The 2026 Kia EV9 Nightfall Edition Design preview

Sophisticated and aggressive styling meets functionality with the 2026 Kia EV9 Nightfall Edition, debuting today at the 2025 New York International Auto Show. This visually distinctive package previously found on the Seltos, Sportage, and Telluride now extends to the award-winning EV9, allowing customers to select a variant that visually stands out with exclusive styling touches and colors.

The styling and performance upgrades offered by the Nightfall Edition build upon a compelling three-row SUV that artfully blends form, fun, and function. “This award-winning SUV continues to be a landmark win for the Kia brand,” said Steven Center COO & EVP, Kia America, “Appealing to diverse audiences and offering families the ability to travel in both style and comfort for their everyday needs and adventures in a fully electrified way.”

Offered on the dual-motor Land AWD trim with 6-passenger and available 7-passenger seating configurations, the EV9 Nightfall Edition features thoughtful use of Gloss Black, including new exclusive 20-inch Gloss Black wheels with dark Kia emblem, wrapped in 275/50R-20 all-season tires.

The Nightfall also boasts Gloss Black front grille accents, Gloss Black skid plates, roof rails, outside mirrors and lower door side sill accents. This look is enhanced by black Kia and EV9 emblems and is also available with a new exterior color; Roadrider Brown. Exclusive to the EV9 Nightfall on the Land AWD trim, Roadrider Brown is an eye-catching earthtone signature color that underscores the EV9’s desire to venture off the beaten path.

In addition to its exterior enhancements, the EV9 Nightfall Edition comes outfitted with an exclusive Black interior color scheme and seating upholstery pattern with genuine seat stitching and black headliner. It comes standard in the six-passenger configuration with second-row captain’s chairs. As a family-friendly, no-cost alternative, the EV9 Nightfall is available with a 60/40 split-fold second row bench that increases seating capacity to seven.