Ranked #197 car in the UK · SUV (EV) · 275 units sold last year
Kia EV5
The Kia EV5 is the family-sized electric SUV slotting between the EV3 and the big EV9 - a spacious, square-set five-seater on Kia's 400-volt platform with the 81.4kWh battery, good for a claimed range of around 329 miles. Pitched against the VW ID.4, Skoda Enyaq, Tesla Model Y and Nissan Ariya, it brings Kia's bold EV styling, a roomy cabin, an optional heat pump and that long warranty to the heart of the market.
New model — there isn't yet an established used market to price this car from, so the valuation is based on its launch list price and projected depreciation. It will sharpen automatically as used examples reach the market.
- Body
- SUV (EV)
- Years
- 2025–2026
- Fuel
- Electric
- Range
- — mi
- Insurance
- Group 40
WLTP
The short version
The Kia EV5 is new enough that its used values are still projected from launch price rather than observed from sales and is dearer to run than most. Its MOT-based reliability is good, 70 out of 100, ahead of 34% of the cars we track.
Pick your version
Estimates are tuned to the version you choose.
Fuel
Electric
Power
217 ps
Drivetrain
FWD
Efficiency
4 mi/kWh
Entry EV5. 81.4 kWh, single-motor FWD, 214bhp, up to 329 mi WLTP (18in wheels). Heated seats + steering wheel standard.
Tell us about the one you're looking at
Tidy and well looked-after for its age — the typical car.
Remembered as you browse other cars.
Optional — fills in the exact year and ULEZ status for your specific car. The registration isn’t stored.
Estimated market value
How we got this number — click for the breakdown, or to challenge it.£26,700
Range £19,050 – £35,100
low confidence
The depreciation curve
How a 2025-registration Kia EV5 loses value over time.
What it costs to own
Based on the 2025 car with 7,800 miles you entered above — worth about £26,700 today — here is the cost of owning it for the next 5 years, at roughly 7,800 miles a year.
5-year total
£14,349
Per year
£2,870
All-in per mile
£0.37
Fuel per mile
7.7p
If a company carAround £39/mo Benefit-in-Kind tax at the 40% rate (£20/mo at 20%) — 3% band (EV)
If you're a company-car driver
At 3% BIK, this would cost a 40% taxpayer about £39/month in company-car tax (£20/month at 20%) — one of the strongest cases for choosing an EV via salary sacrifice. Full BIK table below for context.
Best age to buy — around 2 years
A 2-year-old example loses roughly £4,350 a year — under half the £10,300 a one-year-old sheds. The steepest drop is behind it.
Uses current UK pump and home-charging prices (DESNZ weekly), typical-driver insurance and manufacturer service intervals. "Fuel per mile" is just the energy input — so an EV at ~9p and a diesel at ~22p make running-cost comparison direct. A guide; your own costs will vary.
How it compares
Where this car ranks against the 340 vehicles in our index — higher is better.
Percentile rank across our full index. A measure is shown only where the data spreads meaningfully across the index.
Estimated insurance
Group 40 of 50 (high — premium bracket) · Comprehensive · 3 years NCB
Indicative annual comprehensive premiums for this car, by driver age band and risk profile. Pick the combination closest to your circumstances.
Estimated annual premium · typical, age 33-39
£1,720/ year
Roughly £143 per month
Typical
Average UK driver — 3 years NCB, average postcode, no recent claims.| Age band | Lower risk | Typical | Higher risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age 17-25 | £3,922 | £4,902 | £6,373 |
| Age 26-32 | £2,047 | £2,408 | £2,938 |
| Age 33-39Selected | £1,514 | £1,720 | £2,030 |
| Age 40-49 | £1,285 | £1,428 | £1,656 |
| Age 50+ | £1,146 | £1,273 | £1,502 |
How we estimate this
Indicative annual comprehensive premium estimates. The 'Typical' figure represents an average UK driver in each age band; Lower and Higher risk show the realistic spread driven by factors UK insurers legitimately price on (postcode, occupation, claims history, NCB, voluntary excess, modifications). Based on 10,000 miles/yr, £250 voluntary excess, and the no-claims bonus selected above. Always get individual quotes before buying.
