Kia has not confirmed what powertrain will be found under the new EV3 GT’s skin, but dual-motor layouts have already been confirmed for the EV3 range, suggesting it’ll be equipped with a version of this setup.
We don’t think it’ll quite match the EV6’s circa-600bhp power figure, but a more reasonable output somewhere around the 400bhp mark is likely. The critical success of Hyundai and Kia’s virtual gear shift system, and the fact it’s installed in the new EV6 GT, suggests that it too could be applied to the EV3. If so, it will help give the car a more boisterous character than the standard model.
Given the EV3 has been on sale now for around a year, the production Kia EV3 GT will probably arrive in the next 12 months or so. It represents the first 400V e-GMP platform model to be fitted with a high performance powertrain, giving us a certain amount of insight into what else Kia or Hyundai might have in store for other future models like the EV4. The current, top-spec EV3 costs around £44k, so the GT is expected to comfortably breach the £50k barrier, but this seems to be the price of admission for a modern hot hatchback.
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