Hyundai IONIQ 5 v Kia EV6 review - which is best?!

the koreans are leading the charge in the electric car mark here with these two vehicles the kia ev6 and the hyundai ioniq 5. but which of these two is best you see underneath the skin they are quite similar but externally and to drive they are very different anyway we're going to find out because i'm going to talk you through their exteriors they're interiors show you how practical they are try out their technology and of course take them for a drive this is the car version of squid games anyway i'm at watson and you're watching car wow buying a new car then head to car wow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price car wow your one-stop car buying comparison site let's start this video by comparing these cars design so i'm going to start off with the kia do you know what there's something a little bit of the aston martin dbx about this integrated spoiler it's cool i like the full length light bar this sort of reminds me how i imagined cars would look in the year 2021 when i was a kid the blocky graphics and stuff like like something out of the 1980s is very very cool i love it in fact i like traveling behind both of these cars in the dark because they have such unique light signatures from the side the cars yet again look very very different thing about the ioniq 5 is that when you first see in pictures you think it's the same size as a volkswagen polo but now you can see next to the ev6 it's huge it's a huge hatchback there is something of the lancia delta integrale about it though isn't it can you see that yeah now there is specifically something about a lancia stratos about the ev6 the designers even admit to copying the whole roof design you see it like a stratos but overall from the side i think it also looks like a jaguar eye pace though slightly better looking do you want to make these cars as good looking as possible you need the top of the range 20 inch alloy wheels or on the standard 19s though that will affect your efficiency a little bit here from the front yet again the ionic is very unique looking though the design i'm sure has been inspired by that of boba fett's helmet i really like the lights here the way the daytime run lights are actually in this part of the body work really stands out at night especially in your rear view mirror really good looking car this it's less unique looking i think in fact the design is sort of reminiscent of the volkswagen sirocco can you see that in fact overall this car is like a greatest hit of some cool looking cars isn't it i do like the look of this at first i preferred the look of the hyundai but i'm starting to get used to it and i think that it won't aid as well as the kia but which do you think is the best looking overall i put a pin comment you vote which is the best stock in the hyundai or the kia it's up to you here on the inside the hindi is just as quirky as it is on the outside really like the design it has a very spacious airy feel obviously this is a built from the ground a pv so you got your batteries underneath the floor there's no transmission tunnel or anything like that so there's loads of space here that means lots of good storage here and here and you can even get a special storage system which you can slide forwards and backwards the glove box as well is huge looking like a drawer got a glove drawer not a box decent-sized door bins as well it's practical and i like the look of it i love these huge screens here and they're fairly bright responsive and easy to use though the sat nav can be a bit of a faff though i just use google maps through android auto or apple carplay digital driver display has all the information you need in terms of range reverse trip info it's all good i think what's interesting the fact that you've got this two spoke steering wheel here and there's no hinder logo on it just four dots what's less good though is the gear selector it's a bit phallic it sort of looks like a travel size sex toy anyway moving on i like the fact that hynder hasn't been tempted to operate the climate controls through the main infotainment screen you've got a separate system down here though it is touch sensitive so it can be a little bit more tricky than if you've got physical buttons to actually make sure you're hitting the right bit right turn it down it's getting a little bit too hot a little bit too quickly one of the things i'm not so keen on those this some of the plastics are a bit scratchy hmm it's a bit of a shame and why have we only got old-fashioned usb ports why not usb-c huh it's 20 21. this is a futuristic-looking car i want usb-c all right here on the inside of the kia it's very similar to the hyundai but actually quite different so you've got the same amount of space you've got the same screens but you don't have that extra weird little bit here as well you don't have the sex toy to put the car in gear instead you've got this twiddly dial which i think is much better to use what's not so good to use though are the heating controls because you have to toggle between maps and stereo so that's your volume then if i want to use the climate i have to press that and then that becomes my heater not the volume anymore and then this is all the other heater controls so it's just one press more than in the high end eye also on the care the buttons are switched on the sides of the steering wheel compared to the high dive so you now have the ones for the cruise control on the left rather than on the right another way that this car is slightly better than the hyundai is the material quality is just a bit better like the fabric on the seats are just nicer than in the high end though i must point out that this is the top spec version of the ev6 whereas that's the mid-spec version of the hyundai and these seats aren't entirely perfect either if you look at these headrests they push your head quite a bit far forward so i'm not sure that's ideal for your posture i need to have my head just back a little bit overall though i think i prefer the inside of this gear ever so slightly just like some of the design touches here on the dash also look we've got a normal glove box which is less impressive however while we do have one normal usb the rest of them are more modern usb cs which is good i like that also i like the design of this center console here with a shiny bit of trim on it the way it separates you from the drive it