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And there it is, that fanboy blinder logic. Keep thinking that non-sense is relevant in the EV world. At the same price, there is literally NOTHING that makes that EQB any more capable or "special" than the LARGER EV9, unless it's someone like yourself who fawns over labels instead of actual merits and substance. It's your right to feel this way. It's also others right to mock you for it when they see fanboy statements like the one above. And for the umpteenth time, the EV6 sales have been discussed and your assertions about it debunked. I will leave you with a snippet highlighting the debunking and why those sales dipped. Hint: it's not built here while the EV9 will be built in Georgia, knocking off $7500 from the EV9's $55K price tag. Still want to bitch about the price? "CNET says new requirements for the $7,500 U.S. EV tax credit took effect in April 2023. The 2023 Kia EV6 no longer qualifies for the federal tax credit when purchased by an individual, but a loophole allows Kia to offer the $7,500 savings as a “Lease Bonus.” BTW, the lease loophole only works in certain buyer scenarios. It is astounding how you always skip the obvious stuff to spout of whatever bull$h! you feel passes for a "fact" around here. You get told actual facts, time and time again, yet always repeat THE SAME debunked points. Why? Do you have a cognitive disorder that keeps you from remembering what was said, time after time? Or is it just this need to troll anything that doesn't have a precious tri-star emblem on its grill? Which is it because it sure as hell isn't ever based on anything factual about the other cars?

I like the Brosnan movies... I like some of the Craig movies... the last one was weak and way too long, and didn't like the ending...Sceptre seemed a repeat of past formula. Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, and Skyfall are all quite good, IMO. I never really liked Craig in that role, rather taciturn and no wit or bit of humor that past Bond incarnations had. For a modern Bond, I'd rather have seen Clive Owen, maybe James Purefoy or Dougray Scott (a Scotsman like Connery) in the role.. For modern Bond-ish films, I've really liked Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible films (even w/ their BMWs). I liked the first Timothy Dalton Bond movie over the 2nd one. George Lazenby was very wooden as a Bond (his first acting role, he had been a hand model in Australia), but his one outing was a fun movie w/ great Swiss Alps scenery, a gorgeous '69 Cougar convertible and Diana Rigg..I grew up on the Sean Connery and Roger Moore films, so love most of them (though Moonraker was too absurd). As far as CGI, CGI can't make up for a weak story..which seems to happen all too often today. Terminator 2 holds up really well, IMO..it had a good story and great pacing, suspense and cinematography...still remember enjoying in the theatre back in the day. For good recent movies w/ little or no CGI, I watched a drama the other evening I hadn't heard of called 'City of Lies'... Johnny Depp and Laurence Fishburne were excellent, a drama about the aftermath of Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur's murders and the LAPD investigation and Death Row records... interesting reality-based story..

Today was a day of change, for almost 2 months I have been on a family home remodel project for my son and today he wanted to go check out the Kia EV9 that is making the rounds of the local Kia dealerships. My first impression was that Kia has nailed the traditional brick on wheels style of SUV that Americans should appreciate. I started at the front of the EV9 wanting to see the Frunk. Surprise, not as big as the F150 Lighting or GM's EV pickups but double, maybe even triple the size of what Tesla offers. While not real deep, you could have two bags of groceries on their side. Observation is under this frunk is where the 12V battery is located. From the back is where the cabin airfilter is located and I noticed it was a HEPA filter. Funny thing is that you can see on the left hand side an whiteish lever. This is an emergency frunk lid release. Not sure why they have one as I cannot think of any way a human could fit in this frunk even if they were part of the tiny or dwarf size humans. Interesting note that I wish I had taken a picture of was that in the very front deeper section, they had a NACS to CCS adapter. Surprised to already see one built by Kia. My son opened the front driver's door and I wished now I had taken a video of this as the steering column auto moves up out of the way and then after you get in and close the door, it returns to the position that is set. Very cool, I love this kind of tech where I do not have to adjust things once it is set. I did as you can see in this picture observe the issue that many folks have complained about on touch screens and that is all the fingerprints. David Size test commenced, I set the front passenger chair for my comfort and 3 inches between the front of my knees and the dash. I then got out and into the back seat and WOW, roomy and comfortable. This wins the 6'6" 300lb David test. Plenty of head, shoulder and girth room. This SUV will be a winner for many folks due to the roominess of this EV. As you can see by my left knee is a USB C port for connection to charge and connect to the internal media system. The 3 levers you see on the side of the seat are for upper seat comfort adjustments. Now one thing I was happy about was the heated and cooled seats in the front and back. Kia did some smart thinking here and that is where would be a good place to put the controls? They put them on the internal arm rest and this arm rest had additional thinking as many times when you adjust the back of the seat for relaxing the arm rest in many current SUVs today have limited fixed positions. Here you can pull the arm rest all the way up, go all the way down and then in micro adjustments pull it up till it is comfy for the seat occupant. Controls for the seat moving forward, up, down lumbar, etc. are the same for all four captain's chairs. On the right side bottom cushion. Have to say that while Kia will have a basic all black interior, they are offering as an upgrade multiple two-tone interiors and I really like this brown/black one in this unit. I did sit in the 3rd row split-bench seat and while I could get back there and had headroom, leg room kept me to the middle of this seat. I could make it work for a short ride, but it really is not an adult seating area. The next thing was to check out the back for storage behind the third seat as this is an issue I have seen even in ICE auto's where you either have enough for 6 to 8 bags of groceries or you have pretty much nothing. Kia has actually given a decent set of space where you could get two rows of 8 bags of groceries in terms of traditional paperbags. It of course gets even bigger with the third row of seats down. If you look at the picture with both third row seat areas up, you can see the controller below the European plug and that is four buttons that allow you to open or close the second and third row seats. So, for those running to Home Depot or Ikea and need to put something large in, you can easily do it all from the back and not have to move around to the different sides to do each seat. Decent storage was under the back lift cover. Better yet, while this was clearly told to me by the Kia sales folks that it was a pre-production model off the assembly line that will be producing the EV9s for Asian and European area, the fit n finish was some of the best I had seen. No info on pricing, but I was asked if I was interested in putting down a deposit to save a place in line for the EV. End result is that this Kia EV has way better fit n finish than current production Tesla and I suspect it will really give a run for its money to Tesla and other EV manufacturers. I have always stayed true to my roots and bought GM, Ford, Jeep and Dodge. The EV9 is a strong contender for a possible next auto in my household especially since like GM they are by default offering bi-directional power so that with the EV9 plugged into the home charger, you could power your home if you wanted when you have a power outage. Ask away any and all questions. Happy to Answer! View full article

