Kia Soul [MERGED THREADS]

**reignsmart** · November 27th, 2009 10:20 AM

may mga kia soul owner na ba rito?

kia is offering me their top of the line kia soul. trade in ko daw yung honda city 2007 at bibilhin nila 500k.

need ko lang malaman kung maganda ba ang reviews ng kia soul bago ako kumuha?

interior is so nice

how bot the ride and fuel consumption?

by next week pede ko na raw makuha yung unit.

TIA

**BigHead** · November 27th, 2009 05:17 PM

Got a chance to look at the high-end KIA Soul EX-AT today at SM Megamall and I must say, the styling and design is indeed a cut out of the box compared to previous KIA models I've seen and driven before. Though it initially looked small and cramped on the outside, the interior cabin space was surprisingly quite adequate enough for four medium built individuals. Five passengers however, might make it a bit cramped already, unless he/she is as thin as a Palito. =)

Unfortunately; I saw the P1.3M price tag too and said to myself - even with all the bells and whistles, it is indeed still way over-priced. I mean for that much moolah, might as well get a Subaru Forester 2.0 which already sports the car brands' infamous "Symmetrical All Wheel Drive" feature which makes it drive like a dream =).

But hey... that's just me...

**niky** · November 27th, 2009 06:12 PM

The Soul's price is an unfortunate side-effect of the booming economy of Korea, exchange rates and CBU pricing.

The Caliber, note, was also CBU, and the mark-up for the Caliber trim level that came here (one with the same price tag as the Soul in the US) was 400,000 pesos more than the 1.3m Kia is charging.

Still... HARI seem to be able to get the prices down (partially by bringing in products assembled in India)... though some models have suffered. They stopped selling the Matrix because the factory was moved, and the price would be too steep. The i30 and i20 suffer from huge taxes compared to the i10 (Indian-made) and they're using every trick in the book in terms of option matching to keep the prices of the Accent and Santa Fe low.

Still, it's a shame that the price is so steep... the Soul is quite an interesting product.

**jozef_10** · November 27th, 2009 06:24 PM

according to motioncars.com, the ex trim costs 1.3m while the lx (mt) costs 1.1m

**BigHead** · November 27th, 2009 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by jozef_10

according to motioncars.com, the ex trim costs 1.3m while the lx (mt) costs 1.1m

Yes, the EX-AT is the most expensive variant, though the sales agent I talked to did also say that KIA PH plans to bring in the "diesel" variants sometime next year. Hmmmm, that should make this Soul even more interesting indeed.

**the one** · November 28th, 2009 02:08 AM

kahit mahal ang soul may nakikita pa rin akong mga kia soul sa daan at parking lots sa malls. namangha ako sa blue ex na nakita ko sa daan. ganda.

**mikmik316** · November 28th, 2009 02:35 AM

Antay lang kayo pag binenta ng CAC yung mga test drive at display units nila... after a year sigurado less 300,000 yan... so you get a 2nd hand Kia Soul EX for a cool 1M...