Rival: 2027 Kia EV3 sales start at $29,890 in USA

[Administrator]

US 2027 Kia EV3 Trims, Price, Battery Size, Range. Now On Sale
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[gzebrick]

$31,385 with destination fee

 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Honestly, this falls in about the specs and price I expected for the fathom… except the truck stuff. Maybe we’ll see long range and AWD for the similar upper-30’s.

 

[gzebrick]

Cheapest with AWD is the WIND, and of course you get the crappy low-profile tires. It also gets you the heat pump, so I assume the base model only has inefficient resistive heating.

The WIND with AWD/heat pump/low profile wheel benders starts at 34,990 + 3.700 + 1,495 = $40,185 just to get AWD and you still can't get ventilated seats unless you go up yet another trim level.

I get why Kia bundles this way, but I sure as hell hate that you can't pick individual options like ventilated seats and AWD in the base trim, and of course skip the low profile crap.

As much as I think SLATE dropped the ball, I have to give them credit for pricing each option independently., The industry (talking to YOU Ford!) would be doing us all a favor by going with 1 trim and a list of all the options individually offered.

Screw Hyundai/Kia for bundle creep on their 'cheap' EV!
If you really want a SUV style EV, the better play is to enable a search (like autotempest.com) for a low miles lease return that's got what you want like an EV6 or Ioniq 5 with a ton of warranty left for less price than a new EV3 (it will fast charge quicker too!).

After all, all new cars become used cars once you drive them off the lot.

 

[commadorebob]

There's a balance between endless options and trim packages. From a manufacturing perspective, it's much cheaper for Ford to offer one package with everything and use dealer-installed options. Buying 150,000 sunroofs is cheaper than buying 75,000 and needing two different frames that could be delayed if the sunroof truck is late. Those savings can help keep the price low, which is what Ford is banking on.

 

[ChasingCoral]

It's only a rival if you're comparing apples and oranges -- or in this case CUVs and small trucks.

 

[gzebrick]

It's only a rival if you're comparing apples and oranges -- or in this case CUVs and small trucks.

It's an entry level EV with 4 doors that seats 4 or 5 in a pinch (that rapidly becomes an expensive EV) so I think it's fair game, same as the Bolt and Leaf. I think the Fathom is more of a trucklet than a small truck, but we'll have to wait for the specs to find out for sure. Anyone looking to buy a new low-cost EV will probably cross shop everything out there under 35K