What type of speakers are in the Kia Soul?
No. Your friend is wrong. Infinity audio is optional, and if you get the optional red-illuminated speaker trim rings, they look a little bit like Beats I suppose.
When will the 2015 Kia Soul be released?
All the information I have recently found here. READ MORE+CAR NEWS2015 Kia Soul EV ReviewFull description and specifications, plus the release date and so on. I hope my answer was helpful to you.
How reliable is the Kia Soul?
Listen to me. Buy a Honda or Toyota. They are bullet proof. Or even a Subaru or Mazda.But don’t buy a Kia. Kia’s are feature-rich but what good are the features if the powertrain doesn’t work? Kia’s quality and reliability are inferior to Honda and Toyota.Someone on Quora once asked, “Why does ISIS drive Toyotas?” Well, read my first paragraph again.My statements are subjective you say? Well, I’ve worked in the dealership and I’ve appraised plenty of cars; all makes and models. First off, a Kia’s value drops faster than the MOAB being dropped from a US MC-130 over Afghanistan. Secondly, they just run and sound like a piece of crap when they haven’t even hit 100K yet. And the quality of materials used in the interior are sub-par.Meanwhile my 2001 Honda Odyssey with 191K on the clock is running like a champ.People say, “Oh, but they gave me a better deal at Kia than at Honda/Toyota/Mazda/Subaru so I bought the Kia.” Yeah, and you’ll pay more in the long run. Some “deal,” huh? That’s not the deal I want.A cheaper car doesn’t mean the best deal. Sometimes the more expensive car is the better value.Good luck!
Does the engine capacity affect the price of a vehicle?
Yes, and for a multitude of reasons:A larger engine tends to be more expensive for the manufacturer to build. This cost is usually recovered (plus a nice profit) by increasing the price toward the customer.Many cars will have more equipment standard with the larger engine, equipment that would be chargeable extras when the car is ordered with a smaller engine. The cost of this equipment is added to the base price of the car.Direct taxation on engine displacement in some places. Some countries or states will calculate taxes directly on the displacement. Even with power, emissions and such identical between a large and a small engine, obsolete and nonsensical rules dictate more tax to be paid on the big one.Indirect taxation on typical side effects of larger engines. Back in the day, a large engine would be more powerful than a small engine, so a tax on horsepower would hit a large engine harder than a small one. Of course, with turbocharging becoming common, a small engine with a turbocharger often has more horsepower than a large engine without a turbocharger, and thus the stronger, smaller engine would be taxed more. These days, emissions-based taxes are more popular, and larger engines tend to have more emissions than smaller engines, triggering higher taxes on the larger engines.
What cars are better, Kia or Hyundai?
As others have noted, Kia and Hyundai are different brands of the same manufacturer (Hyundai) and are generally quite similar on the inside (engine/mechanical/electronic) with sometimes extensive external stylistic differences. That being said, Hyundai, which some 25 years ago was very poorly regarded, is now a very well-rated and popular economy-range brand. Kia is basically, as another answer noted, a slightly cheaper version of Hyundai and is still regarded by some as somewhat of a work in progress. I’ve been driving a 2016 Accent sedan for just about a year now and it’s been virtually trouble-free except for a couple of foreign-object-damage incidents with the tires (which isn’t Hyundai’s fault anyway).
What was the worst experience you've ever had at a car dealership?
Paragon Honda in NYC. I was ready to buy a new 2015 CR-V from them. All they had to do was to give me a reasonable price in the ball park of what’s quoted by online sources. The salesperson would not budge from the MSRP and claims that it’s because the car is in such high demand. Sure, I knew that the CR-V was a popular vehicle but I also knew that it was far from being in short supply. Every single Honda dealership had every trim and every color of the vehicle readily available. So I told the salesperson that I can’t accept paying MSRP and asked him if he was sure that he was going to let me walk out. He said that he was sure that I was going to be back because nobody is selling the car under MSRP.First call I made, I got an offer that’s 2k under MSRP. Done deal. I paid and picked up my new car the next day. The salesperson from Paragon calls me back, and claims that “he spoke with his manager” and now can go under the MSRP. I ignored that message because I was too busy driving my new car off the lot of their competitor.Even the Paragon service department isn’t honest. There was some minor warranty work that my car needed so I brought my car to them. They claimed that I needed to bring my car back to the dealership that sold me the car which I knew was a lie. I didn’t argue with them. I’m not about to convince a bunch of dishonest people to service my car.
The Soul is a great car. It has been recognized as one of the top quality cars by U.S. J.D. Powers.It now comes also as an electric car. Find more about it here: https://www.thekeea.com/soul/