Kia had previously revealed its redesigned Niro crossover, but it had not provided information about the technical changes it has applied to the model. It finally did so today and the pure-electric version isn’t significantly improved, as different as it looks to the old model, although its specs were already very competitive, so Kia didn’t have to make major changes.
Changes were made, though, the most noteworthy being a drop in torque, from the pre redesign model’s 291 pound-feet (395 Nm) to just 188 pound-feet (255 Nm). We don’t know how this impacts performance, but with the same 201 horsepower peak output, the new electric Niro’s claimed sprint time to 62 mph (100 km/h) stays the same at 7.8 seconds, as does top speed, which is the same 104 mph (167 km/h).
