They make a lot of effort at Kia. Not only did they omit the apostrophe, but with 'Community of Europe, with European Design' there is also justification for the once strange combination of letters. And, last but not least, they are now capitalized, but not (yet) in all Kia scripts.

For once Kia CEO Steffen Cost will be quoted here: 'The Kia CEED is the first Kia to drive autonomously on level 2. The vehicle keeps its own track and not as you know it so far, it tends to the left or right border, but it remains autonomously in the middle of the road, in the curve area of course, too, and it accelerates and brakes independently and that in a speed range from 0 to 130 km/h.'

This is already the third generation since the beginning of 2006. The Kia is manufactured in the Kia plant Zilina in Slovakia, designed in the design center in Rüsselsheim. It is clearly tailored to the European market, avoids special abnormalities, uses the tiger nose of Stinger and has become more attractive overall.

Although the workmanship of the body, this is even more noticeable on the inside. Restraint with hard plastic has been imposed on the upper part of the doors and the dashboard. Even without the leather interior of the Platinum version, you can enjoy decorative stitching.

The wheelbase has remained, the other dimensions in principle, too. Odd that the luggage compartment has increased with upright rear seat backs and has become smaller in the large version. The sill should now be lower. The spring rates are increased, the suspension a little harder and the steering at the same turning circle more direct.

No, the euphoria of the testers in view of the prices, we can not quite follow. One would even have to warn potential buyers, namely in front of the entry-level engine with plenty of outdated technology. It has neither direct injection nor a turbo charger. The CO₂ value makes a 15-jump the next stronger engine. By the way, the price too, to with 4,200 euros. 08/18