Kia as one of the two major Korean brands, once also widely recognized by consumers, especially the air pressure K3 of that year, relying on the quality and low price of Japanese cars, has become the preferred model for many cost-effective, but because the market performance of Korean cars has gradually declined in recent years, and the brand is not as good as Hyundai, while Dongfeng decided not to continue to carry out joint venture production with Kia, so Kia's influence fell off a cliff, but as a global car company, although it is not domestic, it is still a best-selling brand overseas, today, Overseas media have also exposed Kia's fourth generation of Jiale, let's first take a preliminary look at it.
Jiale first launched a compact MPV in 1999, and the second and third generations behind it are mainly sold overseas, and the domestic market has always been imported, and the new model was seen at the 2022 Jakarta Auto Show.
The appearance of the new car compared to the previous 3 generations, now more like an SUV model, the front face of the middle net using a split design, the upper part is closed, it is not difficult to guess that there should be a new energy version, only retained the lower grille. The LED lights on both sides are also split, the upper part is the LED daytime running lights, and the bottom is the headlight group. The side looks relatively simple, there is no MPV commonly used side sliding door, but sliding door design, the tail of the light group shape is very designed, and the use of through-type design, belongs to the current popular.
The interior of the vehicle is also a family design language, first of all, the steering wheel is similar to other Kia models, except that the dashboard and the central control screen are placed at the same height, making the two screens look like a dual screen design. The panel part is off-white, while the tables and chairs are black, and the color scheme looks more coordinated. At the same time, the configuration is also relatively rich, such as 10.25-inch central control screen, LCD dashboard, front seat ventilation, interior mood lights, 8-speaker Bose audio, automatic wiper and other use of functional configurations have been added. The new car has a length, width and height of 4540/1800/1700 mm, a wheelbase of 2780 mm, and the new model has 6-seater and 7-seat versions, which can only be said to be a compact general level in space.
Finally, the power part, the news that has been revealed is that the new car will be equipped with two gasoline engines, 1.5L and 1.4T, the maximum power of the 1.5L engine is 115 hp, the peak torque is 144 Nm, one matches the 6-speed manual transmission; the maximum power of the 1.4T engine is 140 hp, the peak torque is 242 Nm, one is matched with a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission, it is said that there is also an engine version, the maximum power is 115 hp, the peak torque is 250 Nm, The mating is also a 6-speed manual transmission.
The product strength of the new car is still online, but entering the country is sold by imported models, the price may be more expensive, I don't know how the actual market performance will be at that time, after all, the decline in sales of Korean cars has a lot to do with the rise of domestic cars.