The 2017 Kia Soul has reached the South African shores.
The facelift brings updated design, new engine and some other revisions to the crossover.
The Soul
features remodelled bumpers with metallic skid plate, revised tiger-nose grille
that looks slightly more aggressive, tweaked headlamps and new design rear fog
lamps. On the SMART grade, the LED daytime running lights have moved to the
bottom of the light, and there are new design alloy wheels.
Inside, the base START grade features a unique
redesigned cloth upholstery, while the STREET and SMART grades retain the black
leather interior with contrasting stitching detail. Kia has introduced new
gloss black and metallic highlights and switchgear, though.
The 2017 Kia Soul is available with a new 1.6-litre
U2 CRDi turbocharged diesel engine that produces 126 hp at 4,000 rpm
and 260 Nm of torque between 1,900 rpm and 2,750 rpm. Power is sent to the
wheels via a 6-speed manual transmission.
This model is priced at R 329,995.
Other options include the 1.6-litre naturally
aspirated petrol engine that develops 122 hp and 152 Nm of torque,
the 2.0-litre naturally aspirated petrol engine good for 155 hp and
192 Nm of torque and the 1.6-litre CRDi turbocharged diesel engine that
delivers 134 hp and 300 Nm of torque.
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