Kia Soul

Posted: 9.07am, 31 August 2007

Ah, a 4×4 that’s not actually that big, and can’t go off road?Pretty much got it in one. This is Kia’s mini 4×4, the production version of the Soul concept that appeared at the Detroit Motor Show in January. It’ll be in the mould of the Fiat Sedici/Suzuki SX4.

Although we’ve snapped it testing in the Californian desert, it isn’t slated to make its international debut until the Paris show in September 2008. Thus right-hand drive cars won’t appear on British shores before the start of 2009.

The Soul will give us our first glimpse of Kia’s new B-segment platform which will also underpin a mini-MPV (think Vauxhall Agila and Suzuki Splash) and the next Rio.

carmagazine.co.uk