just feels more sporty and i think overall i do just prefer the inside of this kia ev6 here in the back of the kia ev6 there's enough room now knee room is really good absolutely loads of the stuff headroom i'm fine people over six foot should just about be fine though this roof does just curve in somewhat there's loads of foot space as well because you've got a completely flat floor what's not so good though is the fact that the front seats are quite low so you can't actually fit your feet underneath the seats in front so you can't really stretch out also the seats seem quite low to the floor so your knees are quite high up which isn't quite as comfortable on longer journeys now you can recline the seat backs if you want to sit more uprightly once you do that now you're going to want to sit like that and look if you fold down this you have some cup holders there now you might think oh look i can cover those so i don't need to put my wrist in them when i'm just resting on the armrest but actually when you slide this it's just open like ah why anyway you do have some through loading which is useful if you want to carry some long thin objects maybe some skis one i think i want to show you is this the usbc puts there bill to the front seats that's clever this key is pretty blowing decent in the back here in the back of the ionic 5 it's not quite as clever as the kia for instance it's just got normal usbs yet again and they haven't been thoughtful about where they've located them they're just in the usual position also there's no through loading what however other than that this car is better in the back seats and i'll show you why so that's it's in my usual driving position like in the kia and while there is ever so slightly less knee room than in the key there's still absolutely loads but because this seat is slightly higher up than in the kit you can slide your feet underneath it so you can stretch out which is great another thing that's good is the fact that this seat is slightly higher from the floor than in the key so you don't feel quite so uncomfortable on longer journeys also you've got more headroom than in the care so even really gigantic people will have sufficient headroom i also like the fact that as in the key you can recline the seats but here in the hyundai you can slide them forwards and backwards as well so if you slide them forwards a bit more you can recline the seats a bit more for more lounging around yeah if i had to be taxed in one of these cars i would pick the hyundai for sure now let's talk about the pricing and it's a little bit confusing so the hindi starts from thirty seven thousand pounds whereas the kia starts from forty one thousand pounds however with the hyundai you can get a smaller battery version that's why it's a lot less expensive than the keyways you only get a larger battery version with the kia still when you're comparing like for like the hyundai does work out a little less expensive than the kia but that's because it's got better equipment i'll explain why now one of the most talked about features on this new kia and hyundai is something called vehicle to load which doesn't explain much what it means is that you can actually plug appliances directly into the car's battery to use them like you would in your home such as this kettle it's brilliant however you only get it as standard on the top specification hyundai whereas all but the entry-level kia gets it now the two manufacturers also like to say you can actually charge other cars using this feature you know plug into another electric car and give them some charge however i've actually tried it and you can only charge them about 1.3 kilowatts which means on a big battery car such as this it's going to take two and a half days to charge it which is pointless you can get both the kia and hyundai with premium relaxation seats which basically recline the front seats bit like in business class so you can have a nap while you're charging your car now these seats they come as standard on all but the entry-level kia however you can only get them on the top specification ionic 5 and then they're an option anyway the top set keyer also gets a sunroof you can't get a center if it's all on the hyundai but you know what deciding which these two cars offers the best value overall does take a lot of work but don't worry i've done it for you in fact if you click on the pop out banner up there for the link in the description below you can see which car i think is the best out of these two and in which specific trim sort of gives away the verdict to this video but there you go so click if you want to see that you don't want to follow this to the end now let's compare these cars boot capacitors so with the key you get 490 liters of space with the high-end eye you get 527 liters of space also this is a little bit annoying in the key ah this is my charging cable it won't quite fit underneath the false floor not properly how did they get that wrong whereas in the high and i look look look look they are able to fit this big bag underneath their false floor see that's much better look however it's not all win-win for high and die the boot itself doesn't really have that many features whereas in the kia you've got some hawks and most importantly this i can fold down the rear seats by pulling these levers here whereas in the hyundai it doesn't have those i have to go around to the seats so bear with me there we go yes see both of these cars have some extra storage underneath their bonnets so they've got front boots also known in the uk as fruits so in the kia if you have the rear drive version you have 52 liters of space however for this four wheel drive version because there's less space with that extra motor at the front you only have 20 liters of space in there with the hyundai the rear drive version has 57 liters of space whereas this four wheel drive version that's reduced to 24 liters of space but it's still four liters more than the kia it looks like the hyundai has won the battle of the two fruits now let's talk about batteries range and motors and all that kind of stuff so the hyundai is available with two battery sizes one 58 kilowatt hours and another one 73 kilowatt hours you only get one battery size in the key and it's 77 kilowatt hours now the range for the kia varies between 300 and 328 miles for the hyundai it varies between 240 and 300 miles the power it ranges from 170 to 