2010 Kia Soul to make stateside debut in LA

Posted: Nov 07, 2008
Filed under: 2010 Releases, Auto Shows, Kia

The Kia Soul will make its stateside debut at the 2008 LA Auto Show as a 2010 model. Of course, we are never lucky to get any diesel options here so Kia will only offer the Soul only with a 2.0L 4-cylinder engine making 142-hp. The engine will be mated to either a 5-speed manual or a 4-speed automatic.

Kia is planning on producing 136,000 units of the Soul annually at it’s Gwangju plant. Kia will ship over 50,000 of those the U.S. with sales to kick-off in April 2009. Pricing details will be released closer to launch date.

According to recent reports, Kia is also working on a hybrid version of the Soul. No confirmation has been made whether the hybrid Soul will make it to the U.S.

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Source: Kia-World

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  • I'm looking forward to driving one of these when they come here to Europe. It's such an attractive vehicle.
    Regarding the hybrid, Kia showed it in Paris at recent auto show and production for it is under question and at the moment not planned. However, you never know what Kia will decide. They might surprise us and bring Soul hybrid sooner than we think!
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