We’ll be heading to Las Vegas subsequent week to drive the quickest Kia but, the brand new 2023 EV6 GT, a dual-motor electrical crossover that may evidently dash from 0-60 sooner than a Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing. And we’re going to place it on a race monitor to type out what’s what.

Kia’s been touting the all-wheel drive EV6 GT because the launch of the remainder of the lineup earlier this yr. The highest-end variant of the household hauler will get twin electrical motors, one on every axle, delivering a mixed 577 hp (430 kW / 585 PS) and 546 lb-ft (740 Nm) of peak torque making it Kia’s strongest manufacturing mannequin but.  It’s additionally the quickest accelerating from 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) in simply 3.4 seconds whereas high velocity is proscribed to 260 km/h (161 mph).

As an individual who had the prospect to drive the much less performance-focused EV6s earlier than they made it to sellers, I can guarantee you that they’re excellent automobiles. They’re nimble, enjoyable to drive, and the AWD model is correctly fast.

We anticipate that the GT trim with its extra excessive horsepower and torque might be much more participating. That, to some extent, ought to go with out saying. On the similar time, this take a look at gained’t be something like driving the automotive round northern California the way in which we did earlier than.

First Drive: The 2022 Kia EV6 Is The New EV Benchmark

Right here’s what makes this journey and take a look at a bit completely different from the on a regular basis evaluate or data you might need heard already. This take a look at might be held at Las Vegas Speedway. That signifies that lateral grip, dealing with prowess, and braking will all be key elements in how nicely the EV6 GT performs. On high of that, its potential to lap a race monitor at a aggressive tempo lap after lap is likely to be put to the take a look at too.

Notably, electrical automobiles typically have an actual drawback reaching the form of dependable and repeatable efficiency that an inside combustion automotive can on a race monitor. Contemplating that, we hope that Kia could have tackled that problem with the EV6 GT. We anticipate the remainder of the automotive to be just about equivalent to the remainder of the EV6 lineup. Priced at $62,695, it’ll go head-to-head with the Tesla Mannequin 3 and the Mannequin Y.

With all of those factors in thoughts, what do you need to learn about probably the most highly effective Kia within the historical past of the model?