Kia Reviews
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Kia Stonic 2025 review: Sport
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By Marcus Craft · 13 Jan 2025
Every 2025 Kia Stonic is equipped with the 1.0-litre three-cylinder turbo-petrol engine. And that's big news because that engine was, until now, only ever offered in the top-spec GT-Line. Small SUVs offer plenty of urban-driving appeal and carmakers like Kia have fine-tuned their compact vehicles into crowd-pleasing products. But is the new and improved Stonic worth your consideration?
Kia EV5 2025 review: Earth Long Range
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By Emily Agar · 29 Dec 2024
After a slight delay in its launch to ensure its local tuning was on point, the Kia EV5 has hit the market strongly with sharp pricing and an even sharper features list. But is it enough to topple the market-leading Tesla Model Y?
Kia Carnival 2025 review: GT-Line Hybrid long-term | Part 3
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By Laura Berry · 10 Dec 2024
The Kia Carnival GT-Line Hybrid could be as close to perfect as big family cars come, the Berry family found after four months living together
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Kia EV5 GT-Line 2025 review: snapshot
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By Andrew Chesterton · 01 Dec 2024
The GT-Line is the flagship model in Kia’s EV5 range, and as such it gets pretty much everything Kia could throw at it, including 20-inch alloys, auto-flush door handles, a panoramic sunroof, two-tone seats which are now billed as offering "premium relaxation", wireless phone charging, fingerprint recognition, a heated steering wheel and an augmented-reality head-up display.
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Kia EV5 Earth 2025 review: snapshot
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By Andrew Chesterton · 29 Nov 2024
The Earth is the middle rung on the Kia EV5 ladder, splitting the entry-level Air and flagship GT-Line, and it will set you back $64,770, before on-roads.
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Kia EV5 Air 2025 review: snapshot
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By Andrew Chesterton · 27 Nov 2024
The cheapest EV5, the Air, arrives in two guises, Standard Range or Long Range, and the former is something of a bargain. It’s the only EV5 to get included on-road costs, and Kia is asking $56,770, on the road. That puts it well below the Tesla Model Y. As of right now, the single-motor Tesla is $60,868, on the road, in NSW.
Kia Carnival 2025 review: GT-Line Hybrid long-term | Part 2
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By Laura Berry · 26 Oct 2024
Kia's Carnival now comes in a petrol-electric hybrid variant and it's lived with the Berry family for two months - find out what it does best and what it could do better.
Kia EV5 2025 review - Australian first drive
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By Andrew Chesterton · 23 Oct 2024
The Kia EV5 is shaping as the biggest threat to its dominance the Tesla Model Y has ever faced, with sharp pricing, a great drive and tons of space. So, can the new Kia upset the Tesla apple cart? We put it to the test to find out.
Kia Carnival 2025 review: GT-Line Hybrid long-term | Part 1
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By Laura Berry · 01 Oct 2024
In the past the Kia Carnival really only did one thing we didn't like and that was use too much petrol, but now that the hybrid variant has arrived does this mean it's perfect? Well, the Berry family will find out because Kia Carnival GT-Line Hybrid has come to stay for three months.
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Kia EV3 2025 review - International first drive
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By Chris Thompson · 11 Sep 2024
We test drive the new Kia EV3 in the built-up, smooth-road urban environment it was made for. But we're hoping a day behind the wheel will reveal whether this EV has the chops to make it in the harsher environment Australia presents.