Kia Holds the 2027 EV6 at $37,900 as the EV3 Arrives $8,000 Below It
All seven trims carry 2026 stickers and the $1,545 destination fee into 2027, with no new equipment. The cheaper EV3 and a $39,990 Model Y Standard now bracket it.
Kia has priced the 2027 EV6 exactly where it priced the 2026 car: $37,900 for the base Light SR RWD, $53,000 for the GT-Line AWD, and $1,545 for destination on every one of the seven trims. Nothing else moves either. Kia's own announcement calls the 2027 model a carryover, with range, fast charging, and driver-assist hardware all unchanged.
That turns the EV6 into the flat line in a Kia lineup that is otherwise shifting under it. The new EV3 reached showrooms this month at $29,890 before destination, $8,010 below the cheapest EV6, and our breakdown of what the $31,385 EV3 Light includes shows how much of the bigger car's equipment the small one already carries. Monday's release reads as Kia choosing to hold the EV6 steady rather than close that gap.
Seven trims, same seven prices
Before the $1,545 destination charge, the 2027 lineup runs:
- Light SR RWD: $37,900
- Light LR RWD: $41,200
- Light LR AWD: $45,200
- Wind RWD: $44,800
- Wind AWD: $48,800
- GT-Line RWD: $48,700
- GT-Line AWD: $53,000
Kia set those numbers in May, when it lowered the 2026 EV6 from 2025 levels after the federal tax credit expired; Electrek put the cuts at $5,000 to $5,500 per trim. The 2027 car keeps the May stickers and, according to Kia, the May specs: 237 miles of EPA range for the Light SR, up to 319 miles for the 84-kWh rear-drive versions, and 295 miles for all-wheel drive. The EV6 is still built in West Point, Georgia, alongside the EV9.
The 641-hp EV6 GT is absent from the release. Kia told Road & Track earlier this year that the 2026 GT was delayed until further notice because of market conditions, InsideEVs reported, and the company has said nothing new about it for 2027.
Where $37,900 lands in October 2026
The EV6's problem isn't its own price so much as everyone else's. The Tesla Model Y Standard lists at $39,990 with 321 miles of range, and the Hyundai Ioniq 5 SE Standard Range, the EV6's platform twin, starts at $35,000 before destination. The Model Y vs. Ioniq 5 math we ran this month shows the 318-mile Ioniq 5 SE at $39,100 all-in; an EV6 with comparable range, the Light LR RWD, is $42,745 with destination.
Inside Kia's own showroom the squeeze is tighter. The EV3 Wind FWD costs $34,990 and is rated at 321 miles, two more than the EV6 Light LR RWD, for $6,210 less. The EV6 counters with a larger body, 800-volt charging, and available all-wheel drive from the Light LR up, but none of that is new for 2027.
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Sales show the pressure. Kia's third-quarter report put EV6 deliveries at 835 in September, down 61 percent from a year earlier, as the brand's record quarter leaned on the Telluride while every EV fell. Holding prices flat is the conservative play; it is also what Kia did with most of its 2027 lineup, as our survey of who is cutting prices for 2027 found.
What Kia hasn't said
The release gives no dealer-arrival date for the 2027 EV6, no EPA confirmation for the new model year, and no word on November incentives for the 2026 cars still in stock. For a buyer, that last gap is the one that matters: with the 2027 car identical on paper, a 2026 EV6 with a factory rebate or a cheap lease is the same vehicle for less money, and dealers have every reason to move the older stock first.
