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Time back to 2012, when kia K5, Hyundai Sonata, Chevrolet Maribor and known as the "three treasures", with good product strength and leading the same level of cost performance, won the wide favor of the young consumer market, the market ownership is also rising. But today, the market performance of "Three Treasures" is much worse than before, among them, the December sales of the Maribao XL barely reached the threshold of 4,000 vehicles, the Hyundai Sonata sold only 899 vehicles in December, and the December sales of the Kia K5 Kaiku were only 1260 vehicles, dwarfed by the performance of the competitor Camry and Accord with the monthly sales of 25,000 vehicles. However, Kia K5 Kaiku is not due to insufficient product strength to lead to sales decline, but why its sales have plummeted, and there are other reasons.
Just in the past year, Kia Motors has launched a new LOGO design, Kia K5 Kaiku naturally joined the rhythm of re-marking, at the same time, the appearance of the shape compared to the previous generation of products has a huge change. Judging from the real photos, the new Kia K5 Kaiku front has a lower posture, the sharp LED light group is full of detail and there is no lack of refinement, and the large honeycomb grille runs through the entire front face, which together with the strong sense of layering of the lower grille constitutes an exaggerated visual impact. Compared with the same level of competitor models, Such as Accord, Camry and Passat, the Kia K5 Kaiku brings a more athletic atmosphere, quite a taste of GT coupe.
In the side part, the smooth waistline naturally connects the front and rear LED light groups, and the gorgeous chrome trim strips on the roof smoothly transition along the A-pillar to the diagonal under the D-pillar, and the sneaky shape is unobstructed, with the extended rear arch design, highlighting a bit of a coupe atmosphere. Body size part, Kia K5 Kaiku's length, width and height are: 4980/1860/1445mm, wheelbase 2900mm, compared with the Honda Accord, the new car's nearly 5 meters long and 2 meters 9 wheelbase are obviously more eye-catching.
In the rear part of the car, Kia K5 Kaiku unsurprisingly adopts the current very popular through-led taillights, the intermittent light strip shape looks quite recognizable, with bilateral four-out cylinder exhaust decoration, and the tail side of the wind trough design, the radical sporty style is self-evident. Compared with the previous generation of products, the new Kia K5 Kaiku is more brilliant in the design and more in place to create a sporty atmosphere.
The exterior design is full of sports, according to the consistent design style of Korean cars, the interior style of Kia K5 Kaiku will not be bad. Coming to the car, Kia K5 Kaiku changed the traditional wrap-around symmetrical cockpit layout, using the mainstream dual screen design and the center console shape that tends to the main driving side, the overall atmosphere of the interior is mainly simple and capable, and at the same time integrates soft materials, imitation carbon fiber materials, metal decorations, leather stitching, double color interior and other design elements, compared to The Accord, Camry and other Japanese competitor models, the sense of grade is stronger. It is worth mentioning that in order to emphasize the sense of interior technology, the new car also adopts a knob-type electronic gear lever that is rare in the same level, with the steering wheel shift paddle function, highlighting the high-grade sense of the interior.
In terms of core power, Kia K5 Kaiku has launched two sets of power combinations, namely 1.5T+7DCT, 2.0T+8AT, of which the maximum power of the 1.5T engine can reach 170 horsepower, the peak torque is 253 Nm, the power parameters are at the mainstream level, using CVVD technology, the maximum torque can be exploded at 1500 rpm, the initial power is strong, but the rear power reserve is insufficient, the NEDC comprehensive fuel consumption is only 5.6L/100km, and the fuel economy is leading the same level. Is the typical level of household power. The 2.0T power combination is the "soul" of Kia K5 Kaiku, 2.0T power maximum power 240 horsepower, peak torque up to 353 Nm, matching 8AT gearbox, gearbox high efficiency, measured zero hundred acceleration performance of 7.41 seconds, comprehensive 100 km road condition fuel consumption of 7.68L/100km, on-call power reserve makes people full of confidence.
epilogue
Through the observation of Kia K5 Kaiku, it is not difficult to see that this car has a good product performance in all aspects, the inside and outside design out of the circle, the material is in the same level of the upper class, the power configuration of 2.0T+8AT meets the power pursuit of most young consumers, whether in terms of configuration, space or other aspects, Kia K5 Kaiku has shown a product strength that is not inferior to the competitors of the same level. However, unfortunately, the era in which Kia K5 Kaiku is located has changed, and a batch of outstanding car products have emerged from independent brands, such as: Geely Xingrui that crossed the level challenge, Hongqi H5 that reduced the dimensionality of the blow, which was affected by the plummeting influence of the Korean brand in China, and the Kia brand had a subtle impact on the competitiveness of Kia K5 Kaiku's products. For Korean brands, how to restore the influence of brands in China is the most critical.