New face, new battery… is it better than ever? 2024 Kia EV6 facelift AWD & RWD review

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@kevinrittenberg9920 Ай бұрын

Hey Tim. First time I've watched one of your reviews. Over the pond in Canada (heat pump standard!) and have decided on the EV6 but waiting for the 2025 to be released. I've watched tons of reviews, but have never enjoyed any as much as yours. A great combination of an informed and informative review with fantastic humour...can't get that from a North American reviewer, only from the UK! As an aside, with a bit of a hair transplant, you could pad that head of yours for the bumps in the back seat...easier than trying to shrink! Thanks again and keep on reviewing.

@TimRodieDrivesStuff Ай бұрын

Ah thanks Kevin, that made me laugh! Thanks for the kind words. Will try to get a sponsored hairpiece!

@DontPanicDear 2 ай бұрын

“Reality is a different kettle of fish” Rodie dropping the wisdom bombs 💣 I think they look great, and always enjoy seeing them on the road / Waitrose car park 👀

@mad4tar77 2 ай бұрын

Motoring journalists, please stop trotting out this line that heat pumps are only required in Scandinavia. It's cost cutting BS from the manufactuers. Watch the WhatCar EV range test, done at the testing grounds in Bedfordshire. They tested a number of cars from 100% to dead, until they would drive no further, using identical conditions (go watch the test). Included in the test were two ID.7, one with heatpump, one without heatpump. 11 degrees ambient temperature, so hardly Scandinavian deep freeze conditions . The ID.7 with the heatpump travelled 22km further than the ID.7 without the heatpump. Over the lifetime of the car, the heatpump with pay for itself in efficiency gains, but more importantly, if I'm tight for range on the way home from a trip on Sunday evening and that 22km means I make it home without stopping at busy chargers, then it is worth its weight in gold to me. It should be fitted as standard. Most importantly however, British customers are being ripped off. I'm in Ireland and the EV6 is cheaper here than it is in the UK and the base trim in Ireland (Earth) comes will all the goodies as standard, heatpump, memory seats, auto tail lift, privacy glass etc etc, many things that the UK Air spec does not have. "Brexit innit".

@chrisbell5248 2 ай бұрын

I have had my EV6 GTLS for 3 years now, at the time of purchase it was easy to work out that the Heat Pump would never pay for itself so I did not get one. I have not regretted that decision, even on a drive back home in Devon from Yorkshire starting with temperature below zero and not getting above 5 decC on the journey they economy was not noticeable worse than any other trip, I still have to put the one stop in for a comfort break and charging as I do in the summer. Although technically you might get a few more miles with a heat pump on a cold winters day the reality is its makes no difference to day to driving.

@randrw 20 күн бұрын

Tim! The car with a middle rear heated seat is the early Model 3. They removed it in later models. Speaking of which, when are you going to review one? Genuinely curious what your opinions of it are, especially the Long Range.

@Gdank72 2 ай бұрын

Regarding the Heat Pump: While on a long trip in winter you will get more range. Lots of short trips it doesn't really matter. The add cost of option vs amount of long winter trips x cost saving. You need it for 5+ years to make any difference on typical UK usage. If you do high mileage the it's a no brainier.

@damiancox7276 2 ай бұрын

07:00 Tesla MY does have a heated middle seat - for what it is worth

@Martin-dx5zs 2 ай бұрын

Even a Nissan leaf had a heated middle seat

@saml4537 2 ай бұрын

You'll be sweating like a pig in Tesla's plastic seats though.

@caboodle5462 2 ай бұрын

moob jingling should be the global standard when measuring vehicle comfort and refinment.

@PaulB-q3d 2 ай бұрын

Wait, my uncle is a dogging vampire? Uncle Ken!

@TheSukiebapswent 27 күн бұрын

Tim your reviews are great! Love em. I've been losing sleep, don't know what's better....EV6 or EX40. The EV6 looks like more fun, and I like the man at the Kia dealership. Is it worth making him sad to defect to Volvo???

@TimRodieDrivesStuff 25 күн бұрын

Yes! A bit roomier too

@TheSukiebapswent 24 күн бұрын

Could you give him a shout for me then??@TimRodieDrivesStuff

@TheRealYorkshireman 2 ай бұрын

The haemorrhoids analogy joke was good. It actually made me chuckle out loud. Keep at it young lad.

@andders2477 2 ай бұрын

Its a misunderstanding that heatpumps are best when its really cold. There efficiense are very low when its really cold but a lot higher when its in the plus degrees.

@Bawdale Ай бұрын

Quite correct, the heat pump is far better suited to Uk weather than Scandinavian

@damianleah6744 2 ай бұрын

Nice car, I have the new sportage, which wasn’t cheap, but this is just far too expensive atm. Imho

@mad4tar77 2 ай бұрын

Anyone else noticed what sneaky Kia did with these launch cars? They removed the driver monitoring cameras to avoid inevitable criticism from testers. Read the Car Magazine longer term test of the UK & EU spec EV6, which DOES have a driver monitoring camera fitted. The tester notes that it beeps if you look in the mirrors, if you look at the nav, or even if you wear sunglasses. The tester described it as infuriating.

