[DUMA] Why are they crossing together? So cute!
[DUMA] Let me put that away.
[DK] It's all right.
[DK] Niro can do this as well.
And you can charge your phone like that.
[DK] I always get this part mixed up.
[DUMA] Going on a drive together, POV style?
[DK] Yes, we are. Wasn't this how you do it?
[DUMA] Turning it off? Didn't you do this before?
I always get mixed up.
And you know it's fast wireless charger,
because there are like holes right here.
And, you know your phone is being charged
looking at that light, right there.
We're good to go.
All right, so the car is all fired up,
put it on the Drive mode.
And let's go for a drive.
[DK] The seats are super cold. No wonder why you turned it off.
[DUMA] It's freezing.
[DK] This heated seats is no joke. I mean, the ventilated seats.
[DK] Will also be checking on the mpg as well.
Heated steering wheel, heated seats.
Ventilated seats. Parking camera. Parking alarm.
Pretty much self-explanatory.
The 12-volt system, C-port charging type
and the integrated navigation
as well as the AC system.
So, you get used to it right away.
And there's the Driver only.
Paddle shifters to control the level of the regen brake
when you are in either Eco or drive mode is right here.
There is only Eco and Sport.
Press hold for nothing.
So that's it.
[DUMA] Niro has those too, the buttons?
[DK] Yep. Drive modes. Has up to Sports mode.
[DK] But since it is Niro we are driving today,
[DK] I want to see how it does with the mpg in the city.
[DUMA] Is it 11 km/L now?
[DK] How did you know? Here?
[DK] Will keep going up.
[DK] And let's use the HDA here too.
[DK] HDA is enabled right after the button unlike Seltos.
[DK] No setting the speed, it is activated right at that speed, handy.
[DK] Going 30 km/h. Stops on its own, no problem. Engine shuts off.
[DK] Super quiet. It's just the seat noise. When that's turned off,
[DUMA] It's really quiet.
[DK] The engine is completely off. It's now 14 km/L.
[DK] Will go up to 20 km/L no problem.
[DK] The buttons are the same as Seltos, right?
[DK] On-board camera. Tilt. Sunroof control.
[DK] Pulling up the speed to the speed limit of 50 km/h.
[DK] There's the tab about the car information.
[DUMA] This?
[DK] That looks like it.
[DUMA] Sliding up did the work.
[DK] Keep going down and change it.
[DK] There's the screen about the drive. This is it. Thank you.
That's what I was looking for.
You know what is running right now.
So this is a hybrid.
And it has motor, the engine. And it has the battery.
So when the car is running with the engine,
this will light up as we just saw.
And this will also light up if it's running on the battery alone.
Right now, the car is shut off. So that nothing is happening.
It's 15 km/L right now and it's only going to go up.
And obviously the best part about driving Niro
and also the hybrid cars is that
you want to pump out the best mileage possible.
So you drive really careful. Carefully.
So it's uphill. So the car needs some power,
the engine has been fired up.
We now know engine is running.
It's also using the battery and it's also charging.
You see the lightning right there. Right?
So it's charging the battery as well.
Sports mode.
And the paddle shifter now engages
and works as a paddle shifter.
Truly a paddle shifter.
*entering the address*
Still need time for me to get used to this system.
I know it will be really handy once you do,
because it minimizes a lot of things inside the car,
as we can see right now. But again,
you can see me struggling, like, where should I go for this and that.
I'm 99% sure that this will be much better
than the conventional ones that we have,
once once you get used to it.
[DK] You see? It's charging up going downhill.
[DK] It's not even using the battery,
[DK] regular cars would all be throwing this power away,
[DK] it's charging the battery as it's going downhill.
[DUMA] What is the mpg now?
[DK] It is now...
[DK] just clocked 999 km/L.
[DUMA] I love this part. Really spacious.
[DK] Same here as well.
[DK] And push this, it becomes to a cup holder to your need.
[DK] There's also the ambient light. Think it's too bright out here to see.
[DK] You can see the mpg right here.
[DK] It's also telling how much the motor has been used.
[DK] Uses and charges the battery back and forth, constantly.
[DK] And that's also done in the most efficient way.
[DK] Too much or less of a battery is not good.
[DK] What's up with those pigeons?
[DK] Thought they were dogs for a second.
[DUMA] Why are they crossing together? So cute! They are actually crossing!
[DK] They chose to walk instead of flying.
[DK] Evolved to walking species or something.
[DUMA] How are they so good at crossing though?
[DK] They were crossing together with that family,
[DK] so I thought they were dogs!
Since the battery is also sitting low, underneath this car,
I'm pretty sure it's going to deliver quite an agile movement
as well as comfortable driving around tight turns and corners.
I mean, if you drive Niro, you want to get the best mpg out of it possible,
you always want to drive the car soft and quiet.
Like what I've been doing for the past 30 minutes or so.
But, but let's also test out and see how this car behaves
with this Sport mode. Love Sport mode.
I want to have fun with this car on Sport mode too,
But there's a heavy, heavy traffic.
[DUMA] You can never get good mpg in this city.
[DUMA] There are only uphills.
[DK] I want to throw this car, but too much traffic.
Overall, I've been driving this Niro around city roads for
just a very brief moment.
It's a great, great city driver and daily driver that delivers you
the best mpg out there possible.
And also delivering your needs.
This car is also equipped with this children's safety feature.
So pressed that button,
this disables the windows on the second row seats
as well as children on their second row seat
cannot open the door from the inside.
So there are a lot of thoughts put behind this Kia Niro
as a family-oriented car,
but honestly got to say,
you can't really have fun and driving this car.
However, it has enough of the power
and it delivers most of the needs as a city driver.
Great trunk capacity.
You can load as many as you'd like.
Clear line of sight compared to sedans.
The only thing that I would really, really point out is that
I don't really know why
Niro has gotten so much more expensive than before.
But other than that, this is a really great car.
If I am in the market for a great city driver,
I would definitely go with this Kia Niro.