Kia EV5 GT outed in China with a not-very-GT-ish 313 hp and 344 lb-ft

In October last year, Kia showed its new EV5 two-row electric SUV for Asian markets as part of the Hyundai Group's first EV day in Seoul, South Korea. A 'Honey I shrunk the crossover' version of the EV9, the EV5 hit the market in three trims. The entry-level version packs a 64-kilowatt-hour battery pack juicing a 214-horsepower front motor; a long-range version pairs an 88-kWh pack with the same motor; and a dual-motor, AWD variant is expected to make 308 hp combined and provide a 404-mile driving range on the CLTC cycle. The automaker mentioned an EV5 GT on the way, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (via Autohome (translated)) has put that trim online, adding a few specs to help us figure out where the EV 5 could fit were it to come here.

We knew the CUV was about the size of a Kia Sportage. The MIIT listed the dimensions as 181.7 inches long, 73.8 inches wide, and 67.5 inches tall, on a 108.2-inch wheelbase, making the EV5 about two inches shorter, a half-inch wider, with a roof six inches lower than the Sportage, on a wheelbase less 0.6 inch smaller. Asymetric output from the dual e-motors has the front unit peaking at 215 hp and 229 lb-ft., the rear contributing 98 hp and 125 lb-ft., for a combined maximum output of 313 hp and 344 lb-ft. The additional output can't make any difference in the seat of the pants compared to the standard AWD, especially given that the EV5 GT is listed as weighing 4,916 pounds. The weight tracks, seeing as Kia Thailand claims the single-motor EV5 Long Range weighs 4,475 pounds. On that output, however, we're wondering if there wasn't a mixup somewhere in the MIIT pipeline that ended up with this labeled as an EV5 GT instead of the EV5 GT-line.