air holes like a mclaren!

Right? Is he...colorblind? No. that's not it.

was thinking the same thing..also the c pillar in gray or black is an option for the top trim..it comes in body color as standard. silver and black is also full body color cars if you do not like the 2 tone thing. Doug missed a few things in this video. The power outlet under the back seat and that you can lower the trunk floor for more space up top and also the device you can connect to your charge port for an power outlet.

@@viggenras1 yeah he tends to do so on almost every kia/Hyundai vid.

@@FlameOnTheBeat Huh, this car reminds me more of a Ferrari Enzo.

I guess it was the idea behind it - you control your essential media functions on the steering wheel, but you can't control the climate there. However, if you want some more options you can switch the menus or the passenger who doesn't need to concentrate on the road can do it there or on the big screen. It does seem controversial at the first glance but after some thinking it looks ok)

Kia does this as a cost cutting measure that is more dangerous to you (screen have been proven to impair driving more than driving drunk) and the best thing you can say is "it's not that bad"? Do you realize there's a world of difference between what you're saying and "it's good"?

@@ScionCrush me personally I’ve never been anywhere close to a kia fan, but I have to say, this function seems pretty straightforward to me, since the only thing you have to do to switch between those controls is tap a single button

@@GamesLegoemais I second your opinion. The controls seem very straightforward. If I had this vehicle, I'd probably early even be on the radio / media control screen since the controls I would primarily use are on the steering wheel

@@ScionCrush good thing all the safety features the car has will help minimize any negatives that screens pose. Lane keep assist by itself basically negates all of the negative impairments that having screens cause, and that's not even mentioning adaptive cruise, forward collision alert with break, etc.

Well, they do have the Soul EV, but the US release was canceled, unfortunately.

At this point we are going back to car styles from the 1930s. Or the original designs for automobiles. I guess the sedan as we know it was the fad all along.

why does it amaze you to see a car manufacturer having more than one electric car? The car in this video is a small hatchback and the EV6 is a larger more powerful car.. The Kia Soul EV is a compliance car. The Niro is also a gas only car, a hybrid and a plug-in hybrid, the EV6 is a ground up electric car.

Exactly. Though I like both, I'd have to get the Ev6

@@mamadouaziza2536 It's interesting because the Niro EV started as a compliance car but still got a second generation to be sold alongside the EV6.

That’s corporate style design so probably yeah hahaha

God….damn it. These idiots actually did that. Why can’t they look to honda or volvo , better design language all around

Mabey, Hyundai and kia

kias new design language is literally "opposites united" so that was intentional lol

Looks like Chevrolet helped.

Very interesting. Leaving the cars in neutral so others can push them! Kind of hilarious, but neat solution for limited space.

yeah but modern cars have auto parking brakes so pushing is no longer an option but most people still leave phone numbers so you'd just call them. The cars are same size as US but there is a big trend to SUVs and bigger cars like MB GLE, Kia Sedona, BMW X5, Hyundai Palisade in Korea so parking is even more painful in small city parking lots. Remote movement would be a lifesaver in Korea.

Which makes it even more egregious when US car owners still bash doors because parking spaces often don't exactly reflect the huge landmass, parking LOTS do

This is accurate, but missing some updates. There is a Kei-car like class of vehicles in Korea and they get some tax, parking, toll benefits. The Kia Morning and Hyundai Casper are examples of these. These days people do leave their phone number still (I don't), but they actually don't leave them in neutral anymore. If parked in those situations, they're manned by attendants who have the keys. I will confirm though that I do sometimes have to somewhat squeeze myself out of car and have sometimes just gone out the passenger side (my apartment parking lot spaces are really small). This feature would be a killer for me, definitely not something I'd key in on when shopping, but a welcome bonus.

@@ESKMOfficial Kei cars are smaller than Korean compact car so called Gyung-Cha btw

yeah. I only have the 23 hybrid model and it "only" has 141hp but the way it accelerates from under green light with help of electric engine is great. The car is way snappier than 141hp would make me think. I would love full ev but full max trimmed out (even premium pack with remote control parking) hev vs low trim ev was a clear choice for me. mpg is insane on hev lol. I got 65 freaking mpg the other day

With the charge port center-front, I can't see that being needed much, but that is an excellent use! All EVs, especially those with "not front, not at a corner" charge ports (looking at you Ford Mach-E and F-150 Lightning) could _really_ use this.

KIA boyZ will steal in no time

If you see a Kia Niro EV with a grey panel or with black on the hybrid models, would you hate the person just because chose to not have same body color panel?

@@automation7295 no, I think it looks cool as hell. Saw about six Niros last Sunday and five of them had the gray panels.

yep. I have 23 hev cityscape green with panel in the same color. car is sick af

I have an ev6 took me about a week I love it

K5 GT is so cool. I have a 16 Optima that I want to make look more like a K5.

But why should it be necessary? Cars should get easier to operate, not more complex.

hua? I only seen one where you see another niro review

Embargo says hi

@@aram430 Regular Car Reviews did a review on the outgoing model this week.

