Reviews are starting to get released for the EV3. So I'm creating this thread to collect as many of them as possible.
As more get released add them here.
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How Does the EV3 Drive?
For now, all EV3s get front-wheel drive, featuring a 201-hp/209-lb-ft permanent-magnet motor. AWD models will follow, in GT-Line and full-on performance-minded GT guises that promise to drop the base model’s 7.5–7.7-second 0–62-mph time to below 7 and 6 seconds, respectively. Launch-timing and output specs for the AWD models aren’t out yet, but we’re told to expect the GT to send as much or more power to the rear wheels as it does to the fronts.
Acceleration feels front-drive Nissan Ariya–quick—brisk, but it won’t light your hair on fire. The wide track and beefy 215/50R-19 tires delivered sure-footed handling and absorbed what few bumps we encountered quite comfortably. Full disclosure: Seoul ranks high among the least fun places on earth to drive a car, thanks to its dense traffic and ubiquitous speed cameras enforcing low speed limits. We therefore had no real opportunity to wring this car out. But we were impressed by its ticket-avoidance tech: voice warnings, changing the white digital speed readout to amber within 5 kph over the limit, switching to red above that plus flashing the red ambient lighting. It even displays the car’s average speed over measured stretches on the nav screen and automatically drops a cruise control set speed in camera zones. If it comes here, we half expect Kia engineers to somehow leverage the forward collision radar to warn of speed traps.
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