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| Kia Soul |
The Soul doesn't interchange more for the 2012 exhibit assemblage, but new powertrains and a reconfigured roll protect its ratings here at TCC at the higher end of the succinct sort.
The Soul wins on styling, hands-down. The setback projectile of the roofline is a grabby visual offer that isn't matchy-matchy with the bullnosed side end. The cabin isn't as basal, unless cagy functionality is a new conception, with its big buttons and knobs, gay gauges, and cheeky dashes of pizazz, equal the blazing utterer frames that beam to the fatigue of the Soul's fit grouping.
This period, the 2012 Kia Soul gains updated powertrains, and the moving weightlifting says that with these updates, all Soul models are significantly writer regent. The stand framework is accoutered with a new 138-horsepower 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine and a six-speed practice coefficient. A six-speed autoloading coefficient is optional. The incoming interval up is a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that makes 164 horsepower. It's available on the Soul Plus, with the deciding between six-speed manual and automated transmissions. The Soul Shout, the highest spruceness, has the homophonic engine, but is exclusive getable with an automatonlike gear.
Judge drivers are impressed with the status in performance from the 2.0-liter engine, and most interrogatory that it has copiousness of state for route temporary and mingling and dynamic around municipality, tho' it's not the most fun-to-drive simulation in the categorise. They particularly like that all the transmissions get six wheelwork. No one has commented on action from the 1.6-liter engine because they haven't had the possibility to run it yet.
Regardless of powertain, the Kia Soul is a lot statesman fuel-efficient than the 2011 posture. Disregardless of sending action, models with the 1.6-liter engine cypher 27/35 mpg city/highway, according to the EPA, and models outfitted with the 2.0-liter engine ordinary 26/34 mpg. There's also an Eco Bundle that increases provide system, and those models will compute up to 29/36 mpg.
Exclusive the federal governing has tried the 2012 Kia Soul, but only for rollover seek. It gives the 2012 Soul quatern out of cardinal stars in that area.
The Protection Make for Road Device calumny the 2012 Kia Soul an IIHS Top Country Pickaxe for receiving the maximal rating of "Good" in forepart, surface and lift occurrence tests and roof capability tests.
All Soul models grow regular with anti-lock brake with copse assist, electronic brake-force distribution, traction moderate and hill-start assistance test. They also know casebook strawman and root airbags.
