FIRST unveiled at this year’s Geneva Show in March, the all new cee’d is on sale in Ireland. The new cee’d model range starts with the 5dr model available now, the SW model will follow in September and the 3dr will arrive in January 2013. Each new cee’d is fitted with six airbags as standard – front, front side and full length curtain. Pedestrian safety is improved with the adoption of collapsible headlamps, a stiffer lower bumper lip, and shock-absorbing structures in the hood and its hinges.
The three engines on offer on the Irish market are the 1.4 petrol, 1.4D and 1.6 D .The 1.4 petrol @ 99hp has a CO2 of 139 and falls into Band B for road tax .The 89hp 1.4 diesel unit falls into the A Band (109 CO2 ) as does the 126 hp 1.6 diesel unit that returns a miserly 100 CO2 return.
Launched in 2007 the original cee’d was a landmark and game-changing model for Kia. Designed, developed and built in Europe, cee’d was the first model to establish Kia as a serious contender to the established brands. Winning praise from media and public alike for its all-round ownership proposition, cee’d claimed fourth place in the European COTY Awards that year and second place in the Irish COTY – the highest ever ranking for a Kia vehicle.
The cee’d was also the pioneer for Kia’s industry leading 7-Year Warranty which was extended to the entire Kia range in January 2010.
“The original cee’d was a paradigm shift for Kia, taking the company into the hotly contested C-segment with a truly competitive car for the first time,” comments Paul Philpott, COO, Kia Motors Europe. “Just as the original cee’d represented a major step forward for Kia in 2007, this second-generation model represents a further leap for the brand, both in terms of the capability and sophistication of the vehicle, and what it will do to drive further momentum in our European sales”.
Kia Motors Ireland MD James Brooks is confident that the second generation cee’d will establish Kia in the all-important C segment of the market.
“The Kia range at present is second to none in the market, with every single model on sale introduced in the last three years. This new cee’d has the same stunning styling as Rio and Sportage and combined with the engineering and safety features plus of course the unbeatable warranty is sure to be a great success in the Irish market”.
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