in my opinion

    4. @mrmrmrcaf7801 Avatar
      @mrmrmrcaf7801

      @@christophe9602 Not so much? Then why it costs 40 grand to change the battery on any Kia ev..on the EV9 a new battery pack is £52k

    5. @tooltalk Avatar
      @tooltalk

      @@christophe9602 : >> Not so much with the prices though << They've moved upmarket.

  11. @szymonzdziarski238 Avatar
    @szymonzdziarski238

    20:17 kW is power, not kWh

    1. @JoriDiculous Avatar
      @JoriDiculous

      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).

  12. @rolixzs Avatar
    @rolixzs

    Not a fan of EV6 design, but this EV9 looks reaaaaally good – excellent job, KIA.

  13. @bond_andrew Avatar
    @bond_andrew

    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 kW/100 km (that is 2.2 miles per kW). And when it is at least +3, I’m getting 23 kW/100 km (2.7 miles per kW). Would I recommend KIA? Definitely so!

    1. @sam-zf7xd Avatar
      @sam-zf7xd

      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

    2. @bond_andrew Avatar
      @bond_andrew

      @sam-zf7xd  not in Finland. Here EV9 is a very financially wise choice

    3. @Eresteban1 Avatar
      @Eresteban1

      @@sam-zf7xd Nah.

    4. @AgentSmith911 Avatar
      @AgentSmith911

      It’s kWh, not kW. Kinda an important distinction.

    5. @sam-zf7xd Avatar
      @sam-zf7xd

      @@bond_andrew you could’ve got a top line suburban, GLE, q8, x6, TX 350

  14. @Martin_Karia Avatar
    @Martin_Karia

    When Mat put his boots on the seats I died a little

    1. @stephenchisadza4975 Avatar
      @stephenchisadza4975

      Probably why they have scratchy bits lower down

    2. @tomsonfire3740 Avatar
      @tomsonfire3740

      Get a grip… Why does it matter to you?

    3. @Mister._420 Avatar
      @Mister._420

      @@tomsonfire3740why does it matter to you that it matters to him so much that you have to write that?

    4. @joper90 Avatar
      @joper90

      for a baby seat?

  15. @Maugrinn Avatar
    @Maugrinn

    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.

  16. @edwatts3289 Avatar
    @edwatts3289

    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!

    1. @TheUkdan02 Avatar
      @TheUkdan02

      Great way to transport the younger children who are too big for a rear facing car seat!

    2. @TheAbcdhjkl Avatar
      @TheAbcdhjkl

      Great way to make it not function as designed in a crash!

    3. @alexmacization Avatar
      @alexmacization

      That’s all I could think. Safe car riding for longer! Love this feature.

    4. @rockino2562 Avatar
      @rockino2562

      @@TheAbcdhjklnot really but sure mate 😅

  17. @krayton Avatar
    @krayton

    Gotta be brave to stand in front of that giant refrigerator moving by itself

  18. @Ahmadz7908 Avatar
    @Ahmadz7908

    I’ve never seen mat this impressed before,good job kia 😁👍

  19. @hoodie8819 Avatar
    @hoodie8819

    13:51 🫠: “So you can actually see what’s behind you” 😂

  20. @Mili_sweet_girl.1995 Avatar
    @Mili_sweet_girl.1995

    Is GT Line a trademarked name? I notice KIA, Peugeot, Renault use the same font for GT Line branding. I love this KIA.

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