It's a distinctively aggressive looking SUV but it fails to match the looks when it comes to driving fun
It’s a distinctively aggressive looking SUV but it fails to match the looks when it comes to driving fun’s new all-electric EV9 has stature of an army personnel carrier, often drawing comparisons online to the Range Rover – much to the chagrin of the landed gentry.
The boot is big even with the rear seats up, boasting saloon car space of 571 litres and a large 2,320 litres with back rows lowered; a task that is also completed at the touch of a button on the boot wall. It will cruise along at motorway speeds and holds itself upright in the bends with little bodyroll. That’s down to the hefty battery pack that’s crammed under the floor.
The GT-Line also manages to deliver a 0-100km/h time of 5.3 seconds, which is significantly quicker than the Earth version but also faster than a regular EV6. There is talk of a fully-fledged GT version in the future, but do you really want to be faster than 5 seconds in a 3-tonne SUV loaded with your kith and kin?
Thanks to that weighting, the response from the steering is quick, but it just feels like you are pointing and clicking with this car rather than driving it.