The car we are talking about today is Dongfeng Yueda Kia Kahua. Kia Kahua was full of expectations and wanted to call the Buick GL8, but the new car was "cold" as soon as it was launched! Last year, the cumulative sales volume was only 2823 units, accounting for only 0.35% of the domestic MPV market, ranking 33rd in a single item. Cumulative sales in the first quarter of 2022 were only 717 units. Call the board GL8! As soon as it was listed, it was "cold", and in March it sold 211 units, with a length of more than 5 meters, and the joint venture MPV
First of all, from the outside, the overall design of Kia Jawa is still biased towards calm, and the details are highlighted by the design of the jump and the embellishment of different materials. The front network adopts a matrix structure, the network can still faintly see the shadow of the family tiger whistle type network, the LED headlights on both sides are quite fashionable, and the irregular LED light strip below also has the effect of turn signals.
The interior layout gets rid of the traditional MPV feeling, the materials and details are in place, and the dual screen design brings a good sense of technology. The leather wrapped texture of the steering wheel is very good and the grip is very soft, at first glance it seems to be a two-frame design, the steering feel is very solid, and the steering radius is surprisingly small.
Looking at the side of the car, you will find that the 4th generation of Jawa uses a more square roof line than the previous generation, but in order not to make the slender but square line too dull, so it adopts a floating island roof design, introducing chrome flying wing trim at the C pillar, and the lower waist line creates a feeling of integrated extension, while the wheel arch is a thicker design, echoing the design logic of Kia's introduction of SUV lines; the flying wing trim of the C pillar also hides discernment ingenuity, and the Sorento C pillar also has flying wing trim, but it is not like Sorento Monolithic design.
The tail shape is relatively full, the rear tail light adopts the popular through-type design, the dense light group inside is very gorgeous, especially after lighting up, it has a more visual impact, and the texture of the internal light group and the headlight shape also echo.
Before talking about dynamic feelings, let's talk about the power equipment of the fourth generation of Jawa. The car is equipped with a 2.0T engine based on the new Smartstream power, which can reach a maximum power of 233Ps and a maximum torque of 353N·m, which is matched by a transverse 8AT gearbox. The new car offers a choice of four driving modes of comfort, economy, sport and intelligence, with an official acceleration of 9.2 seconds per 100 km/h and a combined fuel consumption of 7.8 L per 100 km/h.