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It's uncommon for a concept to transcend its sketches, but the Kia Track'ster Concept is that rare vehicle. Based on the Kia Soul, this hot hatch ticks all our boxes with all-wheel-drive, a six-speed transmission, and a 250-hp turbocharged four-banger underhood. If you build it, we will come. More »
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And for the baller who's equally concerned with his carbon footprint as with the spacial profile of his ride, there's Kia's new KV7 concept. Could an extended Soul be the next dramatica from Hyundai's style section? More »
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Golfer Michelle Wie and Kia swing at the establishment with this new commercial for the Soul. Wie looks great, the Kid Sister remix is jarring compared to the vocal-less indie music rehash. But does this make Wie a hamster? More »
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The concept sounds kinda stupid, but these hip-hopping hamsters hocking for the Kia Soul are actually pretty entertaining. Catchy tune, smooth animation and a hearty ribbing of the competition's boring appliances helps. Wait, what does that make the Soul? More »
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Cantilevered roofs, trapezoidal front grilles, black-out glass houses, silly vents in the front wings; we never realized the Kia Soul looked so much like a Nissan GT-R. [YorgoTloupas] More »
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Both the 2010 Honda Insight and 2010 Toyota Prius earned top safety ratings from the IIHS, meaning neither can hold it over the other's head. The cheap Kia Soul, though, is probably going to do some boasting. More »
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Kia's teamed up with graffiti artist Hense and Cartoon Network to create a tagged Kia Soul featuring Aqua Teen Hunger Force's Master Shake and Meatwad. Oh, and you can win it. More »
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April Fools Day is our absolute least favorite time of the year because everyone thinks they're hilarious half-rate comedians, Kia included. More »
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The 2010 Kia Soul isn't the first boxy subcompact and it probably isn't the best, but with a low price, good styling and plenty of space, it may be the most appealing Kia yet. More »
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The two door, convertible, camino-bedded, crossover, active urban youth lifestyle Kia Soul'ster Concept has debuted at the Detroit Auto Show, answering a question which literally nobody has ever asked. Ever. More »
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Kia's Soul'ster concept for the 2009 Detroit Auto Show has unofficially officially leaked out ahead of schedule and it's exactly what we said it would be — a two-door, four-seat Geo Tracker from Korea. More »
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With the Detroit Auto Show looming over the coming week, Kia has released a teaser campaign for the Soulster concept. More »
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According to an unofficial 2009 Kia Soul website, pricing for the Korean crossover will start at $13,995 and end at $18,595 for a fully-loaded model. The leaked price sheet below. More »
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Kia's released the first teaser shot of a concept based on the 2010 Soul it plans to bare at next month's Detroit Auto Show. More »
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Years after being promised smaller and more fuel-efficient cars the next generation of diminutive autos is finally on its way. But these new "small" cars aren't as small as you might think. In order to provide a point of comparison, we've compared the length of these cars to a Ford Super Duty Crew Cab pickup truck. At 21.8 feet long, the long-cab's one of the longest production cars in recent history. So how do the ten upcoming new small cars for North American stack up? Let's find out. More »
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We have the first photos of the U.S.-Spec Kia Soul, the company's attempt at moving their small car offerings slightly upmarket. The car, which debuted globally in March, will make its official US debut at the LA Auto Show. As opposed to the tiny Kias we're used to, the Soul should offer a higher level of features more inline with Scion. More »
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Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish a clean, green Hybrid model from its dirty, polluting counterparts. Thankfully, Kia’s designers have seen fit to equip the Kia Soul Hybrid with subtle hybrid badges to alert consumers to the presence of its 1.6-liter gasoline engine mated to a 180 volt, 5.3Ah lithium polymer battery pack and the 48 MPG figure the combination is capable of. It looks like this is actually going to be a production model, just one that’s been gussied up for the show floor with a clear polycarbonate hood and underfloor, revealing both the powertrain and battery pack. The Hybrid also debuts the full-length retractable canvas roof that will be optional across the Soul range. We’ll let you digest the rest of the facts and figures, but we’re finding the Soul increasingly appealing, even with over-the-top badges. More »
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After a few unofficial reveals, the folks at Hyundai's extra value brand have decided to release three official shots of the 2009 Kia Soul. The shots continue to show what amazing things styling can do to what is, ostensibly, a Kia Rio crossover. According to Kia World, the 2009 Soul will come globally with either a gas or diesel 1.6-liter fourbanger or a larger 2.0-liter four. More »
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So we find the 2009 Kia Soul's name amusing; shoot us. Actually, we're not sure which of Kia's four Korean factories in which this shot was snapped, but it does confirm that the Soul should be ready to go on sale by early next year. The Scion xB-rivaling subcompact crossover is equal parts awkward, derivative and inspired. Styling analysis after the jump. More »
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The first time we saw the boxy little 2009 Kia Soul it was still just a concept, and a funky tribal tattoo-covered one at that. Since then we've had peeks at the production model, but now we get to see the full picture. This is the first official image of the 2009 Kia Soul, and for an econo-box, it doesn't look all too shabby. Think of it as the Korean alternative to the Scion xB, although the original Soul concept was actually a joint-venture between the Kia's design studios in California and Korea, and the actual production model was designed by Kia's European team. But what does all this mean for you? More »
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These images of the 2009 Kia Soul production vehicle have mysteriously found there way onto Kia World. They reveal a vehicle remarkably similar to the Kia Soul Burner Concept from the Geneva Auto Show. The production version is missing the tacky paintjob and loud interior, but otherwise looks virtually identical to the Scion xB aping concept. More »
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We've already shown you the sneak peek of the Kia SOUL Burner, but here we have it doing the full Monty and giving everybody an eye full as the devilish concept pointing to the upcoming Kia Soul has been leaked to the web. The single image is watermarked with the AutoWeek.nl logo, but who knows if they are actually the source. We're just happy there's so much hardened street attitude in this compact-yoo-vee. [via World Car fans] More »
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