You saw that too?

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It's great if you love ugly SUVs.

Shilling EVs gets a lot of $$$

Yeah, true, but it's a pain for me, since the only knob there is for the temperature setting, and I use the fan speed a lot more than the temperature adjustment, and that's a screen tapping thing in a hard to do by memory/feel place.

No it doesn't.And often the passenger controls the radio.

@@krane15 yeah, that's exactly what I said, the passenger can do whatever he/she wants with the touchscreen

yeah it saves space and its very cool

It's nice living in a big country with big roads. We need big cars with big engines to get around. Your little 1L diesel hatchbacks would get run over trying to merge onto our highways.

@@bwofficial1776 yeh but it goes 200

Looks the opposite of awesome 🤮

tf are you talking about? lmao This car is ugly af

People have no taste in cars no more this car is ugly

Plus, it's more advantageous at night since the stalks aren't lit. You can't see what it's set to, so having it tell you on the screen is wonderful!

It's a decent feature but I wouldn't call it anything amazing or even really necessary. If you've driven any car made in the last 40 years, wiper controls aren't rocket science. If you don't know where it is, you can just look straight ahead at what the wipers are doing instead of reading a screen. That said I respect it as a little extra attention to detail.

@@sunshinelolipops1 lmao, so true. if you turn the wipers on and they go once and stop... guess what.. you're in int. turn the switch more for more wiper action. and with the headlights, my cars headlights have been set to auto since the day i got it

@@joeslowy yep, exactly. the wipers themselves instantly tell you what setting you're on. kinda can't believe that people would need a screen to tell them what their wipers are doing lol. The only plausible reason I can figure they did this, is because Hyundais and Kias are notoriously used as rental cars and they thought it might be helpful for someone who isn't very familiar with the car. But even then, it's not really needed

Having driven a few Kias there's also an option in the menu to disable this so if it annoys you or you're familiar with the car you can.

It’s crazy. Like I’m considering an Hyundai EV which I never thought I’d say

Touch grass

Sure no pun xdd

@@yannyyansen9743 then smoke it

Why would anyone want the "new" Niro EV when the EV6 can charge 10-80% in under 20 minutes? (Assuming similar price, of course)

@@blairjayson So true!!

All back roads I am getting 330 miles .highway at 70 I am getting 270 miles ev6 awd gt line

@@blairjayson EV6 is a fair bit more expensive

@SYED RIPEJ Wrong clip. You linked some dirty lake with a ton of dislikes. Try again.

I don't understand Kia & Hyundai putting the back turn signals down low in the bumper away from the brake lights. I guess they did it for visual separation but every other car is fine having them all together. You only have to look at one fixture. Sort of like the Bolt EUV with fake brake lights up high and the real brake lights are hidden behind the bumper reflectors.

@@bwofficial1776 nothing particularly wrong with having all the lights is one assembly, I'm just pointing out cars didn't used to be that way. I also suspect it a way of reducing manufacturing costs when there is only one assembly at each corner.

I'm honestly surprised it's legal for them to put them that low on some of their cars, it seems like it would be kinda dangerous if someone was really close behind you (usually at lower speed though.)

@@mattwolf7698 you really shouldn't be close enough tothe back of another car that you can't see where the tires touch the road so that driver would be at fault anyway. I do agree Hyundai/Kia needs to let go of sticking signals in the bumper. There's tons of empty space on the Niro to put it higher up.

Hot hatches were enthusiast cars that didn't sell all that well if I remember correctly. Not sure how many more sales it would achieve

I get in my car after doing something physical and want the air blowing at one temp, then slowly change it as I cool down. Or I start it extra hot and then level off when coming into the car from a cold day. Or need the defrosters for the first 20 minutes then change it. Or on long drives adjust as the sun position changes and I go from shade to full sun across a 6 hour drive. I honestly can't fathom setting the HVAC just once.

I do the same thing. My car has physical buttons for temperature and defrost with everything else on the screen. The only time I ever touched the screen controls was to press auto. Turning off defrost reverts to previous settings, in my case auto.

Because the Auto systems are never where I want them to be. They're always blowing the wrong way, blowing the wrong temperature (so then I'm always having to mess with the temp dial and then 1 degree change is too much for me to tolerate because what comes out the vents is significantly different) and overall just annoying. Maybe I'm just in that 1% of people who doesn't think like everyone else when it comes to climate controls but I'm extremely picky. By far the best climate controls I've come across IMO is on my old 98 Saturn, infinitely variable positions on a slider (no Panel, Floor, Defrost only switches), infinitely variable temperature slider that I can dial in perfectly, the AC and Recirc buttons are separate and can be turned on at any time (and don't come on automatically with defrost which I find annoying). The only 'limiting' feature is a basic 4 speed fan. I really just don't like automated systems (not even automatic transmissions) but maybe I'm just weird

Depends on how you use the car. If it is just a grocery grabber the 250kW fast charger is pointless.

