The Kia Soul Awarded 5 Star NCAP Rating
Published: 27th May 2009
The Kia Soul
The new Kia Soul urban crossover has been awarded the maximum 5-Star safety rating in the latest Euro NCAP crash test results. The Kia Soul's safety ratings - with scores of 87 per cent for Adult Occupant Protection, 86 per cent for Child Protection and 86 per cent for Safety Assist equipment - place the Kia among the safest B-Segment sized family cars.
"The latest Euro NCAP result is a major landmark for Kia. This is a superb follow-up to the 5-Star Euro NCAP rating achieved by the Kia cee'd in 2007. Soul was designed and engineered to meet or surpass the expectations of European, North American and global consumers in every respect - including safety," commented Mr Panu Vainamo, General Manager Marketing, Kia Motors Europe.
"Kia's safety engineers developed the new Soul to provide the highest levels of occupant protection in real-world accident scenarios. Our engineers predicted that Soul would achieve a 5-Star rating in both Euro NCAP and the very different NHTSA tests in the USA. This Euro NCAP result confirms the major advances made by Kia with its latest family car," added Mr Vainamo.
"The combination of this new model's many talents, plus the 5-Star safety rating and the unique Kia 5-Year, unlimited mileage warranty, will make the Soul even more attractive to consumers, offering real peace-of-mind and low ownership costs," concluded Vainamo.
During development, Kia engineers initially concentrated on ensuring the Kia Soul had high levels of 'active safety' with good visibility, responsive and agile handling, and powerful braking, to enable Kia drivers to avoid accidents and other everyday motoring hazards.
Every Kia Soul supplied in the UK features an Electronic Stability Control as standard. Fully automatic, ESC is a 'proven technology' in accident avoidance, countering excess oversteer and understeer so the car follows the course intended by the driver. This system comes with TCS (all-speed Traction Control System) and BAS (emergency Brake Assistance System).
If a collision is unavoidable, the new Kia Soul is engineered to safeguard the occupants with a range of 'passive safety' measures as standard - starting with a robust all-steel bodyshell. State-of-the-art computer-aided design was employed by Kia engineers, together with 'closed loop' engineering techniques, to create the Kia Soul five-door bodyshell structure.
Featuring high-tensile strength steel in key areas, the bodyshell is designed to offer occupants good protection in front, side, rear and roll-over accidents.
Every Kia Soul sold in Europe is equipped as standard with dual front airbags, front side and full-length curtain airbags (to protect the occupants in both seat rows), height-adjustable front seatbelts with pretensioners and belt load-limiters, plus three 3-point seat belts for rear seat occupants. In addition, all UK models come with 'active' front seat head restraints as standard.
Kia Soul
Our Kia Soul Guide lists the full specification of the current UK Soul range, including car prices, fuel consumption, dimensions and other vital data.
Price Range: £10,775 - £15,345
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Models in the range: 6
We have road tested the Kia Soul, to read our in-depth car reviews:
Kia Soul Review - Jul 2009
Kia Soul Review - Jun 2009
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