First sighted last month, and then previewed at the end of May, the Kia EV6 looks to be on track for its Q3/Q4 market introduction here, with a dealer having indicated that deliveries of the all-electric model were expected to begin sometime in September or October this year.
The bad news is that you’re not likely to get your hands on one at that juncture if you aren’t one of the few that have already called first dibs on the 2022 European Car of the Year. That’s because the first batch has been accounted for, according to Bermaz Auto’s group CEO Datuk Francis Lee.
By few, they really mean a few, and that total was revealed by Lee during an automotive webinar hosted by credit rating agency RAM Rating Services earlier today. “Our EV6s are all sold. Even though we wanted a few hundred units, they (Kia) only gave us five,” he said.
However, don’t bawl yet if you really want one, because there’s a promise of more units heading our way. “The president of Kia (Ho-Sung Song) was here last month and he was very happy with what he saw in Malaysia, so he’s committed to switching some of the volume from other markets to us,” Lee said. No time frame for the follow-up batch – or figures – were given.
It has already been indicated that the EV6 for Malaysia will feature the Long Range powertrain and come in GT-Line guise, as shown by the preview car. The powertrain sees two electric motors for all-wheel drive as well as a total system output of 325 PS (321 hp or 239 kW) and 605 Nm of torque, which is good for a 0-100 km/h time of 5.2 seconds and a top speed of 183 km/h.
The electric motors draw power from a 77.4 kWh lithium-ion battery, which offers the car 506 km of range (WLTP cycle). In terms of charging, the EV6 supports a maximum AC input (Type 2) of 11 kW, with a full charge taking about seven hours, while DC charging (CCS2) at 350 kW gets the battery from 10-80% state of charge in just 18 minutes.
According to the dealer post, the EV6 GT-Line Long Range AWD is estimated to be priced at RM300,000 and will come with a five-year, 150,000-km vehicle warranty and a seven-year, 150,000-km battery warranty.
GALLERY: Kia EV6 GT-Line Long Range AWD preview in Malaysia
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Brag kau kau!!! the 5 likely pre ordered by datok datok (after one to one hard sell). now say want hundreds… models available on kia official website tell the truth.
Is this EV flood-prone in mesia? what if short circuit..
Then everyone in car kena sot gao gao
Lol
Irrelevant question for you. Sold out. You can’t have it. Is not your problem. Nothing to see here.. go to sleep.
Yeah all 5 prebooked as Berjaya MD and directors company cars. Very hot selling indeed
Just say we sold 5 ma, more to come according to my Korean tauko lo, bila Dan berapa tak tahu, will study and research on the possible demand, common practice in Malaysia.
TBH, this is failure as CEO. Only manage to secure 5 units?
I knows AP kings that could get more than 5 a time.
Sigh…bermaz…sigh
Rear lamp look like civic ketam btw congrat for your sold out before lunch…sound big but err only 5 unit ??
Someone really pay 300k for a kia…lol
Do you smartasses know this, as stated, is Car of the Year, and in some places there is a FOUR year waiting list? Not to mention chip and parts shortages.
Haven’t launch already sold out ? Fail Ceo…
Not to mention you can only secure 5 due to your cable so short, you also miss the opportunity to at least market it and create some hype.
Who got the 5? Your friends?
Let the fans sign up and draw lots kah, at least make it eventful lah… sohai.
Please sell EV at price rm40k -rm50k, then many people will afford to buy
ok then.. where is the solution?
well ev till this day still expensive because of the battery of the cars that make the price cost high
It is ugly. Oh no, it is not. My eyes has some problems today.
this is likely what happened. old school and ancient mentality ceo dont believe in ev. never order.
after he see every other distributor have super long waiting list for ev, dia pun kalut la order last minit
sebab tu dapat 5 je
1 year plus waiting list in UK and lane departure warning deleted.
Ford stopped taking orders for Fiesta and a new Range Rover is 2024.
Madness.
Hello Sohai… We ordered 500, they gave us 5.