If you are looking for a great family car, that too in an electric form, then Kia e Niro is what you are looking for. It’s a way better car than the standard ones and has a cheaper run and a fuss-free ride. The Kia e-Niro is a stylish-looking SUV that is well equipped and has a range of around 280 miles.
Kia E Niro Exterior
This Kia e-Niro is well equipped with 17-inch alloy wheels, giving it a perfect SUV look. This car comes with plastic covered front grille with diamond-shaped cuts in it, giving it a little futuristic design. The vents below have vibrating sound plates giving better aerodynamics.
The e-Niro has a unique blue accent styling across its front bumper and the rear, which gives the viewers an identification mark of its type claiming its eco-friendly nature. Where the design and styling are concerned the headlights and the taillights designs are kept to match the co-efficient of its modernity.
Kia E Niro Interior
The interior of Kia e-Niro is the best amongst any other Kia, apart from its premium look it slightly lacks in its technical part. The cabin is all black with blue tinges around the vents to give a cooler look. The dashboard has 8-inch touchscreen infotainment and a 7-inch digital screen behind the steering wheel. The infotainment system comes with DAB radio, sat-nav with European navigation, and even comes with Apple Car Play and Android Auto with voice control.
Other than the standard cars, the e-Niro comes with 8 speakers with JBL Premium sound system. The e-Niro offers a comfortable and ergonomic driving position with the mechanically adjustable steering wheel to offer a good ride to the driver. The car may seem smaller than any other SUV externally, but is much bigger internally, it has good legroom and big and decent boot space.
Kia E Niro Engine and Battery
Kia e-Niro has a 64 kWh battery which is enough for 282 miles. The 201 bhp is quite impressive this sporty hatchback delivers power quite instantly. The ride is not that quiet though, which seems a little negative part of this e-Niro.
The rate of charging is quite fast, at AC it takes 7kW and at DC it takes 22kW, where the maximum DC rate is 80 kW, and it takes around 50 minutes for an 80% charge. Kia has compromised on the suspension of this car, but the 17-inch alloy wheels take the charge of the discomfort.
How safe it is to ride.
Riding Kia e-Niro feels stable, safe and secure, and much easier to handle, thankful to the half tonne of battery mass and the longer wheelbase. The e-Niro has the good body control and doesn’t feel short of grip while riding showing its true sporty crossover hatchback nature.
Even if the battery is on the lower side it doesn’t affect the ride or the speed of the car. The brake pedal feel is a bit of a barrier but overall it doesn’t seem much discomfort. The aerodynamic body of the e-Niro keeps the noise isolated, but on a rougher road the is a bit disturbing, but the jiggle of the suspensions keeps it all hiding.
Price
The standard model e-Niro 2 is available for £31,645 and comes with an 8-inch infotainment system, reverse cameras, smart cruise control, and a 7-inch driver’s display. It has only 1 engine having 180 miles battery range.
The long-range trim comes with the same specs, but just has 282 miles battery range for the price of £ 34,995. The e-Niro 3 model has an upgrade of a 10-inch infotainment screen with sat-nav, black leather seats, wireless charger, and power driver seat adjustment with a miles range of 282 for £ 36,150. The 4+ trim is the top model having a 10.25-inch infotainment screen, heated ventilated leather seats, JBL speakers, LED headlights, and heated steering wheels which come for £38,915.
3 important features.
- The e-Niro has 17-inch alloy wheels and has a blue accent across the bumper and the rear which is a differentiating character from the standard cars.
- The 201 BPH motor and 64kWh battery with a 282 miles range.
- The 8-inch infotainment screen, amazing leg space, black leather seats, and 451 liters of boot space make it much more useful and luxurious.