Kia e-Soul

ewj1978

yeah, whats the Irish spec again?

AMKC

I sat in one of these last week. The Quality inside is very good lots of soft touch plastics everywhere and there is a huge 12'' screen in the centre of the dash. Its not small but its not as big as a Sportage either but is very roomy inside. I would say there is very little between it and the Sportage in the width of them. There is only 4 colour options for it do which is a pity. I think the blue one looks the best.

McGiver

Love the car. Much better tech than Niro. The shape is odd and very aerodynamic though. But utility wise it's a great car.
The only problem is the price, it costs way too much and the same as Niro.

Johnboy1951

AMKC wrote: »

I sat in one of these last week. The Quality inside is very good lots of soft touch plastics everywhere and there is a huge 12'' screen in the centre of the dash. Its not small but its not as big as a Sportage either but is very roomy inside. I would say there is very little between it and the Sportage in the width of them. There is only 4 colour options for it do which is a pity. I think the blue one looks the best.

I thought that was to be a 10.25" display, not 12".

icom

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

I thought that was to be a 10.25" display, not 12".

That's correct, it's 10.25"

Stealthirl

peaceboi wrote: »

I presume there is only 1 trim for the new kia soul ev for Ireland just as the Hyundai kona premium & high spec premium se only for uk market.

2 Trims

K2
17" alloys
10.25" navigation
Harmon Kardon speakers
Cloth and leather upholstery with heated front seats
Smart cruise control
Rain sensor
Lane follow assist

and K3
17" alloys
10.25" navigation
Harmon Kardon speakers
Leather upholstery with red colour pack
Smart cruise control
Heads up display
Blind spot collision avoidance
Lane follow assist

AMKC

Seen the white one my local dealer has been taken out for a test drive yesterday. Good to see. Hope they are popular.

ewj1978

Went into J&P's in Douglas on Wednesday for a look.
It's a very nice place to sit. Huge width in the car. Easily fit 3 adults in the rear and has a good size boot.
Was the K3 I sat in, nice leather,colour combinations. Screen is huge. Didn't try the LKA etc as I was stuck for time.
Acceleration was ok, no bad wheel spin like I found in the Kona.
Asked about delivery times and was told I'd be lucky to see one this side of next April..
Personally if I was to go for one I'd get the K2 spec as I wouldn't use the gadgets on anything but a rare occasion (roads are too small here)

ainsyjnr

Wins Irish car of the year 2020.

AMKC

So as already said above the Kia e-Soul has won the Irish Continental Irish car of the year for 2020. It is the first time an electric car has won that here. Maybe that will make a difference on how many Kia will bring here now as they know now there will be a lot of interested people maybe more than they thought there would be.

ewj1978

Had a bit of a google there on car prices around the country.
Buyer beware. Theres a few Dealers out there charging K3 prices for the K2 car. (less spec'd car)

ewj1978

LOL actually gets better.. theres a dealer in Cork claiming that its only 7500 off, for the grants, from the price of the car. Muppets.

bmc58

Pkiernan wrote: »

Looks like a great car.
Very quick too.

Speed is not good for the battery.

KCross

Thats a new one. 10/10 for originality.

drunkmonkey

Irish roads, battery 15cm off the ground. Are you insured if you damage the battery?
Party lights, what's not to love, seems like a decent EV.

KildareMan

bmc58 wrote: »

Speed is not good for the battery.

BS with the more modern EVs that have active battery temperature management, aka Heat pump.

DrPhilG

Before we jump all over bmc58, does he/she mean that speed damages the battery (that's how it reads) or that speed damages battery performance i.e. range.

Because speed is definitely bad for range, to varying degrees of course depending on the car.

deegs

Poped in to see the e Niro today and was pleasently surprised by the soul. I expected it to be waaaay smaller than the Niro and imo it beat the Niro on most dimensions.
No interest in the Niro, but I may go for the soul for Jan!

Amazed they are not more discussed here, what a great little car with some fantastic and quirky design elements.

PaulRyan97

Forgot to say I saw a transporter with 3 E-Souls on it in Cork City on Wednesday, none had plates. Probably demo cars going to dealers.

Firblog

Had a run in the esoul last weekend, thought that they must not have paid any attention to road noise, my 4 yo leaf is much quieter; deffo wouldn't buy one because of that.

0lddog

@Deegs : What dealer was that ?

A few weeks ago I called into a ( large multilocation, multifranchise ) dealer with a franchaise for Kia in NCD to ask about the e-Soul. Their enthusiasm in trying to sell one was, um, :rolleyes:.

Pressed hard, they supposed that they could try to arrange with Kia for me to see one ...

McGiver

Soul is much better car than Niro, then interior is better. Just a bit boxy and hence motorway range won't be that great. City driving and like that, it's quite efficient.
If the smaller battery version is priced aggressively it could sell well.

gally74

McGiver wrote: »

Soul is much better car than Niro, then interior is better. Just a bit boxy and hence motorway range won't be that great. City driving and like that, it's quite efficient.
If the smaller battery version is priced aggressively it could sell well.

33k new ?

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/23353745

Mike9832

gally74 wrote: »

33k new ?

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/23353745

Good price for 64kWh

Old diesel

Mike9832 wrote: »

Good price for 64kWh

Id be making sure that wasnt a 39 kwh.

I thought a K2 64 kwh would be 35 to 36 k.

It was suggested at one time that a smaller battery eSoul would/might be coming I'm sure.

unkel

That is a very good price. Just had a quick look on that dealer's website and indeed it must be the long range one as the PCP price on it is €35,995

Linky


Couple grand discount for cash, so it seems?

icom

Mike9832 wrote: »

Good price for 64kWh

Must be the mid range 39.2kWh version.

Retail price is 31,995 + 600 for metallic + delivery, so 33,895 sounds about right.

The long range K2 retails at 36,000 and the K3 at 37,495, both excluding metallic and delivery

McGiver

gally74 wrote:

33k new ?

Not bad, it's 34k though.
Highest trim? Scrappage? PCP?
Seems a bit steep for 39kWh (gross?).
<31k and it's getting interesting I'd say.

deegs

think thats the 39kWh, also k2 is the cloth interior and is now discontinued... ive heard they are hard to shift, so maybe just clearing stock?

gally74

Now 33700 quoted 64k battery ?