The Car of the Year for 2022? In Europe, it’s the Kia EV6
The brand-new Kia EV6 all-electric crossover has been named Car of the Year for 2022. By whom, you ask? By the Car of the Year organization, of course. Every year it collects votes from automotive journalists based in Europe and counts them carefully to determine the best car available on the market there.
Yesterday’s presentation of the award in Geneva, Switzerland saw the Kia EV6 (279 points earned on the COTY’s tabulating system) outpace the Renault Mégane E-Tech Electric (265 points) and the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (261 points).
The EV6 is the very first new vehicle produced by Kia since its big re-branding last year, and the first dedicated battery electric based on Kia’s all-new Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP). Its powertrain comes with either of two different battery packs of different capacities (58-kWh and 77.4-kWh). Depending on the configuration, the EV6 offers drivers an output of between 167 hp and 576 hp.
Auto123 is driving the Kia EV6 in GT-Line, AWD configuration this week and we will have a review for you in the coming days, so stay tuned! The model is expected to hit dealerships in Canada this coming May.
Here’s what some of the jurors for the COTY organization had to say about the EV6:
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