CarbonDub
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Silver Spring, MD
Wasn’t going to post this but I was on my way to get groceries when I pull up to a light behind a new looking black SUV I’d never seen before - Kia EV6. He had some vanity plate like KN0HPW0 (no horsepower?) and his kid was waving his hand out the window in the breeze from the back seat - didn’t see if he had a passenger up front too. It was a beautiful day so I was just cruising, windows down, not really looking to get into anything (hah). Anyway the light turns green and he takes off and stays in it, clearly looking to test it out… well, now I’m interested.
I catch up and eventually we get to a long stretch of highway. We didn’t really line up but we both gun it from about 60 mph, I walk him by like 3 cars but he stayed in it for a longer than I expected. After I let off he pulls ahead of me an gets on it again, I jump over and overtake him pretty quickly and pull a car or 2. He pulls even and gives me a thumbs up.
Like I said, wasn’t going to post this because I didn’t think the car was anything special but after looking it up online, they make up to 576hp and trap 120mph in the 1/4 mile??
So my question is what trim was this thing, EV6 GT @ 576hp/545tq, or EV6 Wind @ 320hp/446tq? I wish I were paying more attention or I’d know.
The only EV6 GT 60-130mph info I see on Dragy is a single entry of 10.48s, which is honestly right in my wheelhouse in 80-degree weather. As much as I’d love to say I whooped a GT, given that I walked him by several cars, I’m guessing it might be the Wind AWD model. 446ft/lb of instant torque might hang for a bit (I guess?)… but that hp figure just seems really low especially in a heavy electric SUV.
Anyone else run one of these things for reference?
I catch up and eventually we get to a long stretch of highway. We didn’t really line up but we both gun it from about 60 mph, I walk him by like 3 cars but he stayed in it for a longer than I expected. After I let off he pulls ahead of me an gets on it again, I jump over and overtake him pretty quickly and pull a car or 2. He pulls even and gives me a thumbs up.
Like I said, wasn’t going to post this because I didn’t think the car was anything special but after looking it up online, they make up to 576hp and trap 120mph in the 1/4 mile??
So my question is what trim was this thing, EV6 GT @ 576hp/545tq, or EV6 Wind @ 320hp/446tq? I wish I were paying more attention or I’d know.
The only EV6 GT 60-130mph info I see on Dragy is a single entry of 10.48s, which is honestly right in my wheelhouse in 80-degree weather. As much as I’d love to say I whooped a GT, given that I walked him by several cars, I’m guessing it might be the Wind AWD model. 446ft/lb of instant torque might hang for a bit (I guess?)… but that hp figure just seems really low especially in a heavy electric SUV.
Anyone else run one of these things for reference?
it’s still so wild to me how instant the go pedal reacts with All the energy and zero ramp up