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If, like us, you'd sort of forgotten about the Kia cee'd, this facelift might come as a surprise. The cee'd has only been around for 18 months, so this nip and tuck has come a little earlier than usual.
The car gets Kia's new family face, which is nicked from the fantastically
exciting Magentis. The bonnet has been re-sculpted and the bumper, grille and
lights have all been updated. Inside, the centre console has been made ‘more
intuitive' (no fumbling around for the volume knob, then) and you can now have
a Bluetooth kit.
It's a good car, the cee'd - a genuine Ford Focus rival for not-much-money. This
facelifted version will be shown at Frankfurt later this year, alongside two
all-new models (cars, not girls).
Maybe this new look will help it stick in the memory a little longer.
Or maybe it won't. Hello? Are you still reading this? You've forgotten it
already, haven't you?
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What do you think?
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TheoTheJew commented on this article
at 04:17 pm on 14 July 2009
why buy a hatchback that's not a Fiat? that's right, no reason at all. go on, go and get a 500/Grande Punto/Bravo and live a happy life.
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carguytom commented on this article
at 04:25 pm on 14 July 2009
erm. ok i think it will probably have more room than its italian rivals but im sure the italians have more character... hang on what car are we talking about again?
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The_Monk commented on this article
at 04:28 pm on 14 July 2009
I was looking for a car about 2 years ago and unfortunately for me, one of the better used car dealerships here was also a Kia dealership... so you couldn't go looking for a semi-decent used car without first having to be practically bribed into considering the laughable Cee'd. Lesson learned? Never go to Asia for a facelift.
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The_Monk commented on this article
at 04:32 pm on 14 July 2009
First let me clarify, before Kia took over the lease, it was an MG/Rover dealership - says it all, doesn't it? Across the road is a Toyota dealership, and when the economy went tits up, the Toyota dealership bought the plot reserved for all the used cars previously sold in the Kia garage (as well as all the cars) just so they could store all the Toyotas that nobody was buying. LOL!
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StigsIrishCousn commented on this article
at 04:46 pm on 14 July 2009
@ TheoTheJew I think I would probably buy a Kia before a Fiat! OK I would buy the 500 but it's too small for me and my wife for some reason doesn't like it :-(
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