Price: £12,070 - £18,495
If you are not bowled over by the appeal of the seven-year warranty offered by the Cee’d or three-door Pro_cee’d, then youll be impressed by the cars build quality and practicality. The driving experience isnt as good as the best European hatchbacks like the Ford Focus and Volkswagen Golf, but all Ceeds have air-conditioning and plenty of safety equipment. A simple range offers four specifications, named 1, 2,
3 and EcoDynamics. Either variant of the 1.6 CRDi diesel engine provides very low running costs, while EcoDynamics cars are the most environmentally friendly.
The Kia Ceed is a front wheel drive small family car released in the European market by the Korean manufacturer Kia Motors in December 2006—superseding
the Kia Cerato—and available as a five-door hatchback, three-door hatchback ("pro_ceed"), and five-door estate ("ceed SW") with a choice of up to four engines (two petrol and two diesel), three trim levels (1, 2 and 3 – previously S, GS, LS and SR) and either manual or automatic transmissions.The Ceed was designed in Frankfurt, Germany, with Miklós Kovács leading the design team.[2] Cars are manufactured in the Kia factory in Teplička nad Váhom, Slovakia.
The Ceed shares the same platform as the Hyundai i30, as does a redesigned version of the Ceed, marketed elsewhere as the Kia Forte.
Beginning in 2010 the Ceed receives Kias new corporate grille, known as the Tiger Nose — as designed by Kias design chief, Peter Schreyer.
