Kia to Open Reservations for EV9

Automotive customers can place a reservation for Kia’s new 2024 EV9 3-row electrical SUV beginning Oct. 16, the automaker introduced this weekend.

Reservations would require a refundable $750 deposit.

Wait – persons are lining up and inserting deposits for a Kia?

Kia, Reservation for Three Rows?

Maybe. Kia presents the EV9 as one thing new and distinctive within the automotive market — an electrical automobile (EV) with a 3rd row large enough for adults and a non-luxury price ticket.  

We’d quarrel with a few of that — its $54,900 beginning worth is barely larger than that of the 3-row Mercedes-Benz EQB ($52,700) or a comparable Tesla Mannequin Y ($50,990 in its least expensive 3-row incarnation).

However the EV9 is bigger than both of them — successfully an electrical Telluride — making it a extra livable electrical answer for individuals who will use their third row usually.

It’s additionally uniquely trendy, with a particular look — all exhausting edges and flat surfaces — and extra eye-catching than anything its dimension.

Kia expects it to be such a gross sales hit that sellers might want to take reservations. That shall be a brand new expertise for the Korean automaker as soon as identified for funds fashions. However it could be justified. Kia simply skilled its second straight quarter of greater than 200,000 gross sales. In response to Automotive Information, Kia has outsold company cousin Hyundai 5 of the final 9 months.