Electric seven seater SUV with some SURPRISING features! 2024 Kia EV9 detailed review

[@hespie1]

The Nanna State is taking over the automotive world. KISS principal is best!

[@fale892]

What a beautiful design. I like the way it looks. Needs to have a Turbo 6 or V8

[@therightcar]

Ha! Never gonna happen

[@andrewd7586]

For all you KIA, well EV fanboys. Take a look at John Cadogan’s take on this behemoth. Yeah really good for the environment.

[@mindfreeze0838]

Dont always agree with him(his criticism of the Tank300 was way overblown IMO)but yeah, if you really want to move 7 people and you want to be eco friendly about it, this is a far cry from doing that. This is more for people who want to either show off their wealth or virtue signal. Hell a Ford Expedition makes a more honest case for itself than this does, at least Ford doesnt lie to you about the eco friendliness of that land yacht.

[@Raturidesagain]

Cadogan assumes people will buy it for Eco credentials. I’d buy it because it has best performance bang for buck. He’s chasing clicks by appealing to concerned uncles across ‘straya!!

[@randykelly5692]

Depreciation would plummet like a meteor to Earth 🌎.

[@therightcar]

We’re seeing that with plenty of other EVs…

[@tonymillar5342]

Thanks for your continued Good, Balanced, reviews Matt ! #therightcar

[@therightcar]

Always! Cheers Tony!

[@HuyTranimal]

They really need to push out an update that allows you to disable the safety annoyance things and keep it off on each restart. I have the Ioniq and now I basically ignore the beeps and bongs when I'm 1km over the limit (or when it thinks I'm over when I'm not... due to the bad sign recognition e.g. reading 40 from behind a bus)

[@247Coby]

If we order it now will we get it delivered sometime before 2028? What are the kia wait times for this?

[@elyse6688]

Hate the side camera mirrors. Did you find it distracting? It’s all I could look at during the drive portion.

[@therightcar]

Yeah it is more distracting than in a car with conventional mirrors.

[@sanamali1734]

Hi Matt, thanks for the good review. Its filmed on a very cool location. Where is it ?

[@therightcar]

Thanks mate. The shots at those beautiful houses were done south of Sydney (Gerringong and Bowral) and the shots with me in them were done north of Sydney.

[@mindfreeze0838]

The only thing i like about this car is the rear boot space with all seats up and the fact all rear seats have isofix tethers, thats a feature you find on luxury 7 seaters mostly. Something that would seem like a no brainer for 7 seaters is reserved for Benz's and BMW's.

[@gregturner_awod]

Huge and heavy, costly but good if you genuinely have a useful purpose for it, but if you don’t I rather think it’s a wasteful electric brick in city car parks. A great review as always, but the safety stuff, I agree, is an extreme annoyance. Looks huge and bulky but drives well, though I do wonderful how many are going to be sold in the current economic climate? Thanks for the review, this car certainly shows EV’s are developing to be capable of meeting just about every need. I wonder when we’ll see Tesla semi’s in Australia?

[@therightcar]

Thanks Greg! Yep, for those who want or need this kind of EV, it’s a great choice. But it certainly isn’t for everyone. And I haven’t heard anything on Tesla Semi.

[@Raturidesagain]

This car weighs around 4% more than a Ford Everest, but stops 9m shorter over 100-0 test. So which category of vehicle has a weight problem??

[@therightcar]

That’s a silly comparison. The Everest is a ladder-chassis, body on frame 4x4 SUV. This is a very different car.

[@patricklin6177]

A 65% + guarantee on battery after 7 years needs to be considered when buying this car. It's a big depreciation on the resale value and a big decrease in the range.

[@peterhess6039]

Just shows you these “first-gen” EVs are racing each other to land-fill

[@hsv215i]

Love how all the Aussie reviewers are chucking that bag on the ground

[@therightcar]

It's a silly spot for it!

[@Bobtubeau]

Remember, its not how big it is, its how you use it.

[@therightcar]

I had that line in this video but edited it out.

[@thelorax9622]

I don't need this size of car, but I agree about the aero wheels - just no. If I had to, I'd go for the base model and use the money saved over the mid-spec to change them to something better. If I can't get a single cab EV ute with a decent length tray in five years, I might go for the EV5, because I like the way these look.

[@therightcar]

I hope there's a single cab EV ute in five years... but you might need to move somewhere other than Australia to get it.

[@thelorax9622]

I suspect you might be right, but I hold out hope of replacing my 2015 Commodore ute with something like it that consumes electrons.

[@mindfreeze0838]

Not sure thats a good idea, these EV's often require special tyres due to the weight which can affect efficiency plus these things are so heavy.

