ha
once upon a time Kia used to make boring
looking cars however the latest seed
proves that they have germinated into a
maker a fine looking vehicles and this
new procede has succeeded in taking
things that's a whole new level rather
than just doing away with the rear doors
it features sufficiently different
bodywork to the five-door seat to
justify the addition of the word row at
the beginning of its name and if you
think this one looks particularly sporty
there's a reason for that
this particular car is the hot hatch GT
model and it's got some quad LED daytime
running lights personally I'd
particularly like those what I do like
though is the redesign front bumper with
honeycomb grille GT badge here and a red
stripe on the splitter if you look down
here we've got some bespoke 18-inch
two-tone alloy wheels there's also some
sporty side skirts there at the side of
the car of course and if you come around
the back check this out
we've got two exhaust pipes on a Kia
hatchback I mean who'd have thought
despite them all racing look the pro
Cee'd is almost as practical as the
normal seen its boot is just as big even
though the opening isn't quite as wide
and it also has seats that fold down
flat the proceeds may have no rear doors
but it's still easy to get into the back
because the front doors are just so huge
although you do have to be careful when
opening them in tights basically my bash
of the vehicles roof it's very windy
though you could use these doors a sails
to power the car and help save fuel
space in the back is identical really to
the normal seed and despite that sloping
roofline
I still got a decent amount of headroom
and knee runes good - and unlike in some
other cars the front seat actually
remembers and goes back to the original
position that the driver had it in soap
you won't annoy them the pro Cee'd uses
the same stars - as the normal seed and
the interior feels robust and has plenty
of soft touch
the GT however gets some racy titbit and
body hugging sports seats from Recaro
there's also a special GT button which
lets you change from the traditional
digital speedo to show stuff like turbo
boost tell me the truth though I think
you're gonna use that feature on the
very first day you get the car
afterwards you'll just stick it on the
normal speedo and never press that
button ever again there are some more
useful piece of standard equipment on
this car in fact on the normal pro Cee'd
you get things like parking sensors
there is USB for your stereo so you can
plug your iPod in there there's climate
control and we've also got bluetooth for
your mobile phone this car also feels
very solidly made and actually the
normal QC came in the top 10 for
reliability in the 2013 driver power
owners satisfaction survey and after
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rather appropriate snacks they seem
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underneath the skin the proceeded is
identical to the normal seed and so all
the controls they're nice and light and
it's easy to drive in town and it's
quiet and comfy on the motorway plus if
you have the diesel it will return over
seventy miles per gallon the procede
will go round corners well enough to be
is you'd never call it fun it's more
confident than engaging and not as sharp
to drive as a say up lay on SC if you
want your pro Cee'd to be a bit more fun
then you're going to have to go for this
GT model it has lowered stiffened
suspension and that improves the
cornering though it doesn't mean that
the ride is more bumpy the normal pro
Cee'd gives a system whereby you can
alter the weight of the steering and the
touch of a button that does make the
student feel very artificial and so for
this GT model Kearse acted off
unfortunately it hasn't seemed to make
it any better at all and what this is
Kia's first heart it's not a bad attempt
but the handling is nowhere near as
sharp as something like a more
established Renault Sport Magan it
doesn't help that the engine is a little
bit off the pace the GTS 201 brake
horsepower 1.6 liter turbo will do
nought to 60 in seven point four seconds
which means that new GTI will blow it
away yet somehow the golf is actually
more economical
still the pro Cee'd GT is a lot cheaper
than similar-sized hot actually so if
you think of it more as a warm hatch
then it actually makes a lot more sense
and if you just want the looks and don't
really need the performance then why not
go for the normal Pro CB cuz it's
cheaper and therefore even better value