I bought an electric EV6 lately and I don´t want it anymore. My colleague´s Kia Sportage (a 2020) suffered a transmission failure and a guy which I happen to know from high school posts frequently about his Kia Rio being junk.
I am too afraid to keep it, even if it´s brand new. From what I am seeing, Kia has problems. Fortunately, Kia agreed to buy it back from me.
Well I've said that for years
Good decision. You won’t regret it!
Any complaints specific to the car?
transmission failure
If it's an A6MF1 - poor maintenance.
If it's a dual clutch, obviously it'd blow, it's a dry clutch on an SUV.
I wonder what was the nature of the failure of the AT?
assuming it's the DCT usually they begin to jerk, the dealer tries to replace the clutch pack, then the dual mass flywheel, and then the entire gearbox. although sometimes there are cases when driving technique that's incompatible with a dry clutch DCT will cause it to have a catastrophic internal failure.
Kia Rio
well yeah, until very recency it used to be a $10k-$13k new disposable car.
You buy it, use it for 10years / 125k miles and off to the trash it goes.
Newer ones, excluding dual clutches, are actually surpassingly plush - and yet still, disposable.
Kia has problems
Scotty has talked about it.
A lot of models do, but if you're really smart about it and know what and when to buy you can get away with it.
For example, I've been buying Koreans and haven't had serious issues because I know what to buy.
And let me tell you, the EV6 is definitely not a car to buy!
I am too afraid to keep it
You should be afraid to keep it, that's an EV! Who knows what kinds of issues an EV, any EV will have.
I live in the Czech Republic and commute 35 miles each way to work
source: https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/qa/scotty-how-long-will-this-car-last-me/
So in 10 years that'd be about 200k miles - I think any 1.8L Toyota hybrid is a good choice.
You can get the very max trim level Corolla Space GR sport (1.8L hybrid) and still have OVER $20K cheaper than an EV6.
