The Kia EV3 is the 2025 World Car of the Year. It’s the second straight World Car of the Year award for Kia after the EV9 won in 2024. It also brings Kia’s total wins at the World Car Awards to six since 2020.
“It is an immense honor for everyone at Kia that the EV3 has been awarded the 2025 World Car of Year title. This award highlights Kia’s global leadership in providing design-led, technologically advanced, sustainable mobility solutions and how the EV3’s class-leading attributes redefine the user experience for customers worldwide,” said Ho Sung Song, President and CEO at Kia.
The EV3 brings the innovation of Kia’s flagship EV9 to a wider audience than ever before, setting new standards in the compact electric vehicle (EV) SUV segment. The EV3 boasts a bold, progressive exterior and an innovative, practical interior that maximizes space, functionality, and comfort.
Measuring in at 4,300 mm long, 1,850 mm wide, 1,560 mm high with a wheelbase at 2,680 mm, the EV3 uses a front-wheel drive derivative of the E-GMP platform. It comes with either a 58.3-kWh or 81.4-kWh battery giving it up to 600 kilometers of range. Both models utilize a 204 horsepower (150 kW), 283Nm electric motor, which enables a best 0 to 100km/h acceleration time of 7.5 seconds.
The vehicle’s innovative interior design optimizes space, comfort, and accessibility, while Kia’s AI Assistant, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and Over-the-Air (OTA) updates enhance the ownership experience with cutting-edge technology.
The World Car of the Year is voted by around 96 motoring journalists from 30 countries.
Vehicles eligible for World Car of the Year title must be produced in volumes of at least 10,000 units per year, must be priced below the luxury-car level in their primary markets, and must be “on-sale” in at least two major markets (China, Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Latin America, USA) on at least two separate continents within the period January 1, 2024 and March 30, 2025.
Other previous World Car Awards won by Kia are:
- Kia EV9 – 2024 World Car of the Year
- Kia EV9 – 2024 World Electric Vehicle
- Kia EV6 GT – 2023 World Performance Car
- Kia Telluride – 2020 World Car of the Year
- Kia Soul EV – 2020 World Urban Car
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