2027 Kia EV5 GT

Cost

Price On the road, from Kia UK's pricing release of 1 October 2026. Too expensive for the Electric Car Grant. One trim, so paint is the only option. White is standard; every other colour is £675, and Lithium Silver Matt £1,500.

£54,295

Battery

Battery

81.4 kWh

Range

Range WLTP combined, up to, as Kia UK quotes it.

295 miles

Charging

Max fast charge power Kia quotes a 127 kW peak. A 50 kW charger takes 1 hour 10 minutes.

127 kW

Fastest charge time 10 to 80%.

30 mins

AC charge power

11 kW

AC charge time 10 to 100% on 11 kW, which is the figure to plan around. Kia also quotes 3 hours 55 minutes on 22 kW, but this is a European release: 22 kW is on the EV2's European options list and not on the British one, and few British homes have the three-phase supply to use it. £50 off a home charge point

7h 20m

System voltage An 800 volt car can take more power from a rapid charger than a 400 volt one, which is why two cars quoting the same battery size can be twenty minutes apart on a motorway stop.

400 V

Heat pump Standard on the GT. An option on the GT-Line S and not offered below it.

Yes

Plug & Charge Standard and free, through a Kia Charge account.

Yes

Autocharge Autocharge is Fastned and Osprey's way of starting a charge without an app or a card: you plug in and the charger recognises the car. This one should work, but neither network has confirmed it yet.

Yes

Performance

Drive

AWD

Top speed Limited. Kia quotes 180 km/h.

112 mph

Acceleration Kia quotes 0 to 100 km/h, which is 62 mph.

6.2 secs

Motor Two motors: 155 kW at the front and 70 kW at the rear.

225 kW

Horsepower As Kia UK quotes it. Kia's European figure is 306 PS.

301 hp

Torque

480 Nm

Sound generator Active Sound Design, through the eight speakers, rising with speed, acceleration and torque. Virtual Gear Shift simulates the shifts to go with it, and lifting off above 100 km/h gets its own coasting sound whether or not the gears are switched on.

Yes

Details

Seating

5 seats

Pet mode Kia Pet Mode holds the cabin at a safe temperature, locks the doors, disables the interior switches and alarms, and puts a message on the screen for anybody looking in.

Yes

Dimensions

Length

4,610 mm

Width Mirrors folded

1,875 mm

Height The GT sits on 20 inch wheels and its own suspension, so it is not quite the height of the car it is based on.

1,685 mm

Boot volume VDA, as Kia quotes it for the GT.

566 litres

Boot volume (max) With seats down

1,650 litres

Wheelbase

2,750 mm

Tech

V2L (3-pin socket) Standard on the GT, through an adapter in the charge port, with a 3-pin socket inside too.

Yes

App

Yes

Android Auto

Yes

Apple CarPlay

Yes

Over-the-air updates

Yes

What you get

Technology

• 12.3-inch touchscreen navigation system Standard
• 12.3-inch driver display Standard
• 5.3-inch climate control screen Standard
• Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, with seven years of Kia Connect Standard
• Eight-speaker Harman Kardon premium sound system Standard
• Active Sound Design Standard
• Six-speed Virtual Gear Shift Standard
• Customisable head-up display Standard
• Wireless mobile phone charger Standard
• Digital key Standard
• Interior 3-pin plug socket Standard
• Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) capability with adapter Standard
• eCall and over-the-air updates Standard
• Fingerprint recognition Standard

Exterior

• 20-inch GT alloy wheels Standard
• GT exterior styling with neon green brake callipers Standard
• Gloss black door mirrors, side sills and wheel arches Standard
• Electrically adjustable, folding and heated door mirrors with LED indicators Standard
• Automatic flush door handles Standard
• Automatic headlight control Standard
• Rain-sensing front wipers Standard
• Rear window and tailgate privacy glass Standard
• LED headlights with adaptive driving beam Standard
• Solar glass windscreen Standard

Driver assistance

• Electronically Controlled Suspension with road preview Standard
• Electronic Dynamic Torque Vectoring Standard
• GT drive mode, launch control and performance timer Standard
• Regenerative braking paddle shifters with i-Pedal Standard
• Highway Driving Assist 2.0 with hands-on detection Standard
• Smart Cruise Control 2.0 with stop and go Standard
• Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist Standard
• Blind-spot view monitor Standard
• 360-degree surround view monitor Standard
• Front, side and rear parking sensors Standard
• Parking Collision-Avoidance Assist Standard
• Remote Smart Parking Assist 2.0 Standard
• Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist Standard
• Safe Exit Warning and Driver Attention Warning Standard

Practicality

• 60:40 split folding rear seats Standard
• Smart power tailgate Standard
• 44-litre front boot Standard
• Heat pump Standard

Interior and seats

• GT neon green interior styling Standard
• Artificial suede and leather bucket-style seats with neon green stitching Standard
• Heated front and outer rear seats Standard
• Ventilated front seats Standard
• Electric driver seat adjustment with memory function and lumbar support Standard
• Electric front passenger seat adjustment and lumbar support Standard
• Front premium relaxation seats Standard
• Heated three-spoke GT steering wheel Standard
• Electric one-touch front and rear windows Standard
• Automatic air conditioning and defog system Standard
• Customisable ambient lighting Standard
• Alloy pedals Standard
• Black headlining Standard
• Ergo Motion driver's seat with electric bolster adjustment Standard
• Rear climate control Standard