{"id":797757,"date":"2026-07-13T15:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/797757\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:08:24","slug":"more-grip-but-no-gt-kia-ev3-awd-confirmed-for-australia-with-195kw-559km-range-and-local-chassis-tune-ev-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/797757\/","title":{"rendered":"More grip but no GT: Kia EV3 AWD confirmed for Australia with 195kW, 559km range and local chassis tune \u2013 EV Central"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Kia EV3 range is expanding in Australia with a new dual-motor all-wheel-drive flagship that brings more performance and grip, but will not be followed by a full-blown EV3 GT.<\/p>\n

Confirmed to arrive in Australian dealerships from September, the new 2027 Kia EV3 GT-Line AWD will be priced from $66,490 before on-road costs.<\/p>\n

The new flagship adds a second electric motor, all-wheel drive, larger brakes and suspension and steering specifically tuned for Australian conditions.<\/p>\n

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The EV3 GT-Line AWD combines its dual electric motors to produce 195kW and 385Nm, compared with 150kW and 283Nm for the existing single-motor EV3.<\/p>\n

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The extra performance cuts the claimed 0-100km\/h acceleration time to 6.6 seconds, down from 7.7 seconds for the front-wheel-drive Long Range model.<\/p>\n

Power comes from the same 81.4kWh battery used by existing Long Range versions of the EV3.<\/p>\n

The additional motor and all-wheel-drive system reduce the claimed WLTP range to 559km, compared with 604km for the front-wheel-drive EV3 Long Range Air and 563km for the existing GT-Line.<\/p>\n

That means the new AWD flagship sacrifices just 4km of claimed range compared with the current GT-Line while gaining an additional 45kW and 102Nm.<\/p>\n

Kia Australia says the EV3 GT-Line AWD has also been fitted with larger brakes and receives bespoke suspension and steering tuning developed for Australian conditions.<\/p>\n

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The new variant completes the Australian EV3 range following the small electric SUV\u2019s local launch in 2025.<\/p>\n

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Its arrival follows the EV3 recording its strongest Australian sales month so far in June 2026, when Kia delivered 821 examples.<\/p>\n

The new GT-Line AWD will be the flagship of the l;ine-up, as the EV3 GT performance model will not come to Australia.<\/p>\n

Kia Australia says the GT badge will be reserved for its larger EV6 and EV9 halo vehicles, while the EV3 GT-Line AWD completes the local EV3 range.<\/p>\n

The company also wants to avoid adding further complexity to the small electric SUV line-up.<\/p>\n

That represents a shift from Kia Australia\u2019s earlier position, when it had identified the EV3 as a potential candidate for an expansion of its high-performance electric GT range.<\/p>\n

For now, the EV6 GT and EV9 GT will remain Kia\u2019s only dedicated electric GT models in Australia.<\/p>\n

The EV3 GT-Line AWD instead provides a performance step above the front-wheel-drive range without the more extensive powertrain and chassis changes normally associated with Kia\u2019s GT badge.<\/p>\n

Standard equipment carried over from the GT-Line includes 19-inch alloy wheels, a head-up display, heated and ventilated front seats, a heated steering wheel, a Harman Kardon premium sound system, vehicle-to-load capability and dual 12.3-inch displays separated by a 5.0-inch climate-control screen.<\/p>\n

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Other equipment includes a powered driver\u2019s seat, powered tailgate, wireless phone charging, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and Kia Connect with over-the-air software updates.<\/p>\n

Standard safety equipment includes autonomous emergency braking, navigation-based adaptive cruise control, lane-keep and lane-following assistance, Highway Driving Assist 2, blind-spot collision avoidance, rear cross-traffic collision avoidance and a driver-monitoring system.<\/p>\n

Seven airbags are fitted, including a front-centre airbag.<\/p>\n

The 2027 Kia EV3 GT-Line AWD will arrive in Australian dealerships in September<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kia EV3 range is expanding in Australia with a new dual-motor all-wheel-drive flagship that brings more performance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-797757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}