Gmc Yukon vs Mitsubishi eK X EV

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Gmc Yukon
Gmc Yukon

$174,990 - $174,990

2025 price

Mitsubishi eK X EV
Mitsubishi eK X EV

2023 price

Summary

2025 Gmc Yukon
2023 Mitsubishi eK X EV
Safety Rating

Engine Type
V8, 6.2L

Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

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Fuel Efficiency
14.7L/100km (combined)

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Seating
8

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Dislikes
  • Big rims
  • Terrible tyres for off-roading
  • Lacks prestige look and feel at this price

  • Energy consumption should be better
  • Not confirmed for Australia
  • Won't have broad appeal
2025 Gmc Yukon Summary

If you're in the market for a premium-style four-wheel drive wagon with eight seats and a petrol V8 engine and you live in Australia, your choices have been rather limited. You'd be looking at something like the Nissan Patrol or the Land Rover Defender 130. 

Well, that has now changed as General Motors Specialty Vehicles (GMSV) is importing the GMC Yukon Denali to Australia. This top-of-the-range Yukon arrives here as a left-hand drive vehicle and is converted to right-hand drive at a facility in Victoria to suit our market. 

The Denali has a price tag just under $175,000, though, and that makes it a lot more expensive than most vehicles that could be considered rivals in the Aussie market. Is it worth it?

Read on.

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2023 Mitsubishi eK X EV Summary

If EVs are to make a meaningful difference to our collective environmental impact, there's one thing standing in the way: price.

Complexity, competency and capability have all improved since EVs started entering new car showrooms a decade ago, but in that time the price tags haven't improved all that much.

Buying an EV is still a rich person's game and scarcity on the used-car market means there are few true bargains for those willing to go with something second-hand. Even the Chinese aren't selling electric cars below the $40K barrier yet.

And that's where the Mitsubishi eK X EV comes in - or at least it would, if Mitsubishi Motors Australia chose to bring it to our shores.

Though it's unconfirmed for our market for now, we took the opportunity to spend a bit of time behind the wheel in its home (and so far, only) market of Japan.

Appetite for eco cars has been strong in Japan for a long time now, and the eK X EV (along with its platform twin the Nissan Sakura) arrives at a time where Japanese motorists are crying out for more affordable all-electric options.

Though its diminutive size and limited single-charge range would exclude it from consideration for a large number of Aussie motorists, would the compact eK X EV nevertheless make sense in Australian cities as a low-cost runabout for urbanites? It's certainly a question worth asking.

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