I drove a Niro EV on vacation from Ohio to Florida and it was pretty easy.

I have the EV and it has a pretty decent range. You defined want to take a break after driving for 4 hours on the highway. I drive on Uber for the whole day in a single charge.

@@gteixeira I’ve been known to drive 10 hours straight when I’m on a road trip. It’s kind of a game to see how far I can go in a day. Once drove from Sioux Falls, SD to Destin, FL in 15 hours nonstop. I’m not the kind of guy to wait an hour for a charge while on the road.

@@ATLOffroad I also used to do that. But since I have an electric car I got used to the different travel routine and even incorporated it as part of it.

And the Nissan Leaf!

Trash car

They're both about to die. The equinox is going to be the bottom ev in Chevys lineup. Same problem tho, it's supposed to start much cheaper.

I have the 2023 Bolt EUV. I looked at the Niro ev and the Honda kona electric. After some research and price for what you get in an ev, I thought the bolt was the better deal. I chose the euv because it look better than the ev plus I wanted a slightly bigger vehicle. My last car was a Ford fiesta.

yeah, that’s the thing that got me the most excited from the entire video

It "literally" takes decades? How is this possible when the car isn't decades old yet?

@@DRB112660 Because it’s literally sarcasm.

​@@ferdball Just throwing this out there... Is it because you're still using "MyUvo" instead of "Kia Access"? I use Access daily and it's perfect and rarely has issues.

@@aboy467 Kia Access is correct. Both are painfully slow. My reference is a 2018 Model 3.

You just click a dedicated button on the steering wheel to change drive type, it takes a millisecond and isn't even something you think about after driving for a week. And the regen does NOT reset, it stays at your setting (in my EV6 at least) Do you work for Tesla? Your FUD is pathetic.

yeah that’s what got me the most excited from the whole video

I'm assuming it uses the parking sensors so it won't let you ram into something.

Don't try to make sense of how car mfgs classify their vehicles. It's a lost cause.

Ironic.

@@MLHunt Oh it makes sense. They think they can command a higher price by calling it an suv because people think big vehicle cost more despite it not being bigger. Really sucks.

It's a hatchback with slightly bigger tires. Look what Subaru does: they can barely give away Impreza hatchbacks but slap a lift and some cladding on and the Crosstrek flies off dealer lots.

@@bwofficial1776 Subaru has always been an edge case, the exception that proves the rule!

@SYED RIPEJ Nobody asked

Even in black it looks SO BAD and we dident even see the grill in that shot. Thank you bmw for keeping my old car resale value high 😂

Link to the Clip : They finally released the latest model kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aKuInbWjueC4l4U.html

@@dustyice3110 The Grille is normal sized compared tp that gigantic M4 one. Lots of older BMWs had a similar size grille. The only thing i don't like are the Split Headlights, Dayrunning Lights seperated from normal Lights. Should have been all in one. That said, the M4's look apparently grew on People because they are still selling like crazy here in Germany and the Special Versions of the M4 were sold out 1 day after Announcement. I think People will get used to it and like it. Kinda like the late 2000s M6 was considered super ugly by everyone online, and now it's rising in Price. Same will probably be true with Big Grille M4.

@@chartreux1532 I personally still dont like the look of that m6 rear end lol. BMW has said recently that they enjoy their controversial designs so I dont expect the design department to change anytime soon. My problem with the M4 isnt even the grills its evreything else, it looks uninspired. The headlights look like they belong on a toyota camry. The gills look like they are held on with double sided tape. The door handles look like a afterthought and they are placed too high. The rear end is flat and the rear diffuser sits too high so when you drive behind it all u see is muffler ... but the interior is georgous and im sure they drive better than anything else for the money. So I understand, but bmws clearly taken their design from beautiful to purposfully controversial for better or worse. Either way my car has tripled in value so im happy. 😆

-Says the guy who harassed multiple people who doesn't have opinions like his

@@jc_47 Troll stfu and get a life.

The fact that the “Kia Challenge” exists proves that they do not have the best quality in the industry… I could go steal a Kia right now if I wanted to

@@maga6319 My point still stands when Kia/Hyundai fanboys are #1 worst car fandoms, even ahead of the JDM Fankids

@@maga6319 Salty much because I said facts? You just sit around and just comment "gtfo" and "get a life" or whatever you gaymers say to people who have different opinions

True, and I always think about what if you got into a minor front end accident. You're now looking at having to replace the whole charge port assembly which I have to imagine isn't cheap.

Still better than all electric capacitive buttons imo pressing one button to switch back and forth also not in the infotainment is WAY better

EVs are still very expensive. I can't wait for them to finally start reaching 20k.

But it looks like an obese chicken egg...

😂

No engine immobilizer

Is one of your quirks a mind that short circuits causing you to act stupid?

Cool

thank you Cpt Obvious, nothing gets past you

The Niro also come in a HEV or PHEV with a 1.6L

@@jag2664 that's a joke of an engine