UPDATE: Check out 12 high-quality interior shots of the Kia Soul!
This is the first interior spy shot of the Kia Soul, showcasing it’s funky designed interior. It was taken earlier this year, when we haven’t had many information on the upcoming Soul crossover.
Since then, we gathered some exciting official and unofficial interior shots of the 2010 Kia Soul and you can see them if you follow the link above!
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May 24th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
So far, I am seeing a possibility of 7 speakers! I see 3 on the dash + 4 in the doors, maybe 2 on the hatch = 9 + subwoofer, 10. Probably 10 speakers. Auto transmission, 2 Rondos in the background.
May 25th, 2008 at 1:34 am
oh and they look like they just came off the production line cos the seats are covered in plastic
May 25th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Thats central dash speaker looks awesome!
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I dont see a manual mode in the shifter.
May 25th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Hm…seems like the manual mode will not be avaliable in Soul. But this is the shot from Korea and options in Korea always differ from those overseas. Let’s hope we get the automatic with manual shift option aswell!
Other than that, the interior looks very clean and simple. The same as in concepts, but missing those chrome elements and striking colours (red and gold).
May 25th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
I sell Kia’s in Barrie, Canada and I cant wait for this car. I have had about 5 young kids come in already asking about the Soul….
May 26th, 2008 at 2:35 am
does anyone know if NAV will be an option as it was said in concept form? i’m praying for paddle shifters!
May 26th, 2008 at 3:28 am
I like what I’m seeing so far. I love gray interiors I can’t wait to see what other colors are available. I hope they have a black interior as a choice (do I like dark colors or what?). I’ll take one in black inside and out with Sirius radio. I bet the mpg is great. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the mpg is just as good as the concepts. That mpg is better than the Toyota Prius.
May 26th, 2008 at 9:52 am
I’m not very optimistic on paddle shifters with Kia.
May 26th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
i doubt the MPG will be better than the prius’ but i’m sure it’ll come close. a small car with a 2.0L should be good. & paddle shifters are always an option, the new Spectra is supposed to have it on the SX models.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:11 am
K-Sport and Himi: I’m guessing the transmission will be like that on the USDM Rio. It’s PRND2L, with a small button under the shift lock that turns off the overdrive “O/D off”. I say this because in the picture the shifter looks just like that on the Rio, and it looks like there’s a button under it. I also hope they’ll have a manual transmission. The Rio and Spectra both have that option (the Soul being “in between” those two) and the Sportage also has one, and it’s a bigger vehicle…
Oh, and the steering wheel is definitely different from any previous Kia model!
May 27th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Jason. there will be a 6 speed manual tranny available.
May 27th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Rio has a 4-speed automatic right? If I see the same transmission in Soul, I’ll be highly dissapointed. There’s no way Kia can use it in it’s 09 cars. Everyone are moving towards 6-,7-speed automatics, so using a 4-speed would be a step back.
I hope to see the 5-speed automatic with manual shifting option and a 6 speed manual.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
In the USA, the Spectra, Rio and Sportage all have 4 speed automatics. The Sportage is the only one with the “Sportronic” shifting ability. The Rio has the O/D off button under the shift lock button, and the Spectra has D32L, and can pull the lever back into 3 without pressing in the shift lock button. Keep in mind the Soul is mainly for the US market, where automatic transmissions make up about 75% of the cars on the road. I agree, they need to have more gears and manu-matic shifting, and 6 speed manual transmissions available over here, but they don’t listen. Just like the cee’d, they tell me we don’t have enough interest over here to make it worth the cost of modifying for the US market.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
What????Not enough interest? If they can sell as many cee’ds only in the same period of time as they can sell the same amount of 10 different vehicles in the USA, of course it would sell!! They are just afraid that they would not be able to produce enough. Right now, the problem is that Kia is selling more vehicles than they can produce. That is why they are opening new plants. In fact, when the manager at William’s Kia went to tour the KMMG plant, they said that Kia was planning another factory in the USA by 2019!