Kia America debuted the 2023 EV6 North American Utility Automobile of the 12 months Restricted Version at The Quail, a Motorsports Gathering.
With only one,000 examples set for manufacturing, the commemorative EV6 celebrates its exalted standing after being acknowledged as profitable the “Utility Automobile of the 12 months” class within the North American Automotive, Truck and Utility Automobile of the 12 months (NACTOY) competitors in January 2023. The all-electric EV6 was acknowledged for excellence in classes together with automotive innovation, design, and worth by the NACTOY jury, which consists of fifty automotive consultants from print, on-line, radio, and broadcast media.
“With the EV6 North American Utility Automobile of the 12 months Restricted Version, we have now created a rolling testomony to the EV6’s super achievement on this 12 months’s NACTOY competitors,” stated Steven Heart, COO and Government Vice President, Kia America.
The EV6 North American Utility Automobile of the 12 months Restricted Version is a standout, each in design and efficiency. It introduces the model-exclusive colorway of good Deep Forest Inexperienced over Desert Beige, which pays homage to traditional efficiency car styling combos. The centerpiece of the inside is a bespoke adornment that includes genuine NACTOY medallions and the teaser silhouette of the EV6, positioned beside the gear selector.
“We’re honored that Kia has chosen to make this particular version car” stated Jeff Gilbert, President, North American Automotive Truck and Utility of the 12 months, and Auto Reporter for WWJ Radio in Detroit. “Our jurors have been impressed by the styling of the EV6. They noticed the car as proof that Kia is changing into a power within the EV motion. It’s a car that jurors discovered superior to different electrical autos in some ways, together with driving dynamics, worth and skill to cost shortly.”
That includes a 77.4 kWh battery with a 74kW entrance motor and a 165kW rear motor, the dual-motor, 320-hp EV6 North American Utility Automobile of the 12 months Restricted Version incorporates sure components of the Wind and GT-Line trims into one bundle. Blacked-out exterior components, together with wheel arch moldings, aspect remedies, and entrance and rear fasciae, are borrowed from the EV6 Wind.
Function content material from the EV6 GT-Line embody 20-inch alloy wheels, a sunroof, Augmented Actuality Head-Up Show, Encompass View Monitor (SVM), Blind-Spot View Monitor (BVM), and a heated, flat-bottom steering wheel and rear seats. Superior Driver Help Programs (ADAS) embody Ahead Collision-Avoidance Help (FCA) and Freeway Driving Help 2 (HDA 2). FCA can help the driving force when braking to assist stop a collision or reduce the consequences in sure situations if a car is detected in entrance and makes use of computerized braking to keep away from or mitigate an affect. HDA 2 is a driving comfort system that’s designed to assist preserve a set distance from a automobile detected in entrance and facilities the car within the lane and might, in sure circumstances, help with lane modifications and modify the lateral place of the automobile inside the detected lane markers.
Extremely-fast DC charging compatibility, out there onboard energy generator, and a flat-floor inside that makes use of progressive supplies all through the cabin proceed to be a part of the EV6 bundle, in addition to a outstanding stage of connectivity options, and Kia’s latest-generation warmth pump, which scavenges waste warmth from the automobile’s coolant system.
Pricing will likely be out there nearer to the car’s on-sale date later this 12 months.
Aug 19, 2023