The Kia Ceed is available from 16.690 €, the Ceed Sportswagon from 17.690 €, the ProCeed from 26.990 € and now the XCeed from 21.390 €. All four have the same wheelbase, only the Sportswagon differs in length with about 28 cm, the XCeed with 7 cm more. At first glance, the price difference between XCeed and Ceed looks huge. However, this is somewhat revised by clear differences in the equipment.

So the XCeed is not available in the cheapest attraction version of the Ceed. The main missing features are the manual air conditioning and the LED light for the front headlights and the rear lights. If you subtract the 2,000 € for the next higher equipment of the Ceed from the 5,360 €, then the alloy wheels of the XCeed still make a difference.

If you now add the 2,500 € for the next higher equipment of the XCeed, in case of the Ceed it's 2,100 €, then there's still no tie, because the XCeed comes on 18 inches and a digital 12.2 inch display behind the steering wheel. After all, both then have an 8-inch touchscreen in the middle, in the XCeed expandable up to 10.2 inches. Maybe the price difference between the two is about 3,000 €.

Please assume a slightly increased material quality and more possibilities of colouring the interior. The car comes from the Design Centre in Frankfurt. It looks more present, but with its lights pointing to the A-pillar and the fake exhaust trims a little oldschool. After all, the luminaires are more differentiated towards the radiator grille.

A good 4 cm higher than the Ceed, the XCeed offers 31 litres more luggage space and probably enough space in the rear seats. The fact that the front doors were taken over as the only parts, is in itself not worth mentioning, but makes it clear that the inclination of the windscreen has not changed significantly either. The larger cross-sectional area and the 0.03 poorer C_W value result in a less maximum speed of the most powerful petrol engine of 10 km/h, which means noticeably more air resistance. 10/19