Kia's got something badass to announce at the L.A. Auto Show

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
11/18/2019 at 16:12 • Filed to: None

I randomly stumbled upon Kia’s website promoting something about to debut at the L.A. Auto Show, with this lighting silhouette, which looks a whole lot like the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and is inexplicably promoted by an anthropomorphic secret agent m eerkat that Kia has declared to be #BadAss.

Note the DRLs that extend into the grille

Ok then, Kia.

DISCUSSION (23)

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Textured Soy Protein
11/18/2019 at 16:18

SUV Armageddon continues

Textured Soy Protein > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
11/18/2019 at 16:20

As far as I know this is the Kia equivalent of the Hyundai Venue (which slots in below the Kona, because the Kona is apparently not entry-level enough now).

It makes a little more sense in Kia’s lineup because the Soul has no awd option, whereas on the Hyundai side of the fence both the Venue and the Kona offer awd.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
11/18/2019 at 16:23

The four horseman:

The allegedly necessary flagship 7-seater

The ubiquitous Rav4-sized bread-and-butter

The useless swoopy-backed “coupe”

The revolutionary plug-in turbocharg ed supercharged hybr id whatever

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Textured Soy Protein
11/18/2019 at 16:25

Fascinating theory you have there...

camarov6rs > Textured Soy Protein
11/18/2019 at 16:29

The Venue offers AWD? I thought the Venue was the Soul of Hyundai...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein
11/18/2019 at 16:35

Can’t lose all them sales to the Honda Passport!

For Sweden > Textured Soy Protein
11/18/2019 at 16:38

AWD rally S oul or get out of town

Textured Soy Protein > camarov6rs
11/18/2019 at 16:42

Actually I might be mistaken. I refreshed my memory and you’re right, the Venue is a sub-Kona option only available in fwd. Supposedly it’s super tiny at only 159 inches in length .

My guess was since the Soul has the same spot in the USA Kia lineup as the Kona does in the Hyundai lineup, the Seltos was coming in below the Soul.

But now I’m not sure where the Seltos will fall relative to the Soul, as at least in India, the Seltos does offer awd, and at 169 inches long, is a bit bigger than the Kona and Soul. I suppose it could be for folks who want awd but something smaller/cheaper than a Sportage.

Textured Soy Protein > For Sweden
11/18/2019 at 16:46

Would you settle for a turbo Soul with open diff fwd, torsion beam rear suspension, and little red stripes on the bottom?

Kinja'd!!!

For Sweden > Textured Soy Protein
11/18/2019 at 16:50

-_-

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > For Sweden
11/18/2019 at 17:05

Remember this?

https://www.kia.com/us/en/concept-vehicles/trailster

Kinja'd!!!

ttyymmnn > Textured Soy Protein
11/18/2019 at 18:00

the Hyundai Venue

Never heard of that before. Wow, it’s ugly.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Textured Soy Protein
11/18/2019 at 18:48

Oz has the Seltos but has skipped on the Soul. Our version is front drive only and CVT only . Four grades, two with 2.0 litre atmo engine and two with 1.6 litre turbo. Targeting CX-3 etc etc...