[@thelorax9622]

@@mindfreeze0838 That's true, but couldn't you put the EV tyres onto different wheels? I could live with a slight drop in efficiency in order to not cringe every time I looked at the car. In any case, that's a problem for future me, as I would not be looking at this for at least five years and things could have changed by then.

[@mindfreeze0838]

@@thelorax9622 yeah you could do that. In 5 years I wonder what the EV arguments will be then? And what will this be worth then?

[@amigatommy7]

Looks like a big Soul.

[@therightcar]

I can see that!

[@dawitkassa8789]

VW ID6 is an affordable alternative too

[@therightcar]

We don’t get that in our market, and won’t…

[@swyang68]

EV9 is the safest in its class according NCAP

[@therightcar]

Yeah. Also one of the most annoying cars if you don’t like the safety nannies.

[@teslabot6517]

Love the car but the cost makes me think that Toyota hybrids are goimg to sell very well- for 50% of the price.

[@therightcar]

Fair enough!

[@TheGillederais]

Toyota has been jacking their prices up n up, corolla cross hybrid close to $50k with disgusting cheap plastic interior, rav4 $60k now, my mate finally will get his after literal 18months wait. Stick to ICE for now, even with high petrol price as theyre now you will save money if youre just commute, unless of course youre uber or taxi then hybrid is totally worth it.

[@harryrose6254]

Eco leather! What does it matter when the GT is an unenvironmentally humongous 2650 kg. They need to rethink making these super heavy and large EVs

[@therightcar]

They won't rethink making them until people rethink buying them...

[@Dreamer10888]

How is it bad for the environment

[@tonymillar5342]

Harry, Many of us in the Real World have need for a large vehicle. Do you want us to stop having children, or do you want us to stop our home delivery e-based business ? Do you want us to shun "super heavy and large EVs" and go back to diesel vehicles ? I welcome your solution !

[@PurplePandaGuy88]

Not to mention fake leather is just plastic which isn’t any better for the environment than regular leather

[@harryrose6254]

​@@tonymillar5342as opposed to fake world? Funny, families were larger in the past and got by with much smaller vehicles. Very small percentage have need for 7 seats. Yes, stop overbreeding. What has delivery e-based delivery service got to do with anything? You pay a $100,000 for a delivery vehicle? Stop becoming yanks with giant overweight EVs, diesels or petrol You don't really need them, you just tell yourself you do

[@justinbennett486]

The painful safety stuff is apparently EU legislation, so coming to all new EVs in the future! Joys

[@therightcar]

Yep it is. And at this point, the conversation over what is actually helpful in a car needs to be had.

[@informedcarpet]

The vehicle industry is having a laugh now. 😂

[@therightcar]

It’s a bit on the high side.

[@yumyumlol-o7r]

lol KIA already overwhelm in EV technology. And yet, KIA still release EV cheaper than competitors. If you looking for same spec and size of EV9 from other brands, you have to pay way more than KIA offers. And yet, their EV tech is no better and same than KIA at all.

[@buncha5651]

"HIDEOUS " But at least it won't get punctures.

[@therightcar]

Hideous??

[@buncha5651]

​@therightcar Yes, grossly Hideous. A BMW X5 not a crap EV with vinyl seats and no spare .

[@davidevans2585]

Way tooo expensive. I think Kia have really missed the ball on this one and we won’t be seeing many on the road.

[@therightcar]

We'll see. I was certainly hoping for more of a price tree like this: Air - $89,900 Earth - $97,900 GT-Line - $105,900 Reckon that would have been a better bet?

[@pauld6556]

Wholy moly $120k for a Kia.

[@glennO-e9r]

People are paying $100,000 plus for a stupid Ford Ranger ute with Model T style suspension and engine that was designed back in 2009!

[@Dreamer10888]

All cars cost at least 75k now

[@therightcar]

No they don’t. There are HUNDREDS of choices below $75k.

[@peterhess6039]

Step backwards - overweight, oversized, overpriced and it cannot be environmentally friendly

[@therightcar]

Wow, there's no need to call me those names. HAHA

[@peterhess6039]

@@therightcar haha - sorry I was a bit brutal But sometimes the truth hurts haha

[@yumyumlol-o7r]

it's not over priced. It's bargain price. EV9 have 100kwh batteries with best EV technologies. Don't think of ICE when you judge a price of EV.

[@peterhess6039]

@@yumyumlol-o7r it’s overpriced You can buy a much more practical and cheaper ICE Why make it hard for yourself by buying a car with a suitable power source

[@yumyumlol-o7r]

@@peterhess6039 you should not compare it with ICE. Because EV9 is electric vehicle.