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Test drive Kia Cerato Koup: Fit product
Appearing in the Russian market, the new generation of Kia Cerato immediately liked the Russian motorists. Fresh, unlimited design, competitive price here are the component success for the C-class sedan in our country.
However, the Korean company did not even think about this, and in 2010, Kia Cerato Koup debuted in the Russian market. As the name can be seen, the novelty is nothing more than a compartment built on the basis of the Cerato sedan, which in turn is built on the Hyundai Elantra platform.
Like the appearance of Cerato, the appearance of the compartment was created under the patronage of Kia chief designer Peter Schreyer. And the Koreans did not lose. Cerato Koup is really handsome. The predatory squint of elongated optics is adjacent to an aggressive bumper and a black mouth of a trapezoidal air intake. On the side, the muscular silhouette is emphasized by pronounced wheeled arches, 17-inch alloy disks with black spraying, as well as a clenched roof line. The stern is crowned with a powerful diffuser of the rear bumper and the trunk lid in the form of a spoiler. No wonder the appearance of a serial bundle is almost completely identical to the concept of emotions that caused a storm of the same concept, shown in 2008 at a auto show in New York.
Peter Schreyer did not lose his design. The predatory muzzle and the rapid silhouette of a classic compartment attract attention on the streets.
In the interior of the differences between the sedan and the compartment is significantly less. The front panel of the Cerato Koup is lively, the body is busy with the body color, the skin on the steering wheel and chairs flaunts with a colorful stitching, and the seats themselves are distinguished by developed lateral support. You can only complain about the quality of materials, which has not yet reaches competitors.
The spacious rear sofa was pleasantly surprised. Despite the fact that for the owners of the coupe this is hardly a significant characteristic, two adult passengers will be able to accommodate in the back of Cerato Koup. In this case, the volume of the trunk is considerable 358 liters.
Kia Cerato Koup is decorated with a black diffuser of the rear bumper, narrow lights and a trunk lid elongated in the manner of a spoiler.
Found a continuation in Kia Cerato Koup, which made a light music debut on Kia Soul in the form of the speakers of LEDs located around. You can control it with a special folding remote control. A funny sight, especially at night! The absence of a lever for leaning the driver’s chair was surprised. Apparently, the Koreans want to say that the entrance to the back row is allowed only from the passenger. There is no button on the trunk lid, it can be opened from the cabin or remotely from the ignition key.
The basic version of the Kia Cerato Koup is equipped with a 1.6-liter gasoline engine and five-speed mechanics. The test copy was packed more serious than the 2.0-liter four, 156 hp. And an automatic gearbox. Unlike the North American market, to which Cerato Koup was oriented (this model is not available in Europe), the car supplies the car with an old 4-band automaton to Russia.
Torpedo design is lively with a red insert. Ergonomics are not bad, but the quality of materials leaves much to be desired.
The result is rather sluggish acceleration, completely unsuitable for bright appearance. The motor is sleeping on the bottom. Activity begins somewhere with 3500-4000 thousand revolutions, but this is enough only for episodic accelerations. To make Cerato KouP be a shift, you need to keep the tachometer arrow as close to the red zone as possible. No wonder the declared acceleration up to 100 km/h at the Korean dudes takes 10.5 seconds. With overtaking, it is even more difficult to think for a long time before the transition to a reduced automatic transmission, and the acceleration of stretched gear itself is not pleased with dynamism. At the same time, fuel consumption even in calm mode almost did not fall below 11 liters.
Unlike a motor and machine gun, the suspension is configured in a sports way. A good chassis of the Kia Cerato sedan was seasoned with chili: they shortened the springs, expanded the track, installed the front stabilizer of the increased diameter and the steering slightly clamped.
Kia Cerato Koup is the case when it looks better than it goes. An obsolete four-speed automatic slows down when switching and cannot fully convey the potential of a 156-horsepower 2.0-liter motor. But Kia is famously controlled. A tight steering wheel and small rolls contribute to active driving.
The car dawns well in turn and stable in a straight line. In a sports tight steering wheel, although it differs too synthetic background effort, it is pleasant to control the steering wheel, and Cerato Koup reactions are moderately sharp and timely.
Typically, Koreans are shod their models exclusively in local tires, but for Kia Cerato Koup they made an exception: the coupe is equipped with Michelin Primacy HP with a dimension of 215/45 R17, which differ in good smoothness and hold the road perfectly.
In the manner of futuristic Kia Soul in the Cerato compartment, light music was installed, the operating modes of which can be changed using a special reclining remote control.
On a flat road high! The rolls on the arc are minimal. The Kia Cerato Koup chassis copes well with minor irregularities, but it is better to go around the bumps of the thumps of pendants and shaking more than the bumps. Noise insulation also failed: sand drumming through arches is heard at any speed and in any weather.
Two gasoline engines are available in the Russian market for Kia Cerato Koup: 1.6 l 124 hp. and 2.0 l 156 hp A 5-speed mechanical and 4-speed automatic checkpoint is offered to choose from.
The starting cost of Kia Cerato Koup in Russia starts from 689,900 rubles. Our well-packed version with a 2.0-liter engine, automatic and maximum equipment is significantly more expensive than 869,900 rubles. In the United States, for which the KIA Cerato Coup was created for the market, the price tag for a 2.0-liter version starts from $ 16,595 (about 500 thousand rubles).
The audience of this car behind the ocean is completely clear this youth and the beautiful half, for which a bright design and automatic transmission are important. As for Russia, it is obvious that we have Cerato Koup this is a piece of goods for an amateur. Indeed, for 870 thousand rubles there are a lot of other bright cars, including Mini, Citroen DS3, Renault Megane Coupe, etc.
Ruslan Galimov
A source: Carclub.ru
