Kia Ceed sportswagon

Introduction

The luxury car Kia Ceed Sportswagon is a very beautifully crafted drive with exceeding performance. This mid-size estate is developed to deliver practicality, unique style and make up a refined value for your money. This crossover replaces the South Korean manufacturer’s other model named as Ceed SW. Kia’s Ceed series is first car designed with European style making a good value in the competitive auto market segment. The Sportswagon is typically dominating the similar cars of other brands such as Ford Focus, Ford Estate and Volkswagen Golf Estate.

Engine, Mileage & Variants

For Bangladesh buyers, the latest Kia Ceed Sportswagon is made available with refined combination of petrol and diesel engines delivering desired performance. The petrol engine variants includes 1.4-litre Gamma engine and 1.6-litre Gamma engine. However, the diesel engine comprises of UII 1.4-litre diesel engine and UII 1.6-litre diesel engine. Variants with petrol engine produce a maximum power ranging from 100 PS at 5500 rpm, with high torque of 137 Nm at 4200 rpm to 135 PS at 6300 rpm with peak torque measuring 165 Nm at 4850 rpm. Whereas, in case of diesel engines the maximum power ranges in between 90 PS at 4000 rpm with 224 Nm between 1500 to 2750 rpm to 128 PS to 4000 rpm, along with 265 Nm torque between 1900 to 2750 rpm. Further, these powerful engines are coupled with 6-speed manual transmission providing better handling. When it comes to fuel consumption, the trims powered with petrol engines deliver a fair mileage count ranging between 16.3 kmpl to 16.9 kmpl. Whereas, the 1.6-litre Gamma engine mated with 6-speed manual transmission takes 9.9 seconds to breach the speed mark of 0 to 100 kmph.

Exteriors

New Kia Ceed Sportswagon with its amazing designing allows you to each and every aspect of detailing. This car blends the dynamic looks with everyday practicality and exhibits its exciting design with quality craftsmanship. Its sleek roof line with the stylish roof rails show a detailed precision in terms of its quality and design. The trademark radiator grille and amazingly designed sculpted front and rear LED lights please the eye of the occupants. Its tailgate is extended which allows a bigger opening with effortless loading. Fitted with a set of bold wheels, the drive clearly expresses its sporty persona. This crossover is made available with 16-17 inch alloy wheels, with the tire size as 205/55 R16 and 225/45 R17. Overall dimensions of this sportswagon measures as 4505 mm x 1780 mm x 1485 mm (L x W x H) and its standard wheelbase comes at 2650 mm.

Interiors

For the very first time you step into your car, the new Kia Ceed Sportswagon feels like a delight which makes you feel completely welcome. Its sets a sophisticated ambiance for the occupants throughout the cabin. Embellished with high-quality materials and unique details, along with sporty three-dial instruments, the drive adds grace to its cockpit. Besides that, the employed ingenious technology including premium audio system with CD and MP3 player provides exceptional sound quality with 6 speakers. To guide you with the city routes, this car is provided with 7-inch touch screen full-map navigation system featuring voice recognition. Its multi-functional steering wheel is mounted with various control switches, which make you control the instruments without taking your hands off. Both, the steering wheel and front seats comes with heated feature, providing comfort during cold winter mornings.

Safety, Braking and Miscellaneous

With such an appealing styling, the Kia’s engineers have made their best effort to deliver the relevant driving experience. Its suspension expresses a fine-tuning with the driving dynamics, which features McPherson suspension for the front and multi-link suspension for the rear that results excellent handling ad driving comfort. The other advanced driving dynamics including Vehicle Stability Management (VSM), Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Hill Start Assist Control (HAC) which helps you to stay in control and enjoy your journey. Accentuating its braking system, this car is provided with Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD) with Brake Assist System (BAS) which maintains more consistent braking. In addition, it comes fitted with tire pressure monitoring system, fast airbags system offers additional safety to the occupants.

Verdict

Ceed Sportswagon by the South Korean manufacturer Kia, can give a tough competition to other estates in number of areas including fuel economy, premium comfort features and high quality cabin. But the available engines does not deliver the best power in the segment.