The best for last - The new Kia XCeed completes the family

Not the best, the best comes at Kia in the end. XCeed call the Koreans the fourth variant of their compact class, with which within a year after five-door, station wagon and the equally exciting and successful shooting break Pro Ceed now in terms of body, the third model generation is completely and particularly broad. Market launch is on 21. September, prices start at 21.390 Euro.

 

 

The Ceed became the best-selling model of Kia within a year 

 

"I am sure that the XCeed will quickly become the bestseller of the Ceed family and that it will account for at least 50 percent of all orders," said Steffen Cost, Managing Director of Kia Germany, right for the sporty crossover for the driving presentation in France high. And Kia has never really been wrong about the forecasts in the past. For the European market, the eleventh consecutive year shows a sales increase. In Germany, the Koreans are gradually gaining market share against all competitors. And within a year, the Ceed managed to become the best-selling model from Kia. Which is directly related to the Kia cars that are designed, developed and built in Europe. Like the XCeed, which cleverly combines everything customers currently want: a striking design with clear SUV cables, sporty genes - also in terms of driving behavior - and maximum flexibility with the option of the entire arsenal of technical innovations.

 

 

The 8,5 centimeters grown body is independent except for the front doors

 

The 4,40-meter-long body has been completely independent of the front doors except for the front doors. With an identical wheelbase (8,5 meter) grew the front and rear overhang (2,65 or 2,5 centimeters), which the car thanks to a wide track hinbekommt a beefy appearance. The extended bonnet with visibly higher level goes over in a coupe-like round roof line, which gives with a relatively small disc held the rear a good deal of force and crunchiness. With 6 millimeters of ground clearance, the ride and seat levels are well above the main competitors Kia locates in the Mercedes CLA, Qashqai and BMW X184. A black plastic border under the doors and in the wheel arches plus a fat end panel between the two integrated exhaust tailpipes, the designers emphasize the SUV impression of the pure front-wheel drive very clever.

 

For the first time in the higher trim levels the digital cockpit with 12,3 inch HD monitor

 

Not only does the car look sturdier and taller than the regular Ceed, it also offers significantly more (426 liters) of cargo volume than the hatchback Ceed with 31 liters as trunk standard size. With a height-adjustable cargo floor and 40: 20: 40 divisible rear seat system, you get a helping of flexibility with the 1373 liters of maximum load volume. LED headlights already bring the basic model, the digital cockpit with 12,3 inch HD monitor, which the Koreans offer here for the first time in one of their models at Ceed, remains initially the higher equipment lines and the Launch Edition reserved. The seat system and the sorting of the operating area are convincing right from the start. With an 10,25 inch monitor for the Multimedia / Navigation / Connectivity operating area, Kia makes a visual and technical statement in the center of the vehicle. Only for the launch edition in the exclusive color Quantum Yellow Kia sets on colored decorative elements in exterior color also inside. This looks dignified, noble and is also trendy.

 

 

The navigation system shines with intuitive destination input and brilliant presentation

 

The Kia marketing strategists will certainly notice that this option, in addition to colored contrast stitching of the seats, can also be well marketed as an option for the other exterior colors. The color-embedded monitor just looks much better. And it's exactly these effects that really are the stuff of such crossover models. The presentation is divisible in three, brilliantly clear under all lighting conditions. It must be mentioned that the route guidance of the navigation system runs with pinpoint accuracy and that the destination entry succeeds right away, because systems from other manufacturers were less able to convince with such self-evident features. UVO Connect is Kia's new online services that provide features and information about the car for access via app and smartphone. At the beginning of next year, customers should be able to close the doors remotely and retrieve unlocking data as well as real-time data from the car.

 

 

Sleek six-speed gearbox can be replaced with seven-speed DSG if desired 

 

In the drive Kia relies on the Ceed engine range. Except for the 1,4 liter naturally aspirated engine, which the five-door still offers as a price entry, the entire spectrum of the XCeed is planned. Only for the entry a three-cylinder is used, the 1,2 liter turbo delivers 120 PS (172 Newtonmeter).  Achievement carrier for the XCeed will be according to estimation of the manufacturer however the 1,4 liter four-cylinder turbo gasoline engine with 140 PS. He manages the standard sprint from 0 to 100 km / h in 9,5 seconds, peaking at 200 km / h. After the first test drive, however, we doubt that he will be able to drive 5,9 liters for 100 kilometers in real-world operation with the 8 liters mentioned by Kia. Already with easy gliding on the highway and with moderate motorway traffic, the XCeed approved 100 liters on 1,6 kilometers. Top engine is the 204 liter turbo gasoline engine, which delivers 265 PS and 7,5 Newtonmeter. The sprint is 220 seconds and its maximum speed is 1,6 km / h. As an alternative to the very sleek six-speed manual transmission, the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission can also be ordered for this engine, which also combines Kia with the more powerful 115 liter turbodiesel (136 and 4,3 PS). The specified consumption values ​​are here depending on equipment and gear selection between 4,6 and XNUMX liters.

 

From 2020 there is the diesel as 48 Volt mild hybrid with 60 kilometers of pure electric range

 

Which will not be the end of the flagpole, because the diesel engines will be trimmed in the coming year of an 48 Volt mild hybrid system even more in terms of efficiency. For the 1,6 turbo gasoline engine comes at the same time then a plug-in hybrid version, which will be offered only in combination and for the XCeed and will always be with a six-speed dual-clutch transmission will be. With the 8,9 kWh lithium-ion polymer battery a purely electric range of 60 kilometers is to be possible, with which these models then also  Get E-mark and tax attractive.

 

 

Successful compact car roadholding for a high legged person

 

Even in the basic configuration, the Koreans pack the front collision warning with brake intervention, active lane guidance with steering intervention, fatigue warning and high-beam automatic for the LED headlights in the car. The train will move upwards step by step: From adaptive cruise control with traffic jam assistance (only with automatic), traffic sign recognition, parking assistant to traffic warning and reverse camera the complete helper crew is to be had. The raised body of the XCeed made a redesign of the chassis required to eliminate at this point the SUV character with sway as completely as possible and implement a compact class road position for a high leg. The keynote is therefore to tune tightly without going below the comfort side. When steering, a little more feedback from the ground could be allowed, the precision is right. In this respect, the balancing act that a crossover masters in every discipline succeeds.

Text and photos: Solveig Grewe

 

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