The brand new Kia EV3 has been priced for the UK, doubtlessly giving us a clue as to how a lot it’ll price in Australia.
CarExpert understands the EV3 can be coming to Australia someday in 2025, following the launch of the bigger EV5 later this yr.
The EV3 is out there within the UK in three distinct trim ranges and with two battery choices, with pricing ranging from £32,995 (AUD $64,837), and topping out at £42,835 (AUD $84,173) for the top-spec GT-Line S with Warmth Pump.
Whereas direct conversions might make that sound ridiculously costly, it’s the positioning throughout the lineup that gives a extra correct indication of how the EV3 is perhaps priced when it reaches Australia.
The bottom EV3 begins for much less cash than probably the most inexpensive auto-equipped Sportage within the UK, which is a mid-spec mannequin that comes as normal with a 48V mild-hybrid system.
In Australia, the mid-tier Sportage SX+ begins from $42,050 plus on-road prices with a 2.0-litre petrol engine and front-wheel drive, climbing to $47,450 with the two.0-litre turbo-diesel with all-wheel drive.
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UK mannequin proven
The bottom UK-market 2025 Kia EV3 Air comes with the ‘Normal Vary’ 58.3kWh battery and a 150kW/283Nm electrical motor, good for a claimed WLTP mixed driving vary of 267 miles (429 kilometres).
A further £3000 (AUD $5895) buys you the 81.4kWh ‘Lengthy Vary’ battery pack which boosts claimed driving vary to a big 372 miles (598 kilometres).
Solely the bottom Air gives each battery choices, with GT-Line and GT-Line S grades within the UK coming as normal with the Lengthy Vary unit.
Normal tools on all Kia EV3 fashions within the UK contains:
- Three-screen dashboard structure
- 12.3-inch driver show
- 5.3-inch local weather management touchscreen
- 12.3-inch touchscreen navigation system
- Wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
- Kia Join with 7-year subscription
- Over-the-air updates
- Heated entrance seats, steering wheel
- Entrance, rear parking sensors
- Reversing digicam
- Automated air con
- Automated headlight management
- LED daytime operating lights, excessive mounted brake lights, hind lights and rear fog lights
- eCall system
- Electrically adjustable, folding, and heated door mirrors with LED indicators
- Digital parking brake with auto maintain
- 25-litre under-bonnet storage
- Rain-sensing wipers
- Good key with movement sensor
- Keyless entry, begin
The bottom Air will get 17-inch alloy wheels, LED headlights and gray fabric upholstery along with the usual specification talked about above.
All variations of the EV3 within the UK come outfitted with a experience vary of energetic security and driver help techniques as properly, together with the model’s semi-autonomous Freeway Driving Help (HDA 2.0) system which mixes adaptive cruise and energetic lane centring features.
There are additionally blind-spot and rear cross-traffic help, secure exit warning, and AEB with pedestrian, bike owner, junction turning and junction crossing assists.
Measuring 4300-4310mm lengthy, 1850mm huge and 1560mm tall on a 2680mm wheelbase, the Kia EV3 has the same footprint to one thing just like the Kia Seltos, although it’s shorter in size and wider than the combustion-powered SUV.
The EV3 can be produced at Kia’s Sohari plant in Gwangmyeong, South Korea.
Ought to the brand new EV’s positioning within the UK market show correct for Australia, we might see Kia lastly supply an electrical car that dips beneath the $50,000 bracket when it arrives within the new yr.
That may put the EV3 in rivalry with a variety of inexpensive Chinese language electrical autos, together with the BYD Atto 3 (from $44,499), MG 4 (from $39,990 D/A) and the China-sourced Tesla Mannequin 3 (from $54,900).
CarExpert has reached out to Kia Australia for additional feedback, and is awaiting a response. Keep tuned for the newest.
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