@TimRodieDrivesStuff 2 ай бұрын

@@mad4tar77 interesting! I had that in the Santa Fe I just reviewed and it beeped whenever I put sunglasses on

@mad4tar77 2 ай бұрын

@TimRodieDrivesStuff I'm being offered a new 2025 facelift car in January for zero deposit/down payment on PCP and only €36 extra per month (€522 in total) if I trade in my 3 year old EV6 which I bought on PCP in January 2022. EV6 trade in values are really strong. My trade in offer is 62% of the original value, with 50k travelled. All the beeping made me refuse the offer however. Pre beepin- EU regs cars are peak motoring in my opinion, I loathe beeping, so my 2022 car is staying for as long as possible.

@michaelenglund 2 ай бұрын

Not true. Didnt teally charge fster than model 3 lpng range. Also had problems charging at full speed at some networks.

@PaulB-q3d 2 ай бұрын

0:29 - literally first closeup - panels not aligned, doh!

@jonmoore6143 2 ай бұрын

Allegedly the latest Model Y has a heated centre rear seat. Obviously you can’t actually turn it on when you’re sat in it though as it’s a Tesla and everything is done through the front screen.

@DontPanicDear 2 ай бұрын

You just need ‘Tesla Haptic Stick 2’ for the Y.

@V_Dubya 2 ай бұрын

The feet under the drivers seat was the only thing that stopped us buying one. 6ft+ sons ruled it out

@ruxod9002 Ай бұрын

That's you ruled out of most cars then !

@PoulEichel Ай бұрын

i like the old design better

@eugenux 2 ай бұрын

depends on what!, if your target is having fun, driving spirited on backroads or for some trips, in summer, towards the alps or pyrenees...then, it isn't. if you plan to use it as a borring city car, it is gigantic so, again, not ideal. if you want to use as a long commute, you can do it..but you'll need to drive slowly, as the range in big heavy brick house shaped vehicles also is not enough. ..so yeah, it depends!😁🤷🏻

@Ryanstuff 5 күн бұрын

That's the 2025 Kia EV6

@gannetripple Ай бұрын

5 heated seats? Yep. Tesla. Every Model 3 and Y, not sure about the others. Control via the front display, the app or, in Model 3 and presumably next year's Y, the rear display. (And bigger boot, 4+ miles/kWh, Supercharger network, much faster, etc).

@fragu123 Ай бұрын

...MY: no 360° camera, bumpy ride, no shade for the panoramic roof, no Apple CarPlay, no seat ventilation, no 7y warranty, annoying Elon, and so on... 🤷🏻‍♂️

@gannetripple Ай бұрын

@@fragu123 I was simply replying to the comment in the review along the lines of no car having five heated seats, not recommending Model Y. Replying to you, however...MY: 4+ miles/kWh, hugely valuable Sentry mode, heat pump, vastly more luggage space, faster, and more. And next year's model will fix the ride, reduce noise, include ventilated seats and an entertainment screen for rear passengers, and more. I wouldn't buy the current Model Y but the new one will eat the EV6.

@MrNozyk 2 ай бұрын

I didn't click on some of your recent videos as they're a little late. Most of the time I already watched the car on auto trader or what a car. Just to let you know if you want to know.

@TimRodieDrivesStuff 2 ай бұрын

True, but I’m funnier. Also, of course the big channels get access to cars earlier, it’s just the way it is. I try not to sweat it

@MrNozyk 2 ай бұрын

Taking it onboard and will skip the big ones to watch yours. All the best.

@gxlbiscuit 13 күн бұрын

It's got a crack windscreen already

@clockworkwar 2 ай бұрын

Bing 😂

@sgsuper1150 Ай бұрын

Too big to be the best. Two seater, small and long distance evs are needed for day to day. We should hire bigger family cars the few times more than one person is inside.

@andrewnewton6524 Ай бұрын

So are you doing this with your ICE car

@sgsuper1150 Ай бұрын

@andrewnewton6524 I have a small ev and its still too big for one person. The smart fourtwo is perfect appart from terrible range

@andrewnewton6524 Ай бұрын

@@sgsuper1150 I think your need is very niche and I can't imagine any car manufacturer making much profit. I agree that a lot of EVs seem to pander to the SUV style but that was the fashion in recent years for pretty much most cars

@matthewtyler-jones8317 2 ай бұрын

Funny how looks appeal differently to different people. I think it’s looks ugly. I thought the first version was ugly, but they have managed to make it worse. I think it’s already aged (unlike the ionic 5, where the future as designed in the 70’s look seems timeless to me). I looked at both when I was buying and chose the Škoda Enyaq instead. Boys not particularly good looking, but neither is it bad and the interiors is (IMO) a million times better than either.

@iantelinside 2 ай бұрын

Sorry, to my eyes the Ioniq 5 looks a whole lot better than this (or the previous) EV6. Kias seem a bit overstyled to me. Thanks for the review anyway.