2025 Hyundai Kona Electric Premium Extended Range review
The last Kona Electric was a bit of an EV pioneer. Its successor has taken a big step forward, though the Premium isn't necessarily the pick.
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Scott Collie
Lexus RX vs Hyundai Kona Comparison
Lexus RX
Hyundai Kona
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2025 Lexus
RX
vs
2026 Hyundai
Kona
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Best suitable for...
Driving the family
Luxury
City drivingFuel Efficiency
55L - 67L
72 to 583 km
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Warranty
5 year
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5 year
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MSRP
$90,350 - $130,950
$54,000 - $68,000
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Scott Collie
Contributor
Scott Collie drove this car and these were their findings:
Hits
- Spacious, polished interior
- Smoother, more refined drive
- Space-saver spare rare in this segment
Misses
- Expensive relative to base Kona Electric...
- ...and crosses into Ioniq 5 price territory
- 100kW DC fast-charging isn't great
Colours Available
The RX is available in the following finishes:
- Sonic Chrome
- Sonic Iridium
- Graphite Black
- Sonic Copper
- Deep Blue (excludes F Sport Performance)
- White Nova (F Sport, F Sport Performance only)
- Cobalt Mica (F Sport, F Sport Performance only)
- Sonic Quartz (Luxury, Sports Luxury only)
- Titanium (Luxury, Sports Luxury only)
- Vermillion (Luxury, Sports Luxury only)
- Khaki Metal (Luxury, Sports Luxury only)
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Specs
| Type | ||
| TURBO, TURBO GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION & MULTI-POINT | - | |
| Size (cc) | ||
| 2393 - 2487 | - | |
| Size (L) | ||
| 2.4L, 2.5L | - | |
| Cylinders | ||
| 4 | - | |
| Camshaft | ||
| DUAL OVERHEAD CAM | DUAL OVERHEAD CAM | |
| Valves/Ports per Cylinder | ||
| 16 | - | |
| Power | ||
| 184kW - 273kW | 99kW - 150kW | |
| Power RPM | ||
| 6000 | - | |
| Torque | ||
| 430Nm | 255Nm | |
| Torque RPM | ||
| 1700 - 4600 | - | |
| Bore Stroke | ||
| - | - | |
| Compression Ratio | ||
| - | - | |
