[car home Original Test Drive] Under the trend of electrification, Kia has also joined the competition in this market. After EV6, Kia has brought a product EV5 which is more oriented to ordinary household users. It is an SUV, and its size is basically similar to the mainstream products in the compact SUV market. The previous Chengdu Auto Show has announced the pre-sale price of 159,800-229,800 yuan, and will be officially listed at the Guangzhou Auto Show. In fact, not long ago, we had a very detailed experience of this car at the test site in Yancheng, and this time we will see how it feels when we use it on the road.
● A brief review of the exterior and interior.
We have had a detailed video introduction to EV5 before, so here is just my personal experience after seeing the real car today. In terms of dimensions, the EV5 is 4615mm long, 1875mm wide, 1715mm high and 2750mm wheelbase. If there is no concept, you can refer to the Honda CR-V, which is slightly smaller, but the wheelbase is larger, so the space is not a problem.
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EV5 is a car that looks very big in the picture, because its overall design idea is square. If you look at it from the front 45, you may still feel quite compact. But if you stand on the side or at the back 45, its relatively straight roof design will make you feel stronger, which is bigger than the book parameters. This should actually have an appetite for the China market, and everyone likes a big one.
The rim is a dart style, in fact, the black in the middle is the hub cover. I didn’t challenge to see what it was like inside because I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to take it off. The shape is quite unique. The tire size is 255/60 R18, which is very wide but the sidewall is very thick, so the absorption of ground bumps will be better than that of thin sidewall. From the daily use, I don’t recommend rashly fitting a whole large wheel rim with thin sidewall, which will make the road surface changeable, uncomfortable and increase the risk of damage to the wheel rim.
The interior style is quite simple, and the effect is good. There are two 12.3-inch LCD screens with a 5-inch air-conditioning independent screen in the middle. I like this design very much, because as a car editor, I have more contact with new cars. Where to see the air-conditioning status can sometimes be a headache, and it can be displayed independently. When you feel cold and hot, you can quickly know what the current temperature is. Of course, you can also use voice control to directly make the air conditioner cool and hot, but there is a data that shows that you are more confident. Otherwise, it is like adjusting the air conditioner of Rolls-Royce, such as putting condiments in Chinese food.
The entertainment system includes Baidu CarLife and apple CarPlay, in which CarPlay supports wireless connection and wired connection. Equipped with Tencent application, the car can be played more easily. Among them, Tencent Aiqu provides rich online media resources, which can be bound with mobile QQ music to realize the resource synchronization between mobile phone and car. There are more than 30 small programs built into Tencent small scene, covering five categories: audio, life, car service, video, games and video, to meet users’ diversified car needs.
In terms of operation, touch and physical buttons are combined, and air conditioning and volume are all operated by physical buttons, which I think is more convenient. When you are operating the LCD screen, if you like to put your hand in one place and have a support like me, it may happen by mistake.
I test-drive the standard version today, so the seat is made of PET fabric and bio-based PU leather, which looks good and has good comfort. Personally, I think it is more worth choosing than full leather. Friends who have watched the previous video must know that there is a cushion in the center of the front row of the China version connected to the main and co-pilot seats. If Kia initiates some topics to let car owners or netizens use their imagination to enrich the function of this cushion, it should be a good marketing activity.
If you look at the legroom in the back row by my standards, it will be huge. Basically, if the height of a family is around 175, I don’t think it’s a big problem. It’s not as extravagant as I am now, but I’m not wronged. In addition, there are several gears in the back row to adjust the backrest angle, and the inclination of the last gear is quite large. I still prefer to recycle a little more.
The storage space actually surprised me. First of all, there is a storage box under the front cover, the size and depth of which can be put into a large backpack. Unlike those cars with low front, the front of SUV is high and thick, so it is more suitable to put some tools and things that are not commonly used. The trunk is very neat, and there are many grooves on the left and right sides to store things conveniently. In addition, the anchor points can be fixed manually on the tracks on both sides, which will be very easy to use with the net bag. When I moved in the past, I used the net bag to isolate the hard things in the trunk, but my car was not hooked, so the solution was a little rusty and awkward.
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