The 2023 Kia Soul, the corporate's cute, boxy SUV, is getting a facelift for the 2023 mannequin yr. Launched in 2009 and presently in its third era, the Soul has been framed because the automobile of alternative for younger urbanites.
"The essential kind stays, which is what greater than 75,000 joyful Soul homeowners cherished a lot concerning the funky runabout final yr, representing a virtually 5 p.c enhance over gross sales in 2020," Kia America chief working officer and govt vice chairman Steve Heart stated in a press launch.
The largest change on the powertrain entrance is the lack of the turbocharged engine. A 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder engine, which is paired with the corporate's Clever Variable Transmission to provide 147 horsepower and 132 pound-feet of torque, will energy the complete lineup.
The subsequent huge change involves the entrance fascia, the place a reworked grille is about between accessible LED headlights and redesigned fog lights. Silver accents in an L-pattern jut out from the edges of the grille, with extra accents working alongside the decrease finish of the doorways.
The 2023 mannequin yr additionally comes with a number of new two-tone paint choices: Clear White with a Fusion Black roof or Surf Blue with the Fusion Black roof.
Alloy wheels take the place of the bottom LX trim's metal wheels in growing measurement as you progress up the trim line. The S trim will get 16-inch wheels, EX will get 17-inch wheels and the highest GT-Line will get 18-inch rolling inventory.
The inside setup seems to largely carry over from the earlier mannequin yr, however there's a main distinction within the cabin on the technological facet, the place the corporate has upped the ante significantly.
An 8-inch infotainment show is normal on the bottom LX trim with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto capabilities. Greater variants get a ten.25-inch display screen with a navigation system.
A Harmon Kardon Premium Audio sound system is non-obligatory by the GT-Line's Expertise Bundle, which appoints the top-of-the-line trim with an exterior amplifier, subwoofer, and tweeters mounted on the doorways.
It additionally made a wider suite of security options accessible on the Kia Soul.
As normal on each trim, Kia contains ahead collision avoidance help with pedestrian detection, lane maintaining help and lane following help, driver consideration warning, lane departure warning, excessive beam help, and rear occupant alert.
The accessible LX Expertise Bundle, which is supposed to accompany the bottom trim, provides blind spot monitoring and rear cross collision monitoring. The GT-Line Expertise Bundle comes with navigation-based Sensible Cruise Management and ahead collision avoidance help with junction turning performance.
Kia says that pricing particulars will probably be launched nearer to the on-sale date later this yr. A 2022 Kia Soul has a beginning MSRP of $19,290.
The small SUV phase has grown more and more aggressive for the reason that Soul's debut greater than a decade in the past. The similarly-sized however not as boxy 2022 Hyundai Kona begins at $21,300. The 2022 Mazda CX-30 begins at $22,500.
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