Kia cee'd

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Kia cee'd
Kia cee'd silver.JPG
Manufacturer Kia Motors
Production 2006–present
Assembly Žilina, Slovakia
Predecessor Spectra/Cerato
Class Small family car
Body style(s) 5-door hatchback
5-door Station wagon
3-door hatchback
Engine(s) 1.4 L I4 Gamma
1.6 L I4 Gamma
2.0 L I4 Beta
1.6 L turbodiesel I4 'U'
2.0 L turbodiesel I4 'D'
Transmission(s) 5-speed manual
6-speed manual
4-speed automatic
Related Kia Pro cee'd
Hyundai i30
Kia Forte
Hyundai Elantra
Hyundai ix35
Kia cee'd squad car of the Polish Police

The Kia cee'd is a small family car released in the European market by the Korean manufacturer Kia Motors in December 2006, and was a replacement for the poorly selling Kia Cerato. It is available as a five-door hatchback, three-door hatchback ("pro_cee'd"), and five-door estate ("cee'd SW"), with a choice of up to five engines (three petrol and two diesel), four trim levels (S, GS, LS, SR) and either manual or automatic transmissions — and is sold in over 20 variants of the above in some markets. Kia used the Paris Motor Show 2006 to preview a five-door estate variant in production form, and a three-door concept, both of which were to be on sale from Autumn 2007, combining with the five door hatchback model to give a model range of over 50 variants in some markets. The Hyundai i30 shares the platform with cee'd.

The car was designed in Frankfurt, Germany ("in Europe for Europeans") with Miklós Kovács leading the design team.[1] Cars are manufactured in the Kia factory in Teplička nad Váhom, Slovakia.

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[edit] Name

The Kia cee'd is said [2] to get its name from the Community of Europe and European Design, its project name simply being "ED".

[edit] Reviews

[edit] Awards won

  • Auto Express - New Car Honours - Special Honour for seven year warranty [3]
  • Autocar - 'Idea of the Year' for cee'd seven year warranty [3]
  • What Diesel Car?- Hatchback of the year [3]
  • Towcar awards 2007 [3]
  • Camping Fritid(Danish Camping magazine, from DCU) - Camping car of the year 2007
  • UK survey, cee’d ranked in first place in the Driver Power’s Compact Family category to beat out Volkswagen, Toyota, Fiat and other notable competitors in the segment. Driver Power is Auto Express’s car owner reliability and satisfaction survey which presents the frank and honest views of drivers in the UK. [4]

[edit] Praise from motoring journalists

  • German auto magazine ACE Lenkrad, Kia Cee'd surpassed the Toyota Auris and the Volkswagen Golf.[5]
  • German auto magazine Autobild, Cee'd was rated higher than the Toyota Auris, Citroen C4 and Honda Civic.[6]
  • Austria auto magazine Autotouring (2007.4), Cee'd was rated above Toyota Auris, Volkswagen Golf, Mazda 3.[7]
  • Danish auto magazine Motor, Kia Cee'd is the first car to ever earn the 6 out of 6 rating.
  • Swedish magazine Vi Bilägare found in the yearly long-distace test (one year, 40 000 km) that Kia Cee´d had the highest second hand value among all cars the magazine had tested through the years.

[edit] Safety

Kia cee'd earns Euro NCAP 5 star safety rating.[8] It is also remarkable for being fitted with six airbags (including curtain airbags) as standard even in countries like the Ukraine where safety options were usually stripped in comparison with other countries.

[edit] Other variants

[edit] Kia Pro cee'd

Kia Pro cee'd

The Kia Pro cee'd is the 3-door variant of the cee'd. The differences lie mainly in a more youthful exterior, and a sharper drive. The model debuted at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show, and went on sale in January 2008.

[edit] Kia ex_cee'd

Kia ex_cee'd

Kia's all-new ex_cee'd cabrio concept car was premiered at the 77th Salon de l'Automobiles in 2007 Geneva. Based on the new three-door cee'd hatchback (Pro cee'd), due to go into production at the Žilina factory in Slovakia from December, the ex_cee'd shares the same platform, but features all-new exterior panels and a powered folding fabric roof.

[edit] Kia eco_cee'd

Kia revealed a concept of its pro_cee'd line, with improved aerodynamics and mild hybrid engine tuning to the diesel engine, under the name "eco_cee'd". Kia has confirmed it will release eco_cee'd versions of its cee'd line in 2009. [9]

The new ‘eco’ cee’d models will be fitted with Kia's new ISG (Idle Stop&Go) system, including Smart battery Power Management. This system has regenerative braking, which automatically recharges the battery during deceleration, and switches the engine off when the car is stopped and the engine is at idle, dramatically cutting both fuel consumption and emissions during typical stop-start city driving.[10]

[edit] Hybrid version

The cee’d hybrid car is still in the stage of development and testing, so its full production run is not projected to start before 2010. Kia Motors is producing a fleet of Kia cee’d Hybrid cars especially for testing and evaluation in Europe.[11] The car has been unveiled in the 2008 Paris Auto Show.[12]

It includes a electric motor powered by a new high-voltage battery mounted behind the rear seats.[13]

[edit] Outside Europe

The Cee'd is currently not available in non-European markets except in Iran, where it was imported on August 2009.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Robin Marshall (2007-04-19). "Kia plants a Hungarian cee’d" (PDF). The Budapest Sun. http://www.budapestsun.com/extras/Motoring_Focus_2007_March.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-20. 
  2. ^ "Kia Ceed | Kia Motors UK". Kia.co.uk. http://www.kia.co.uk/ceedhome.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  3. ^ a b c d "Ceed Awards | Kia Motors UK". Kia.co.uk. http://www.kia.co.uk/awards.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  4. ^ "24 HOUR NEWS CHANNEL ::::::::::::::::::::: YTN (와이티엔)". Newswire.ytn.co.kr. 2009-04-15. http://newswire.ytn.co.kr/newsRead.php?md=A01&tm=1&no=399478. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  5. ^ Updated July.3,2007 11:24 KST (2007-07-03). "Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea". English.chosun.com. http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200707/200707030024.html. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  6. ^ 12:38 PM. "New award for Kia Cee'd in the Netherlands - Kia Forum". Kia-forums.com. http://www.kia-forums.com/other-kia-models/39542-new-award-kia-ceed-netherlands.html. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  7. ^ "auto touring". Autotouring.at. http://www.autotouring.at/archiv/2007/04/29303.html. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  8. ^ "For safer cars | Kia Cee'd". Euro NCAP. http://www.euroncap.com/tests/kia/cee'd.aspx. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  9. ^ "Kia eco_cee'd given 'green' light". Worldcarfans. 2007-10-19. http://www.worldcarfans.com/9071019.007/kia-eco_ceed-given-green-light. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  10. ^ "2008 Kia ECO ceed". Zercustoms.com. http://www.zercustoms.com/news/2008-Kia-ECO-ceed.html. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  11. ^ "Kia cee'd gasoline-electric hybrid | Kia-World blog :: Kia Owners Forums". Kia-world.net. http://www.kia-world.net/index.php/2008/09/23/kia-ceed-gasoline-electric-hybrid/. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  12. ^ "Kia Debuts Cee'd and Soul Hybrid Concepts in Paris". Worldcarfans. http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080926.003/kia-debuts-ceed-and-soul-hybrid-concepts-in-paris. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  13. ^ "Car reviews | Kia cee'd hybrid | Kia sows hybrid cee'd | by Car Enthusiast". Carenthusiast.com. 2008-09-18. http://www.carenthusiast.com/reviews.html?mode=article&id=2965. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 

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