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Kia Motors Corporation has confirmed that its all-new Kia Soul urban crossover passenger car will go on sale early next year with a choice of two gasoline engines and one diesel* engine with manual or automatic transmission (depending on individual markets). Read the rest of this entry »

Kia Motors Corporation has confirmed that its all-new production model, the Kia Soul, will be marketed globally with a choice of three highly efficient engines (depending on individual markets), when it goes on sale in early 2009.

The most powerful engine will be a 2-litre gasoline unit.  A smaller capacity 1.6-litre gasoline engine will be offered in most countries, alongside a 1.6-litre diesel engine featuring a VGT (variable geometry turbocharger).

Both the 1.6-litre, four cylinder, 16-valve DOHC power units are based closely on engines fitted to the hugely successful, European-built, Kia cee’d. Read the rest of this entry »