Us Europeans don’t tend to think of Kia as a player in the large car market, which
might be one of the reasons why the EV9 has made such a splash since its introduction to our shores at the beginning of this year. Elsewhere in the world, that’s exactly what it is. North American Kia buyers know all about the Sorento-topping Telluride sevenseat SUV and the Carnival MPV. In Korea and elsewhere, there’s the K9/K900 full-size executive saloon as well. And the firm is about to introduce a full-size pick-up truck, the Tasman.
Kia’s designers aren’t afraid of sheer scale, in other words. When it came to penning the EV9, how could they have been? There’s a wonderful, totally prepossessing, take-me-as-youfind-me confidence about this electric seven-seat SUV. It’s here to steal business from the European elites. Under the skin, it’s good enough to do exactly that, and the square-featured, Imperial Stormtrooper-cool of the exterior doesn’t care a jot who knows it.