305 horsepower with a high-end eye from 226 horsepower to 321 horsepower in the kia now if you're thinking about buying one of these cars you're probably going to have to sell your current car and if you want to make sure you're getting a good price for the car you're selling click on the pop out banner up there for the link in the description to get a car wide because you can now sell your car through us as well as buy through us and the way you do it you just upload some photos fill in your details and dealers will bid on your car and you can choose which leader to go with and they'll come to your house pick up your car take it away and give you the money via a bank transfer dead simple easy to do and you can make sure you get a good deal of the car you're selling now let's compare what these cars are like to drive so i'm going to start off with a high-end eye and the first thing you notice when you sit in it is that the dash is quite low so you get a really good view forward because you've got massive windscreen big side windows you've got a big back window all-round visibility is cracking now the car is actually set up quite softly so when you're going on a twisty road you do feel it lean a bit in the bends it never feels like cumbersome but it doesn't have a sporty edge it's more set up for comfort rather than handling now generally the comfort is good so it deals with bumps pretty well but occasionally the suspension does thump over sharper bumps so you get like a shock going through the cabin so even though it is soft it isn't completely floaty the whole time one thing i can't criticize those the performance you put your foot down in this dual motor version and it picks up like that it really is quick naught 60 in 5.2 seconds and i have no reason to doubt that at all another thing that's pretty decent the brakes so sometimes electric car brakes can feel a bit funny but this one nope they're perfectly natural feeling you also have the ability to alter the amount of region effect when you lift off the accelerator because then the motor works in reverse and it charges at the battery and it gives a slowing effect so i can control the amount of that using the steering wheel mounted pedals and then you can put it onto eye pedal mode where you can bring the car to a complete standstill by lifting off the accelerator and then you can just drive it without touching the brakes unless you really need to have to stop suddenly you can turn it off if you don't like it and then it will just close when you lift off the accelerator the trouble is though it won't recharge any battery then even when you touch the brakes it doesn't recharge if you've got regen off now one thing you notice when you're driving at speed in this car is that obviously being electric it's quiet there you do get a bit of tire noise a little bit of wind noise it's not terrible not trouble at all but it's not the most silent of electric cars if you want a car that's even quieter on the motor faster road speeds click on the pop-out band up there to check out a car that's ever so slightly more serene to travel in okay now jump to the kia and it's very very similar to the hyundai in terms of the performance yeah really quick actually it feels i don't know a little bit quicker maybe that's just psychological because the interior feels a bit sportier the brakes feel the same so nice and easy to control the brakes you've got the same regen system so you can one pedal drive it if you want to or coast if you'd rather do that in terms of quietness it's about the same as the hyundai but there is one key difference and that is the suspension it is just a little bit firmer in this car and as a result it stays flatter in the benz it just feels a bit more responsive a bit more sporty and i wouldn't say it's the most sporty electric car to drive but most supported the mainstream electric cars to drive if you want to find out what that car is you need to click on the pop out banner up there to watch my video on that particular electric car but it definitely feels a bit more keyed into the road than the hyundai now it doesn't feel quite as softly sprung but it doesn't feel any more let's say uncomfortable because while that hyundai does sometimes get caught out by sharp bumps this doesn't so much you do feel imperfection in the road and maybe a little bit more but overall i think the comfort level is the same i don't as much of a sacrifice i prefer the way this car handles i prefer the balance of sportiness and comfort and i think stability that you get from this kia rather than the more kind of slightly looser feel you get in the high end eye another way this car is a bit different to the hyundai is the visibility so the viewer at the back window is nowhere near as good also i don't know whether it's the slightly more stickly rate windscreen or the fact the side windows aren't as big the overall visibility isn't quite as good either and that could make it a bit harder to actually navigate this car through town and through tight spaces it's not gonna be terrible but it might be a bit more awkward speaking of which what is this guy doing here come on off-roader i thought this was an off-roader is that an offer can you get jenny ricky you can go undercut the little fudge there in a big off road a lot of this that's why you bought it in it some people like what's that all about end up looking 4x4 what's the point of having a 4x4 if you're not going to take it off road not even on a grass verge so then what's my final verdict well these cars are so closely matched that really you could just go with whichever one you like the look of best but i'm going to try and be a bit more objective and i think that overall the kia just feels a little bit more expensive inside it's also slightly better equipped and i think it's ever so slightly better to drive as well and that's why it wins this test i hope you enjoyed the video if you did give it a like if you didn't give it a let me know if you agree with my verdict in the 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Length: 17min 40sec (1060 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 26 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/nikatnight]

We Americans and Canadians are so jelly right now. We don't even have (inflated) prices yet.

[u/mattSER]

I like the exterior of the hyundai and the interior of the kia.

[u/Delicious_Yellow_973]

Hyundai imo