As one of the representative brands of Korean cars, Kia's position in China many years ago can be said to be equal to that of Japanese cars and German cars. Its super high quality and super high cost performance, in the country by many consumers favored, like Kia Lion Run, K5 and other products, have a good sales. However, in recent years, more and more independent brands have risen, which has also led to a rapid decline in Kia's influence in China, and has gradually left the first echelon, which has made many consumers regret.
However, in the global market, Kia Motors' performance is still very strong, and its sales in the European and American markets and the Asia-Pacific market are still very impressive, and Kia Motors' cumulative global sales in 2021 reached 2777056 vehicles, which increased by 6.5% year-on-year compared with before. Many developed countries in Europe and the United States are very fond of such a cost-effective model as Kia.
With the sudden changes in the automobile market in recent years, more and more auto companies have begun to make a big fuss about new energy vehicles, of course, Kia is no exception, in order to continue to maintain achievements in the world market, Kia has also strengthened localization research and development in recent years, and has made many efforts in electric vehicles, which is also launched for Chinese consumers to create high-quality electric vehicle products. The new Kia EV6 is one of them, a few days ago, the Kia EV6 is also officially launched in Australia, this car will also be officially introduced to the Chinese automotive market in the future.
As a new energy model based on the E-GMP electric architecture, it is positioned in a hatchback pure electric vehicle, the new car is also launched including Air and GT-Ling two appearance styles, and there are three power systems for consumers to choose, in Australia, the starting price of this car is 67990 Australian dollars, domestic consumers who have ideas about this car can start to prepare, this car will enter the Chinese market in the near future.
In terms of appearance, the appearance of the new car can be said to be full of technology, 19-inch Kia design style rims, with LED headlight groups with DRL function, as well as keyless entry, automatic wipers, super tough body lines, so that this car has a performance of a small steel cannon feeling, both have the kind of electric vehicle sense of technology, but also do not lack the sense of sports that young people love. Although the new car is positioned in a compact SUV, the wheelbase of this car has reached 2900mm, and its wheelbase is even larger than many medium-sized SUVs, so the new car is not only very handsome in appearance, but also very practical.
In addition to the dynamic appearance, the car power is also mouth-watering, Kia EV6 is divided into four-wheel drive and two-wheel drive two-wheel drive mode, of which, ev6 standard endurance rear-drive version, its maximum power of 170 horsepower, peak torque can reach 350N · m, this configuration may be the most popular configuration in China. The standard endurance all-wheel drive version of the EV6 can burst 235 horsepower, peak torque can reach 605N·m, and accelerate in 6.2 seconds from 100 kilometers. In addition to the standard endurance, the car has also launched two long-range versions, and in order to meet the needs of consumers, the launch of an ultra-high-performance GT long-endurance four-wheel drive version, this version of the 100-kilometer acceleration time is only 3.5 seconds, so that many young people can experience the real speed and passion.
Although the performance of the sub-EV6 is very outstanding, but the price of this car after entering the country is still unknown, after all, many car companies are now eyeing the electric vehicle models in this price range, in the country like Tesla Model 3, as well as many excellent models of independent brands are very good, so the price of entering the domestic market has become the focus of many people's attention. So can this car stand out in the fierce domestic market? Let's wait and see.