I think you may have misunderstood me. Not offended one bit, and I apologize if that's how you took it, I was just being overly expressive. I'm glad you enjoy your car and it's sounds, people should drive what they enjoy

 

a short term annoyance for long term joy.

 

General question - other than the exterior and interior design, is there any functional difference between the regular Ionic 5 and it's corporate cousin - the Kia EV6 GT? I prefer the overall exterior design of the Kia and would consider getting one to replace my S in the future. Ofcourse it would have to be the GT version (is that the equivalent of the Hyundai N model?)

 

They both share the same underlying platform, The E-GMP (Electric-Global Modular Platform)

 

No worries at all.

 

i don't think so since the ioniq 5 n just came out filled with new stuff.

good comparison

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Unless you're talking about hypercars, most if not all ICE performance vehicles today have fake pumped-in engine noise. Turbocharged motors and hybrids aren't exactly the most exciting things to listen to.

I don't know where this idea comes from that ICE vehicles have some kind of "soul" when these big naturally aspirated V8's and V12's that people keep dreaming about were already at death's door a decade ago well before EV's became mainstream.

 

THe Kia is quite the enthusiast car! 👍👍

 

it is, but the ioniq 5 N is on another level.

i expect kia will do their version at some point.

 

They were at deaths door because of government policy, not because people didn't like them or want them. The rich and powerful still have access to those big engines, and still buy them. Those big engine dreams only died for the peons.

 

You should do a Mad Max and head out into the desert with the last V8 🤣

 

Government policy never decided that people wanted soccer mom crossovers with tiny 4-cylinder engines, people decided that.

 

I never claimed that. There always has been and always will be a market for economy transportation. The engines being discussed were V8s and V12s, and the government's policies with corporate emission standards and associated fines absolutely do limit access to those type of vehicles. The CEO of Dodge outright stated this. LS customers certainly didn't choose a V6tt LS either, and sales show it.

 

Maybe things are different in other parts of the country, but here in California, most wealthy people are not buying vehicles with big engines. I can count on my fingers daily the number of new (between 2020 and 2024) V8's and even V6's. In fact most of the bigger engine cars I see are driven by the poor/Blue collar. You'll find more V8's in East Oakland than in Palo Alto, where the average house is worth well over $2M. My brother in Law lives in the Fremont hills where the starting price of a house is $2.7M and in his entire neighborhood there is one Mustang GT owned by his neighbors son, probably bought by dad. This is a trend I've been seeing since the mid-2000's

 

So all the rich people in Cali are driving 4 cylinders? Give me a break. lol