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Kia Ceed 1.0T-GDi – Road Test

14th March 2022

The latest Kia Ceed 1.0T-GDi 6-speed manual hatchback on test... ...By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). The Ceed has over many years sown success for the Kia brand in Britain. The new Ceed range launched at the end of 2021 is the third generation five-door hatchback to be built in Slovakia, the first was in 2007. As before it gives nothing away to rivals and beats most with its … [Read more...]

Kia Cee’d Road Test

21st March 2016

A Healthy Sprinkling of Improvements Should Grow the Kia Cee’d’s Popularity By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) A sprinkling of updates inside, outside and under the bonnet of the Kia Cee’d family sized five door Hatchbacks, Sportwagon estates and Pro-Cee’d three door hatchbacks has given the models a mid-life refresh. Also introduced are more fuel efficient engines and a GT-Line sportier … [Read more...]

Kias of Today sampled, July 2014

7th July 2014

Kim Henson drives a selection of models from the current Kia line-up… I have been impressed by Kias since first having a five door Pride for a week-long road test… That was back in 1992, and at the time I rated the car as a cost-effective, competent hatchback, and which was a state-of-the-art machine in its time. In fact my findings were confirmed by a friend who bought a Pride in the early … [Read more...]

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