Kia has come a long way since his debut in the North American market back in 1980. This small South Korean company has had its ups and downs in recent decades and has come out on top. Now in 2010, Kia has renovated and remodeled and added the way to the top of the small SUV market. In fact, it has been awarded the “best gasoline engines in 2010″ and was a finalist for World Car of the Year and World Car Design of the Year. All the awards this car is a lot of flying from car dealerships. Kia Soul an urban crossover, part SUV and a hatchback. With this description, you would think it would look like a station wagon. Not so, I found this car on the road the other day and found himself in the line of my neck to see what makes the car. The appearance of his progress and streamlined, not at all, what would you think if you hear the word “hatchback”.

The 2010 Kia Soul market to attract a younger audience. They created a funky little gasoline SUV / crossover with the soul – and thus its name. It is a four-door hatchback model, which has a sleek design and all the latest gadgets and functions, younger crowd expect from a brand new car has. It has a box-like shape of the element Honda, but differs from that element, the soul is a look at “geometric” with rounded edges and angled windows. Characterized as an urban car, it is as high as an SUV driver to the appeal of the city and move with more headroom and interior space for long road trips or small cargo.

Kia Soul is a front wheel drive with four-cylinder engine. The 122-horsepower 1.6-liter and 2.0-liter with 142 horsepower. The smaller 1.6-liter comes with a 5-speed manual gearbox, bigger engine four-speed automatic. Both engines have a lot of rock, not slowing down on steep hills and mountains, and the delay did not have time to campaign through dense city traffic. For this reason it is easier to drive, is the soul of a little fun zippy SUV crossover, may appear to do anything.

The interior is as funky. It combines tools like 3-wheel for the Mini Cooper, well lit and looks like a cross between a spaceship and formula one racing. For those who are not impressed, Kia has a light in the dark wrap option. There are lots of cool gadgets in the package options, enough, his new young customers than to try to make the toes of their neighbors.

With the Kia Soul will ring in all prizes and awards in 2010, which may work for the company to the next? An electric car, so Kia has increased over the ship, and put Ray Kia – a plug-in hybrid at the Chicago Auto Show this year. Still in concept stage of Ray is a compact four-seat sedan, based on their success Forte. Designed with lightweight, recycled materials, the hexagonal cells Ray rooftop solar power to supplement and control climate. Kia refers to the development of this new “dynamic ecology”, a sub-brand for fuel economy and emissions cutting technology. A car handles in the smaller, the responsibility and take responsibility for those who want power and praise the kindness of the earth.

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