Kia Soul 2012, small and innovative

The 2012 Kia Soul is a compact crossover that looks threatening to many, but not attractive or powerful, its charming design conquers men and women.

The second South Korean carmakers specialists familiar models arrive again offering its famous model Soul, which has repeatedly shown its commercial product with techno-dance music and a hamster, it sounds weird. While the commercial is pretty nice it enough to buy it? To make a decision to purchase a new vehicle, it takes much more than just a business, so we analyze the Kia Soul 2012.

The eyes were positioned in the Kia Soul its premiere in 2009, when he paid off the design achieved in California, USA and manufacturing made in Korea. According to the fuel management has, the Kia Soul 2012 is segmented like a small station wagon, but should say essentially is a compact crossover that seats five passengers.

Kia Soul is sold standard with a 1.6-liter direct injection (4 cylinders), but you can optionally choose a 2.0-liter engine that generates 164 horsepower and 148 pounds of torque. Up to this point there are several clear conclusions, the first is that it is a powerful car, let alone fast nor attractive, however recognize is often charming. In the 2012 edition of the Soul engine earns 22 horsepower and is able to save about 10% fuel. Those who so wish may include in the order the Start & Stop system, which is rare in this segment, but promises to save enough fuel.

The Kia Soul! 2012 (where "" is a Premium package for the model), involves the expenditure of $ 2,500 extra for accessories such as navigation, heated leather seats and power button.

Rivals Kia Soul 2012

Some of the opponents of the Soul 2012 are found in the Scion xB, Chevrolet Sonic and Nissan Juke, but also in the Kia Sportage, who as a much more complete, draw some prominence to the Korean compact.

Certainly buying a Soul 2012 is planned for all who seek a Jeep but have not enough money to get one of them, as well as for those wishing to have an adventurer looking car, but have no interest in experimenting with them off-road.

The appearance of the Kia Soul 2012 is wider and sporty than before, so find LED rear lights, front projector bulbs and alloy wheels 18 "in package" ". The design of the front of the vehicle makes it seem more friendly than aggressive, but either way you emphasize for being one of the makers from choosing this model versus a similar Scion xB.

Having implemented the Premium Package at Soul 2012 we find a pretty decent use of materials, but still can not avoid the experience of using plastic in several parts. The leather seats help to have a good experience with the car, it would guarantee a sufficient degree of comfort for long journeys.
With respect to the interior space, the second row of seats folds giving a good level of storage (up to 53.4 cubic feet) when the seat is in position the load level is 19.3 cubic feet.

In the cabin we found some interesting things, which draws attention to the design of the center console where we find all, but the highlight is the browser screen of 4.5 inches, where there are buttons for the climate control and speakers 5 ½ inches.

The price of a Kia Soul 2012 is $ 19.600, the price of a Kia Soul! 2012 is $ 22.850 and includes Premium Package ($ 2,500) and destination fees ($ 750).

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