My real random thought: Here's one where you learn something new every day. I learned this yesterday. Long Island, NY contains 7 million residents. Long Island is almost as long as the distance between Los Angeles and San Diego. With 7 million residents, it holds about 1/3 of the population of the entire state of New York. This requires dismantling these numbers a little bit. Brooklyn and Queens are technically on the western edge of Long Island, but are never considered Long Island by people because they are across the river from Manhattan and the Bronx, are boroughs of NYC, and, together, they have 4 million inhabitants. Once you cross the line from Queens into Nassau County, you are into what is meant by Long Island. Nassau and Suffolk Counties are huge, have a lot of breathing room, and, across almost 100 miles, only have a population of 3 million. Capisce? - - - - - A sad homepage statistic read within the last hour or so: California holds about 1/3 of the homeless population in the U.S. - - - - - BTW, greetings from Long Island, NY

I just googled, "vehicles where the steering wheel sets to memory" and there are vehicles from all makes and models. Mercedes, Lincoln, Genesis, Cadillac ATS, Chrysler/Dodge, Lexus, Acura, BMW, etc. It's basically everybody and this definitely isn't new. It's a cool feature, if you're a larger person who needs the wheel out of the way to easily get in and out of the vehicle. I'd assume it started on any vehicle that had an electronic steering wheel adjustment, as opposed to the manual adjustments. The oldest thing I could find on the "easy-entry" was a 2003 Mercedes SL.

Better value than the smaller EQB and its equally paltry range, minimal HP (in lower trims) and a $54K starting price. Kia won't have a problem selling this at that price.

I havent seen the last one just yet. My kids arent into James Bond so Im waiting for a day or night when Im alone to enjoy it. Id rather watch or do something together that all of us could enjoy. James Bond amongst some other movies of the like, Superbowls, Stanley Cup Finals and World Series is more of a solo thing for me. I could see Clive Owen but especially Dougray Scott in that role now that you mentioned it. He was a baddie in one of the Mission Impossibl movies as well! I havent seen James Purefoy. I googled him for his movies and havent seen ANY. Yeah...I wasnt into Knight's Tale back in the day. Although I did see Churchill... Me too. Enjoy them immensley. I havent seen the last Mission Impossible either. For the same reasons as James Bond... LOVE the sarcasm. Pierce Brosnan also had Bimmers as his choice of ride. LOVE the Z8!!! HATED the 7 Series of that era. HATE most generations of 7 Series. Never saw that one. 100% +1

@smk4565 It is official, the EV9 will start in RWD base at $54,900. ALL-NEW 2024 KIA EV9 STARTS AT $54,900(1) (kiamedia.com) QUOTE: Kia America announced today the base price for the all-new 2024 Kia EV9, Kia’s first three-row SUV EV. Starting at just $54,9001 (excluding destination), the EV9 Light RWD will come standard with DC fast-charging capability, roomy accommodations for up to seven passengers, full SynTex leather-trimmed seating, 19-inch alloy wheels, 8-way power adjustable driver’s seat with heating4 and ventilation all powered by a seamless permanent magnet synchronous electric motor that produces 215 horsepower and 258 lb.-ft. of torque.

Last thing for today. A feel good video.

The EQB is over priced also, but it is a Mercedes-Benz, not a Kia. Kia EV6 sales are down 21% YTD through August. 12,714 units sold YTD. This was their answer to the Model Y, it's dying on the vine already in its 2nd year on the market, while the Model Y is the #1 selling vehicle in the world.

Yeah, hard to get excited about a 223 mile range, which could mean under 200 in harsh climates and 215 hp in a 5,000+ lb SUV at that price. I get that not even one needs 300 or 400 hp, or a 400 mile range. But if they want $56k with destination for the bare bones model, the 300 mile range, AWD model is probably $66k, add options to $70k. This car is $10k too expensive, which can be said about every EV that isn’t a Tesla. These guys have to figure out how to cut cost. I bet they could trim $1,000 off in body cladding alone.