KIA EV5, what’s worse than selling well？

At this stage, when it comes to new energy vehicles, everyone will always subjectively put the models of their own brands at a high level and the products of joint venture brands or even luxury brands at a low level.

It can only be said that the rapid development of independent brands in the field of new energy in recent years is beyond doubt, and their level is indeed high now. However, in the joint venture camp, not all new energy products created by brands are backward. For example, the EV5 launched by Kia, a Korean car company, is a model with relatively good comprehensive product strength.

We should judge the comprehensive strength of a product from the positioning of the car itself and its corresponding usage scenarios. It happened that Xiaobian had tested the Kia EV5 (picture | configuration | inquiry) in depth before. Today, I will share with you the actual performance of this car.

Kia EV5 is positioned as a pure electric compact SUV, combined with its unified front-drive single motor layout, it is not difficult to see that this car owner is playing a short-distance ride, and the main scene is daily home commuting. Such product positioning will obviously have a higher test for the practicality of Kia EV5.

First of all, the space, the length, width and height of KIA EV5 are 4615x1875x1715mm, and the wheelbase is 2750mm. As far as Xiaobian’s actual front and rear row riding experience is concerned, the space of this car is relatively good at this level, and the front and rear rows are relatively spacious, which is quite surprising.

In addition, KIA EV5 has many detailed designs based on practical attributes, such as the sitting design of the front driver and passenger, the small hook in the B-pillar area of the car, the front trunk with a certain capacity and the trunk with external discharge and anchor hook. All in all, KIA EV5 will make you feel the practical understanding of this car in detail, and also make the space as large as possible under the limited size of compact SUV.

Let’s talk about the performance at the configuration level. Kia EV5 is available in six different versions, which can be simply divided into the low, medium and high configuration version of the long battery life version and the low, medium and high configuration version of the standard battery life version. The configuration and price differences between the versions will be quite large. It is mainly reflected in active and passive safety, assisted driving and comfort configuration. The low-middle models are generally configured in these aspects, and the level of assisted driving is relatively low. The high-middle models will be rich and can reach L2 level, and functions such as automatic parking are also matched.

However, in terms of intelligent interconnection, the configuration of each version of the car is the same, providing the original car and CarPlay/CarLife. The whole system supports functions such as voice recognition of the main and auxiliary driving zones.

All in all, the performance of KIA EV5 in terms of configuration can only be considered quite satisfactory, and there is a big difference between low allocation and high allocation, which is also the consistent strategy of joint venture car companies.

Finally, share with you the dynamic performance of this car. KIA EV5 all uses the multi-link suspension structure before McPherson, which is a common configuration at this price and this level. However, the overall adjustment of the suspension will be more mature. When the speed is lower than 80km/h during actual driving, the support is basically sufficient, and the efficiency of vibration filtering is also relatively high. It is basically a trip to overcome the pit and hurdle, and the experience is good. However, if the speed is faster, such a suspension will be somewhat overwhelmed by the curb weight of 2030kg (long life version) and the efficiency will be reduced.

In terms of power, the maximum power of 218Ps and the peak torque of 310N·m, combined with the characteristics of electric drive, the acceleration of the front and middle sections is relatively good, and with the small body size, it feels a bit like a steel gun when driving. In terms of driving texture, the performance of this car can give a high score.

In addition, KIA EV5 provides a version that can run 720km under CLTC and is equipped with 88.1kWh battery, and a version that can run 530km under CLTC and is equipped with 64.2kWh battery.

Write it at the end

To sum up, KIA EV5 is remarkable for its spacious space, practical detail design, abundant power reserve and excellent driving feeling. Compared with domestic models of the same level, I think the advantages of this car lie in its utilization of space, ingenious design and more advanced adjustment of suspension level. If there is an opportunity, Xiaobian personally recommends that you try this car.

As for why KIA EV5 is so popular and its sales volume is mediocre in the case of distinctive personality and good product strength, Xiao Bian thinks that the main problem lies in the price. At present, the entry threshold of KIA EV5 is 149,800 yuan, but the model that can be bought at this price is a low-profile version, and the overall experience will not be very good. If you want to get a higher configuration experience or have higher requirements for battery life, the budget will be at least 170,000 yuan.

At this stage, spending 170,000 yuan to buy a compact pure electric SUV is indeed something that most consumers will not do. Therefore, Xiao Bian thinks that if Kia EV5 can give a cash discount of 20,000-30,000, the overall cost performance will be much higher. Of course, if the budget allows and there is a car purchase plan, it will not go wrong to take KIA EV5 into consideration, and the car experience it can bring you will not be too bad.