Expected annual costs
Adjust the annual mileage to match how you'll actually use the car. Insurance is what you selected above (age 33-39, typical risk, 3 yrs NCB).
Routine service
£185
Annual main-dealer service
Major service
£210
Every 2 years, annualised
Road tax
£195
Standard rate, post year-one
Electricity
£527
3.5 mi/kWh, 27p blended
Insurance
£1,720
Age 33-39, group 40
Excludes depreciation and unscheduled repairs (see next section).
Unexpected costs
What out-of-warranty repairs typically run, by mileage band. Your selected mileage is highlighted.
0-30k miles
£80
per year · low risk
30-60k miles
£240
per year · low risk
60-100k miles
£520
per year · medium risk
100k+ miles
£900
per year · high risk
Tyres
215/65 R17 · 235/55 R18 · 235/50 R19
What a full set of four will cost you (including fit and balance), and which brand each tier of buyer should pick. A typical set lasts about 24,000 miles.
Budget
£400
set of 4, fitted · £85 per tyre
Mid-range
£580
set of 4, fitted · £130 per tyre
Premium
£840
set of 4, fitted · £195 per tyre
What to fit
Optional extras worth paying for
Factory options ranked by how much of their original cost they recover at resale. Anything above 70% return tends to make money back; below 40% is paying for your own enjoyment.
| Option | New cost | Added used value | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
Tow bar (factory-fit) Niche, but the buyers who want one will pay for it. | £650 | £450 | 69% |
Parking sensors & reversing camera Near-expected now — its absence costs more than its presence returns. | £500 | £300 | 60% |
Heat pump Genuinely useful in winter; buyers increasingly look for it. | £1,000 | £450 | 45% |
Heated seats / cold-weather pack | £450 | £200 | 44% |
Faster on-board AC charger | £800 | £300 | 38% |
Metallic or premium paint Almost universal — an unusual colour is the bigger resale risk. | £600 | £200 | 33% |
Panoramic / opening roof | £1,100 | £350 | 32% |
Larger alloy wheels | £700 | £200 | 29% |
Parts most likely to fail
Drawn from owner reports and warranty data. Filtered for relevance to 7,800 miles.
Watch now
Failure typically happens around your current mileage.
Upcoming
A known weak point — but you haven't reached its usual mileage yet.
Already due
Past its usual failure mileage. Either already fixed, or about to.
12V auxiliary batteryUpcoming
General wear item — not a model-specific fault.
Tyres (wear faster on EVs)Upcoming
General wear item — not a model-specific fault.
Brake discs (corrosion from light use)Upcoming
General wear item — not a model-specific fault.
Suspension bushes & drop linksUpcoming
General wear item — not a model-specific fault.
"Parts low/medium/high" indicates how easy the replacement part is to source — discontinued or specialist parts mean longer workshop time and bigger bills.
Safety rating
Euro NCAP's independent crash-test rating for the Kia EV5, from its 2025 assessment.
The passenger compartment of the Kia EV5 remained stable in the frontal offset test.
Independent crash-test data from Euro NCAP. Star ratings reflect the test protocol of the year shown — newer protocols are stricter, so a 5-star from 2024 represents a higher bar than a 5-star from 2014.
MOT outlook
How this model fares at its MOT as it ages — from 6,993 real DVSA test records.
Longevity
Not enough older examples yet to gauge longevity.
Reliability
Good
No usable MOT data — estimated score.
MOT outlook
Insufficient MOT history at this car's reference age — too few tests to compute a reliable percentile.
Things owners say
- 01The 81.4kWh battery and ~329-mile claim make it a practical family-distance EV; the heat pump option helps winter range.
- 02400-volt charging gives around 10-80% in half an hour on a 150kW rapid charger.
- 03A direct ID.4/Enyaq/Model Y rival; brand new, so lean on the long Kia warranty rather than a track record.
Safety recalls
Manufacturers occasionally issue safety recalls to fix a fault free of charge. You can check whether the Kia EV5, or your exact vehicle, has any outstanding recalls on the official DVSA service.
