Kia cee'd

Infobox Automobile
name=Kia cee'd


manufacturer=Kia Motors
production=2006–present
class=Compact/Small family car
body_style=5-door hatchback
5-door Station wagon
3-door hatchback
engine=1.4 L I4
1.6 L I4
2.0 L I4
1.6 L turbodiesel I4
2.0 L turbodiesel I4
transmission=5-speed manual
6-speed manual
4-speed automatic
similar=Citroën C4
Fiat Bravo
Ford Focus
Opel Astra
Peugeot 307
Renault Mégane
Toyota Auris
Volkswagen Golf
predecessor=Spectra/Cerato
assembly=Žilina, Slovakia
related=Kia Pro cee'd, Hyundai i30

The Kia cee'd is a small family car released in the European market by the Korean manufacturer Kia Motors in December 2006. It is available as a five-door hatchback, three-door hatchback ("pro_cee'd"), and five-door estate ("cee'd SW"), with a choice of up to five engines (three petrol and two diesel), four trim levels (S, GS, LS, SR) and either manual or automatic transmissions — and is sold in over 20 variants of the above in some markets. Kia used the Paris Motor Show 2006 to preview a five-door estate variant in production form, and a three-door concept, both of which were to be on sale from Autumn 2007, combining with the five door hatchback model to give a model range of over 50 variants in some markets. The Hyundai i30 shares the platform with cee'd.

The car was designed in Frankfurt, Germany ("in Europe for Europeans") with Miklós Kovács leading the design team.cite web|title=Kia plants a Hungarian cee’d|publisher="The Budapest Sun"|author=Robin Marshall|url=http://www.budapestsun.com/extras/Motoring_Focus_2007_March.pdf|date=2007-04-19|accessdate=2008-05-20] Cars are manufactured in the Kia's factory in Teplička nad Váhom, Slovakia.

Name

The Kia cee'd is said [http://www.kia.co.uk/ceedhome.asp] to get its name from the Community of Europe and European Design, its project name simply being "ED".

Awards won

*"Auto Express - New Car Honours - Special Honour for seven year warranty" [http://www.kia.co.uk/awards.asp]
*"Autocar - 'Idea of the Year' for cee'd seven year warranty" [http://www.kia.co.uk/awards.asp]
*"What Diesel Car?- Hatchback of the year" [http://www.kia.co.uk/awards.asp]
*"Towcar awards 2007" [http://www.kia.co.uk/awards.asp]
*"Camping Fritid(Danish Camping magazine, from DCU) - Camping car of the year 2007

Praise from motoring journalists

* German auto magazine "ACE Lenkrad", Kia Cee'd surpassed the Toyota Auris and the Volkswagen Golf. [http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200707/200707030024.html]
* German auto magazine "Autobild", Cee'd was rated higher than the Toyota Auris, Citroen C4 and Honda Civic. [http://www.kia-forums.com/other-kia-models/39542-new-award-kia-ceed-netherlands.html]
* Austria auto magazine "Autotouring" (2007.4), Cee'd was rated above Toyota Auris, Volkswagen Golf, Mazda 3. [http://www.autotouring.at/archiv/2007/04/29303.html]
* Danish auto magazine "Motor", Kia Cee'd is the first car to ever earn the 6 out of 6 rating.

Safety

Kia cee'd earns Euro NCAP 5 star safety rating. [http://www.euroncap.com/Content-Web-Article/da699552-522c-4a46-a99f-992f319f54d7/cars-with-big-aspirations-fiat-500-and-kia-ceed.aspx]

Kia Pro_cee'd

Kia's all-new Pro cee'd is the 3-door variant of the cee'd. The car debuted at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show, and went on sale in January.

Kia ex_cee'd

Kia's all-new ex_cee'd cabrio concept car was premiered at the 77th Salon de l'Automobiles in 2007 Geneva.Based on the new three-door cee'd hatchback (Pro cee'd), due to go into production at the Zilina factory in Slovakia from December, the ex_cee'd shares the same platform, but features all-new exterior panels and a powered folding fabric roof.

Kia eco_cee'd

Kia revealed a concept of its pro_cee'd line, with improved aerodynamics and mild hybrid engine tuning to the diesel engine, under the name "eco_cee'd". Kia has confirmed it will release eco_cee'd versions of its cee'd line in 2009. [http://www.worldcarfans.com/9071019.007/kia-eco_ceed-given-green-light]

The new ‘eco’ cee’d models will be fitted with Kia’s new ISG (Idle Stop&Go) system, including Smart battery Power Management. This system has regenerative braking, which automatically recharges the battery during deceleration, and switches the engine off when the car is stopped and the engine is at idle, dramatically cutting both fuel consumption and emissions during typical stop-start city driving [http://www.zercustoms.com/news/2008-Kia-ECO-ceed.html] .

References

Trivia

This car was not available in Bulgarian, Romanian, Israeli and other Middle Eastern markets, fairly available at Turkish and Russian markets.

External links

* [http://www.kia-ceed.com/ Kia cee'd, international]
* [http://www.ceed.dk/ Kia cee'd, Denmark]
* [http://www.kia.co.uk/ceed/ Kia cee'd, UK]
* [http://www.kia.co.uk/libraries/document/1778.pdf Auto Express cee'd Review]
* [http://www.worldcarfans.com/9071019.007/kia-eco_ceed-given-green-light World Car Fans eco_cee'd Information]