Kia gets ready to put Soul in the city at Paris Show
Kia’s sharply-stylish new segment-busting Soul is set to win over minds as well as hearts at the Paris Salon de l’Automobile in October, with confirmation that the urban crossover will come to Europe next year with a choice of fuel-efficient petrol and diesel engines.
Kia Soul will go on sale in mainland Europe next February with a choice 126 ps diesel and petrol engines based on the DOHC engines already fitted to the hugely successful, European-built, Kia cee’d – with a choice of manual or automatic transmissions, depending on model.
The diesel engine generates 126 ps at 4,000 rpm and maximum torque of 255 Nm at 2,000 rpm. The all-aluminium petrol engine also produces 126 ps at 6,300 rpm and 156 Nm of torque at 4,200 rpm.
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I must admit that the 70 limit on M-Ways is totally outdated, and assumes - as does the Highway Code with regard to stopping distances - that we all still drive Ford Anglias. EVO Magazine a few years ago tested the performance of an E-Type Jaguar from 1965 against a 1.6 Ford Focus. Crucially, and notwithstanding all of the pro-active crash protection in the Focus, the Ford stopped from 70mph in half the distance the Jag could.
Raising the limit to 80 in line with our European neighbours is sensible. We live in a world of “speed dating”, “next day delivery”, “high speed broadband”, “instant messaging”, yet personal mobility seems to be subject to slowing down.
Odd.