Check on GOV.UKOpens the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency recall checker. Choose the make, model and year of manufacture — no registration needed.
Theft risk
A general indicator from UK 2025 theft data and this car’s characteristics — not a prediction for any one vehicle.
Whole-car theft
Higher
Desirable SUVs like this are relay-theft targets — keyless entry can be exploited from the driveway in under a minute.
Parts theft
Lower
As an electric car it has no catalytic converter, so the most common parts-theft vector doesn't apply.
Worth doing
- Keep keys in a Faraday pouch and away from the front door to block relay attacks.
- A visible steering lock is a cheap, strong deterrent on a frequently-targeted car.
Clean-air zones
Whether driving a Kia EV5 into a UK clean-air zone will cost you anything. Rules use the same Euro standard across most zones — petrol from 2006 and diesel from 2015 onwards are exempt; pure electric is always exempt.
Charging zones for cars
| City | Area | Daily charge | Likely outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | All of Greater London (within the M25) | £12.50 | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
| Birmingham | Inside the A4540 Middleway | £8.00 | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
| Bristol | City centre and part of the Portway | £9.00 | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
| Glasgow | City centre | — | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
| Edinburgh | City centre | — | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
| Aberdeen | City centre | — | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
| Dundee | City centre | — | Likely exempt Battery-electric — exempt everywhere. |
Zones that don't charge private cars
- Bath — City centre (Private cars and motorbikes are not charged).
- Bradford — Outer ring road and the Aire Valley (Private cars are not charged).
- Sheffield — Inside the A61 inner ring road (Private cars are not charged).
- Newcastle & Gateshead — City centres and the Tyne, Swing, High Level and Redheugh bridges (Private cars are not charged).
- Portsmouth — Part of the city centre (Applies to taxis, PHVs, buses, coaches and HGVs only).
Model-level guidance only. To check a specific registration, use the official gov.uk clean-air zone checker. Zone charges and boundaries are set by local councils and change over time.
EV reality check
81.4 kWhWinter range estimates assume ~5°C ambient with cabin heating; figures from manufacturer cold-weather testing where available, otherwise derived as a fraction of WLTP. DC times are manufacturer-claimed 10–80% on the headline charger; real-world sessions on UK rapids can be slower. Charging cost is a full battery at the home/blended electricity rate; public rapid charging costs more.
UK charging network
119,080 public chargers across the UK
As of 2026-04-01, the UK has 119,080 publicly available EV chargers, up 12.6% on the prior year (13,281 added in 2025). 23% of those are rapid (50 kW+) or ultra-rapid (150 kW+), so the network can support both home and on-route charging.
3-8 kW
50%
Standard
8-50 kW
27%
Standard plus
50-150 kW
12%
Rapid
150 kW+
11%
Ultra-rapid
Source: Department for Transport / Zapmap · Released 2026-05-21 · DfT statistics
Company car tax
What HMRC's Benefit-in-Kind charge looks like if you ran this Kia EV5 as a company car, by tax year and income-tax band. Calculated from a CO₂ of 0 g/km, using £39,295 as the P11D value.
EVs sit at the bottom BIK band — currently 3% — so this is one of the cheapest ways to take a company car.
| Tax year | BIK % | Tax @ 20% | Tax @ 40% | Monthly @ 20% | Monthly @ 40% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 3% | £236 | £472 | £20 | £39 |
| 2026-27 | 4% | £314 | £629 | £26 | £52 |
| 2027-28 | 5% | £393 | £786 | £33 | £66 |
| 2028-29 | 7% | £550 | £1,100 | £46 | £92 |
| 2029-30 | 9% | £707 | £1,415 | £59 | £118 |
P11D value is approximated from the latest new price; the exact figure on your tax code will depend on options fitted. The 4% diesel surcharge applies only to non-RDE2 (pre-2021) diesels — we assume RDE2 compliance for current models. Bands and rates from HMRC's Autumn Budget 2024 confirmation through 2029/30.
Servicing & the dealer network
How well-supported Kia is across the UK — a practical read on how easy servicing, parts and warranty work will be to find.
