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This is the official photo of the Kia Forte – the next family model from KIA

It will be bigger than the Kia Cee’d model and we can all see it looks great

The Kia Soul is ready for mass production
This is the official picture :

The new Kia will keep the original name Soul (as the concept) and as you can see it will not differ to much from it . It will be officially launched at the Paris Motor Show later this year .

The Kia Soul is designed for young people , it will be a fun car . A pretty small car that looks like a SUV (who wouldn’t like that) and it will be manufactured in South Korea starting from September 2008

The Korean company is producing a 2.0l CRDi engine . It will have 138 bhp making the car a sport hatchback . Also the new models get 17-inch alloys , leather sport seats , new headlamps and tinted windows .

We have to mention that this powerplant complies to the latest Euro IV emissions standards. The price of the Cee’d sport will start from £15,995 and the Cee’d SW Sport starts at £16,395 . All models are covered by the seven year warranty