2026 Kia EV4 First Drive Review: Funky, Fresh, Affordable
  • 60 points SwiftCEO

    The side profile is…something

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    18 points forlackofabetterpost

    The black accent on the D-pillar really hurts it. If that was body color it would have a much nicer roof line.

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    4 points beermit

    It would fix the roofline but it would still have those useless little winglets and overall disjointed design

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    7 points A320neo

    For all the people who have been begging for an X6 with the proportions of a cab-forward Chrysler

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    4 points The_Vat

    "Did Bill ever get back to you on whether he wanted a hatch or a tray back?"

    "No, haven't heard from him"

    "Okay, put a placeholder there and when you hear back we'll sort it out"

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    1 points EndlessBattlee

    It looks like a mix of a fastback, a shooting brake, and a wagon

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    1 points narwhal_breeder

    There’s a reason all EVs look like a boat tail bullet cut in half.

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    3 points Bonerchill

    yeah it’s fukin sick and makes em like half as efficient as a whole bullet imagine if we got put in bullet-shaped vehicles and shot everywhere instead of driving but the downside would be a lot of buildings would have comically large bullet holes in them from bad aim

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    1 points averynicehat

    The K4 sedan is a big oof as well.

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  • 41 points simeddit

    what kind of website cancer is this

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    13 points Arctic_Chilean

    Pure cancer holy shit 

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  • 23 points coyote500

    one of the ugliest cars i've ever seen from the rear

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    19 points Drzhivago138

    The hatchback looks better, at least in the rear. What is it with Kia and making sedans that should be liftbacks? It's giving '70s Datsun vibes.

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    10 points coyote500

    that does look 10x better

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    7 points thedrivingcat

    This makes a new Santa Fe's rear look good.

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    3 points beermit

    Holy shit you weren't kidding

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  • 9 points bemurda

    Hmm, fresh like a freshly mangled zombie?

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  • 10 points Murciless

    Fugly from most angles.  A rare miss from Kia’s recently hot design team.   Remember back in 2016 when the interest rate on bonds from the Bank of Japan actually became negative? This is a similar case, where Kia would have to pay me to drive this thing in public.

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  • 10 points legitimate_salvage_

    A modern Pontiac Aztek :/

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    11 points UrbanAlaska

    A modern Pontiac Aztec :)

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  • 6 points thedigitel

    Gross.

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  • 6 points leTrull

    The hatchback looks alright imo. I wasn't prepared for a fastback this ugly.

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  • 2 points Users5252

    I like the crazy proportions, but I'm not a fan of the "folded paper" kind of surfacing on the new Kias

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  • 2 points hachi2JZ

    Someone on the design team saw the geely farizon fx and challenged themself to make it 1) into a car and 2) worse, apparently. somehow a step down from the K4 sedan

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  • 2 points Nefilim314

    I dig it 

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  • 0 points xdr01

    Looks nice and modern.

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  • 1 points EngagedGroomsPodcast

    Absolutely hideous - who is buying this thing for 40K CAD with a range of like 200 miles before the terrible weather takes another 30% off the top?

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  • 1 points flatpetey

    I don’t mind the side profile. But the front and rear are just plain bad.

    The headlight clusters eschew the bar trend and go to the other extreme of being pushed out to the edges just leaving vast expanses of nothingness up front and back. Which just makes it look cheap up front and bloated in the back.

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  • 1 points LilBrownBoyX

    Making it a traditional trunk and not a liftback really killed this thing for me. Also no AWD.

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  • 1 points GeneralCommand4459

    It would have worked better as a wagon/estate.

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  • 1 points ggtsu_00

    Hyundai: "Lets make an EV with the worst possible looking side profile."

    Kia: "Hold my Chimac"

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  • 1 points Voltaiiic

    It's like a crumpled paper grocery bag...

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  • 1 points DJMagicHandz

    Discontinued the Soul and replaced it with this ugly thing with zero functionality.

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  • 0 points cubs223425

    Who decided to slap the rear profile of a Cybertruck on a Kia?

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  • -1 points plasmid9000

    Steaming pile of melted shit.

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