Franchised UK dealers
~190
Large network
Mass-market
Network size relative to the UK's largest (Kia is 4.2% of all franchised outlets)
Servicing, parts and warranty work are easy to find UK-wide, and most independent garages know the brand well — which keeps maintenance competitive.
For context, the UK has roughly 4,500 franchised car-dealer outlets in total, plus about 15,500 independent garages.
Approximate figures, curated from public UK industry sources (NFDA, Car Dealer Magazine). Franchised networks shrink year on year — these indicate network size, not an exact count.
Dimensions & weight
Length
4,600 mm
Width
1,880 mm
Height
1,650 mm
Kerb weight
2,100 kg
Boot
500–1,600 L
Battery
81.4 kWh
How many are still out there
Of every Kia EV5 ever registered in the UK, this is what's actively on the road, parked off the road on a SORN, or gone for good.
Total ever registered
275
Currently taxed & on road
275
100% of all registered
SORN (off road)
0
0% of all registered
Scrapped or exported
0
Source: DfT VEH0124 vehicle licensing statistics (year-end 2025) · Updated 1 Jul 2026
Common questions
Kia EV5, answered
- What insurance group is the Kia EV5 in?
- The Kia EV5 sits in insurance group 40 of 50, towards the pricier end of the scale. Your actual premium still depends on age, postcode, annual mileage and no-claims history.
- Is the Kia EV5 reliable?
- Our reliability score for the Kia EV5 is 70 out of 100 (good), derived from DVSA MOT records.
- What economy does the Kia EV5 get?
- Expect roughly around 3.5 miles per kWh for a typical Kia EV5, based on official figures and our running-cost model. Real-world figures vary with driving style, load and conditions.
- What are the common problems on the Kia EV5?
- On the Kia EV5, the issues that come up most by mileage include 12V auxiliary battery, Tyres (wear faster on EVs) and Brake discs (corrosion from light use). The section above breaks down each one with its typical mileage, repair cost and severity.
- How many Kia EV5s are on UK roads?
- About 275 Kia EV5s are currently taxed and on the road in the UK, from DfT vehicle-licensing data.
Same underpinnings
Built on the Kia BEV (smaller) platform
Sub-E-GMP EV platform for smaller, lower-cost models (EV3/EV4/EV5/EV2). Different badges, often substantially different residuals, but broadly the same mechanicals and repair cost profile.
Hyundai-Kia smaller-EV platform · Hyundai Motor Group
Common questions
Kia EV5, answered from the data
- Is the Kia EV5 reliable?
- The Kia EV5 scores 70/100 on Forecourt's MOT-based reliability measure. That is computed from 6,993 real DVSA MOT test results.
- How much does a used Kia EV5 cost?
- A 2025 Kia EV5 with around 7,800 miles is worth roughly £26,700 today (typical range £20,300–£33,100). Dealer forecourt prices sit higher and part-exchange offers lower; newer or lower-mileage examples cost more.
- How quickly does the Kia EV5 depreciate?
- A new Kia EV5 typically loses about 50% of its value over the first three years, then depreciates more slowly. Buying at three to five years old avoids the steepest part of the curve.
- What insurance group is the Kia EV5?
- The Kia EV5 sits in insurance group 40 of 50 — the more expensive end of the scale. Exact premiums depend on the trim (some versions sit a few groups higher or lower), your age, postcode and no-claims history.
- What goes wrong on a used Kia EV5?
- The most common age-related issues we track for the Kia EV5 are: 12v auxiliary battery (typically around 40k-70k, £120-£220 to put right); tyres (wear faster on evs) (typically around 18k-28k, £320-£600 per set to put right); brake discs (corrosion from light use) (typically around 40k-70k, £240-£480 to put right). A full service history and a recent MOT with no advisories are the best protection.
- What does the Kia EV5 cost to run?
- Expect around 3.5 miles per kWh, £195 a year in road tax, about £185 for a standard annual service. The full cost-of-ownership table above breaks this down per year and per mile for the exact year and mileage you choose.
Answers are generated from this car's Forecourt data — DVSA MOT records, DfT licensing statistics and our valuation model — and update with the weekly data refresh.