A Virginia teenager driving his mother’s Kia Soul in July saw smoke and pulled over. He said the “whole car went up in flames” in about five minutes, burning to a shell of its former self. Hundreds of others reported similar, prompting an advocacy group to demand Hyundai and Kia recall 2.9 million vehicles.
Concern about the risk for Hyundai and Kia vehicles to catch fire has spread recently, with no official recall yet. One Virginia woman wants to hurry that process along, since she said she’s still on the hook for payments on her 2012 Kia Soul that burned to a skeleton of its former self earlier this month.
Kia Motors announced a second recall in the U.S. for more than 340,000 Souls, after it was discovered an initial repair for a steering defect may not have fixed the issue.
The 2017 Kia Soul is a compact family car before it’s anything else. But with 201 horsepower, a legit dual-clutch seven-speed transmission and red accents all over it, the Turbo “!” trim sneakily tries to say it’s sport compact car. So we let it stretch its stubby legs in the California canyons to see how it’d hang.
Kia’s treating its SEMA (Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association) concept cars as a chance to do some healthy pretending. Specifically, Kia is pretending that it can build fully-autonomous cars. The result is actually quite interesting, especially in the case of this Soul concept. Kia gets the basic key to…
Kia is using the phrases "capable electric all-wheel drive (e-AWD)" and "bold off-roader" to describe the concept they're bringing to the Chicago Auto Show on February 12. Looks a little like a lifted Soul... which could actually be awesome.
Pope Francis aka the "Cool Pope" is currently visiting South Korea where he's rocking a Kia Soul, once again highlighting his excellent taste in cars.
It's one of the greatest conundrums facing an automaker today: Should a hamster hawking a B-segment Korean sedan be fit or fat?
Here's the updated Kia Soul before it's debut later this morning. We're not supposed to see it, but hey, it's looking pretty nice.
Who is the internet's next big star? It's something we all want to know, isn't it? Maybe not, but Kia Motors decided it could reach more of the hipster market segment by using the urban kitsch/Nissan Cube knockoff Kia Soul to frame a next big internet star contest.
Michelle Wie returns to shill for the Kia Soul, making old farts look like they're obsolete. Last time she shamed some golfers, now she's putting the hurt on the gun-toting aristocracy.
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.
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?
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?
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?
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]
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.
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.
April Fools Day is our absolute least favorite time of the year because everyone thinks they're hilarious half-rate comedians, Kia included.
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.
