One can endlessly argue about the exterior of a car, but did not reach a consensus. If you decide to have a discussion about the KIA Soul, you will probably be surprised at how complacent people are set in relation to this car. The roads have long found these tremors in a completely different variants of color choices. Here are they are unlikely to compare with a complete set Burner, which looks as if he had just left the tuning shop. Needless to say, Peter Schreier really worked wonderfully, creating a unique image of KIA Soul. This car is great to fit into the urban landscape, even a little refreshing it. It is possible to say that it looks more interesting than a couple of its major competitors – Nissan Note and the Citroen C3 Picasso. Here are they too have dignity, that Koreans are not yet available.
One of the major pluses for cars of this class – good visibility. Needless to say, for many drivers this item often prevails over the others. Like or SUV, but KIA Soul sit high and aware of everything that is happening around. Plus, better throughput than the cars and. Yes, in the car starts motorists really feel much calmer. The only thing that slightly spoils the overall picture – a rather narrow loophole in the trunk lid. Not only that the side stands with lamps steal the lion’s share of visibility, so also the glass itself satisfied with the use of black dust, which makes it useful transparent part is even smaller. In this situation come to the aid of side mirrors, which are well offset the loss. So in the end it seems that the rear window there is only so that it stuck a sticker “5-year warranty”.
The very same cabin is very spacious and stay in it quite pleasant. Of course, the dashboard design is much inferior to that which was shown on the similar concept. However, this does not mean that its serial incarnation looks bad. The quality of hard plastic, maybe not the best, but he is pretty well adjusted and even the irregularities did not issue extra sounds. During operation “crickets” are also not made themselves felt. In any case, the maximum configuration Kia Soul Burner for things like account of last resort. Just the car looks very extravagant black-red color scheme.
For obvious pluses should include the provision of highly advanced full-time radio, which not only sounds worthy, but also possesses a lot of capabilities needed in our time. She loses the file format MP3, capable to perceive the music recorded on “flash” and no problems syncing with the ubiquitous iPhone from Apple. Colours Salon also able to add a good mood. Particularly interesting is as a combination of red and black colors. That’s just such a range – it’s still too much. It is difficult to imagine that someone of their own volition accept every day to ride in a cabin, so even with red illumination. You feel something like a Satanist, who love dark color combinations.
There are a couple of points that, perhaps, exactly fall into the category with a minus sign for all motorists – is the trunk and information dashboard. The rear part, as you may have noticed, generally causing a lot of issues than any other. If you have a desire to place something overall, you just have to fold the rear seats. Yes, and loading height, combined with a narrow doorway is unlikely to be pleased What can you say about the absence of a level sensor washer fluid or adjust the backlight. By focusing on the negative aspects, you will immediately notice and several other mistakes and shortcomings.
First of all, do not be left unattended insulation, which the Koreans have not got a list of needed improvements. Arch continues to broadcast news of the roadway, the body tells its own story, and the door when you are manipulating them, emit a characteristic booming sound. Less? Course. Here are just really waiting for someone from the Koreans for something else? Hardly.
But on the way Soul is capable to hide all failures, responding to pounce pretty impressive technical capabilities. First of all, the car is not bad in the turns, not only due to hard suspension setup, but with 18-inch rims. The response to the steering wheel, as you know, quite clear, as is clearly pleased by the active drivers. Of course, these settings are better suited to European roads, rather than for our theater, but when it comes to operating in the metropolis, the worry still not worth it. If you dwell on design features, the structure is quite common. Front desk type McPherson, a rear torsion beam. In addition, many parts are unified with other models. There is a borrowing from affiliate Hyundai i20 and sister KIA Cee’d.
Regarding the engine, then in our case it was a diesel engine with injection Common Rail, which was referred to as the 1.6 CRDi. Its capacity is 128 hp, and for several years it can be seen on the model KIA Cee’d. In our case, it is aggregated with a four-step “automatic”. In this combination it is able to develop a maximum speed of 176 km / h, and up to 100 km / h, he will drive for 11.9 seconds. Although, honestly, when you sit inside, it seems that everything is happening much faster. Apparently, blame poor noise insulation and a roaring engine. But the fuel consumption of just please – just 6 liters per 100 kilometers.
In general, a rather interesting car, even though a strange color. Able to please a good combination of useful properties, but not deprived of the various shortcomings, which we should pay attention before buying. If we consider the usual version KIA Soul, it is immediately decide whether it would be you are bored. After Burner – is rather an exception to the rule, rather than vice versa.
