12,500-Mile Update in Our Long Term 2023 Kia EV6 GT

Summer’s fun is done and dusted, and school is weeks into a new term, but our Kia EV6 GT remains at the head of the class when it comes to performance-minded EVs. It’s also more than capable of making short work of typical daily activities.

We’ve gone on and on about how fun it is to drive this EV6 GT with great haste, but unlike a lot of performance cars, it has no issues driving at a leisurely pace. Despite all the torque available at a moment’s notice, the accelerator is calibrated in a way that it delivers the power smoothly and it doesn’t feel like an on-off switch especially when set to ECO mode, which neutralizes our lead-footed drivers.

Yes, at times, it is easy to forget there’s 576 horsepower on tap here; we’re 11 months into this ECO-minded mobile adventure and have driven another 1,500-miles since our last report, bringing the total to 12,500.

Regularly seeing over 220 miles available in the gauge display, we’ve gotten so accustomed to it overdelivering on its 206-mile rating that we don’t even think twice about heading out on weekend adventures.

While we’ve mentioned the upgraded brake’s neon calipers that are fitted to this high-performance EV6 GT, we probably haven’t talked enough about how they actually work, and they work incredibly well; a very natural feel along a wide range of settings for the amount of regen you want, from minimal to one-pedal driving.

They add to the overall competent and willing feel of the EV6 GT. It’s one of the best attainable performance cars available today, regardless of powertrain, and it doesn’t even come from a legacy performance brand.

See more of updates with our 2023 Kia EV6 GT: https://motorweek.org/long-term-updates/2023-kia-ev6-gt/
Watch our full Road Test with the 2023 Kia EV6 GT: https://motorweek.org/road_tests/2023-kia-ev6-gt-2/

Check out more of our Long Term fleet here: https://www.motorweek.org/reviews/long_term/

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