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Kia Soul spotted undisguised

  • 08-08-2008 11:18am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 436 ✭✭


    image_16.jpg


    Europe Soul will get the 2.0-liter diesel engine, with the gasoline 1.6-liter offered there as well.
    The road-going hatch will debut at the Paris auto show this fall.
    The Soul will be made in Korea. Even though it looks like a small SUV it will only get a front wheel drive. Gasoline engines will get a five-speed automatic transmission. Diesel version will debut with six-speed manual. Automatic trnasmission will follow later.

    More pics here




    It looks like an SUV! Why only front wheel drive?


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭mcwhirter


    Moses7 wrote: »
    image_16.jpg




    More pics here




    It looks like an SUV! Why only front wheel drive?

    No it doesn't it looks like a piece of crap. Whats the story with the sloping roof and rear lights, eargh


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 948 ✭✭✭DJ Hafez


    It'll probably be marketed as a milf-mobile :p They have no need for 4wd...hehe


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 436 ✭✭Moses7


    mcwhirter wrote: »
    No it doesn't it looks like a piece of crap. Whats the story with the sloping roof and rear lights, eargh

    Well it is in the same class as Rav4. Hyundai SantaFe... etc. So why not four wheel drive...


    And the rear surely is horrible..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,084 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    It's hideous.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,263 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Moses7 wrote: »
    Well it is in the same class as Rav4. Hyundai SantaFe... etc. So why not four wheel drive...

    Because they're thirstier, and I'd say a gravel driveway will be the extent of its off-road adventures.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭mcwhirter


    Moses7 wrote: »
    Well it is in the same class as Rav4. Hyundai SantaFe... etc. So why not four wheel drive...


    And the rear surely is horrible..

    It's probably been designed to cater for the person who wants a car that looks like an off roader but is really just a normal car with a high roof and silly lights


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,718 ✭✭✭whippet


    mcwhirter wrote: »
    It's probably been designed to cater for the person who wants a car that looks like an off roader but is really just a normal car with a high roof and silly lights

    just like the CashCow from Nissan !!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,722 ✭✭✭maidhc


    Soul? sounds like an oxymoron!

    Any relation to the Fiat Idea?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Jesus, what a minger of a car.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭Zube


    whippet wrote: »
    just like the CashCow from Nissan !!

    Yup, selling like hotcakes, but hardly anyone specifies 4wd as it's an extra which no-one buying a Qumquat actually needs (or even understands).


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭cabrwab


    Dear jeebus, guess what car aint going on my wish list doesn't even go on the maybe list if i had to. Think i would rather walk!

    Its falling on the same list as the tida.

    It aint disguised because i would say nobody gives a...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Looks like the bastard child of a Kia Sorrento and a Skoda Roomster.

    I have a feeling I might like it once I see it in the flesh ...like it in a Fiat Multipla sort of way, for its quirkyness.

    But knowing Kia there probably won't be any quirkyness other than the mangled looks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,282 ✭✭✭BlackWizard


    I like it. Although not my type of car.

    It would appeal to me more so than the Suzuki SX4, which I think is just really boring Rav4 wanna be. I just like the boxy look of it.

    SX4
    61007.jpg

    Soul
    61008.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,709 ✭✭✭Balfa


    Moses7 wrote: »
    Kia Soul spotted undisguised
    This is the second Kia car you've pimped in a week. Do you work for them? :)

    Back on topic, I'm a fan in general of Korean cars but this is ugly.

    Besides the fact it's simply not my style, the whole thing looks a bit makeshift. Like 10 people designed 10 different aspects of it and then put them all together without seeing what each other did, first. The lights are naff. There are too many lines and details for that size of car. And I hope it's just cos they've got 3 dead bodies in the boot, but that rear wheel arch is awful.

    Appearance-wise, the Scion xB (also not my style) is a far better boxmobile.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,660 ✭✭✭Blitzkrieger


    I think any pimping of KIA cars should be an instant perma-ban......


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,945 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Anyone else reckon it looks like a cheap steam iron?

    image_16.jpgironcart2.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,496 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    Kia Soul spotted undisguised

    Definitely look better with a moustache :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    It hit a few branches when it fell from the ugly tree.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,660 ✭✭✭Blitzkrieger


    Is this a bit like Top Gear? "Good news! The Dacia Sandero....."


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Is this a bit like Top Gear? "Good news! The Dacia Sandero....."
    I quite like the way that car looks. It is a good skit. :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    It's different, but in all the wrong ways.


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