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Kia Sonet

When Kia came to India with their Seltos, it was specifically engineered for India and it actually out of the park it took Kia into the top view of the automobile sales charts. So, Kia launched a Compact SUV named Sonet in 18th September 2020. And now we are here with its review. Enjoy :)

 DIMENSIONS

LENGTH

3995mm

WIDTH

1790mm

HEIGHT

1642mm

WHEELBASE

2500mm

SEATING CAPACITY

5

BOOT SPACE

392 litres

NO. OF DOORS

5

FUEL TANK CAPACITY

45 liters

 

EXTERIOR



This car grabs eyeballs off the bat, this car looks very nice in fact it has a traditional Kia design elements which looks staggeringly good, detailing like the long grill and the surrounding chrome, the wrap around c-pillar, the 16 inch alloy wheels, and the eye grabbing Front & Rear headlamps set it apart and make it super stylish. The front headlamps are DRLs with white light and Fog lamp design is surrounded by chrome which looks kinda sporty. Door handles are chrome from the HTX variant to the top. It has non functional roof rails with shark fin antenna and Sunroof in some variants. Moving towards the back of the car, starting from the top there’s a wiper and a defogger. The rear lights look very nice but the indicators and reverse lamp is not LED, the brake light is LED rest are not LED. Then there are the reflectors which are not functional until and unless you throw light to it. Kia also provided a skit plate so that if you want to take this car for some off-road, you can definitely take it. The Sonet feels solidly built and all it’s parts work away silently whether we talk of the engine or the suspension. Potholes doesn’t feel much.

INTERIOR


Interior of the Sonet feels top notch. All the quality feels good on the inside. Soft finish for the top of the dash, lower part has a bit of hard plastic. Large AC vents laid out across the dash. There is the 10.25 inch touchscreen which takes center space. The car has a digital instrument cluster. The steering is the flat bottom sporty steering wheel with the controls for the touch screen, digital instrument cluster and even the cruise control. The car has a lots of storage spaces, beneath the AC controls, cup holders are there behind the gear lever and some more storage space inside the center armrest. There are 1 liter bottle holders in all four doors. Most importantly the top-end variant (GTX+) also comes with ventilated seats. The front seats looks fine. For the rear seat, a person of 6 feet can easily fit in. 3 passengers can be easily fit in the car, but there is no headrest for the third passenger. If 2 passengers are sitting at the rear, It feels even more comfortable with its center armrest which also has 2 cup holders. Kia Sonet can pack in quite a bit of luggage with its 392 liters of boot space.  

ENGINE & TRANSMISSION 

DIESEL            

ENGINE TYPE (MT/AT)

1.5L CRDi WGT / 1.5L CRDi VGT

DISPLACEMENT

1493cc

MAX POWER (MT/AT)

98.63bhp@4000rpm / 113.42bhp@4000rpm

MAX TORQUE (MT /AT)

240nm@1500-2750rpm / 250nm@1500-2750rpm

NO. OF CYLINDER

4

TRANSMISSION TYPE

Manual / Automatic

GEAR BOX

6 speed

DRIVE TYPE

FWD

 PETROL

ENGINE TYPE

Smartstream G1.2

DISPLACEMENT

1197cc

MAX POWER

81.86bhp@6000rpm

MAX TORQUE

115nm@4200rpm

NO. OF CYLINDER

4

TRANSMISSION TYPE

Manual

GEAR BOX

5 speed

DRIVE TYPE

FWD

(Normal petrol engine is offered only in HTE, HTK and HTK plus)

TURBO PETROL (iMT & DCT)  

ENGINE TYPE

Smartstream G1.0 T-GDi

DISPLACEMENT

998

MAX POWER

118.36bhp@6000rpm

MAX TORQUE

172nm@1500-4000rpm

NO. OF CYLINDER

3

TRANSMISSION TYPE

iMT / DCT

GEAR BOX

6 speed / 7 speed

DRIVE TYPE

FWD

(Turbo petrol engine is offered in HTK+, HTX, HTX+ and GTX+ )

On paper the engine looks quiet powerful.

Variant wise Price

                                    HTE

 

Ex- showroom

On-Road

Petrol

Rs 6,79,000

Rs 7,63,000

Diesel

Rs 8,25,000

Rs 9,21,000

                                      HTK

 

Ex- showroom

On-Road

Petrol

Rs 7,69,000

Rs 8,62,000

Diesel

Rs 9,19,000

Rs 10,47,000

                                    HTK+

 

Ex- showroom

On-Road

Petrol

Rs 8,55,000

Rs 9,57,000

Turbo Petrol

Rs 9,49,000

Rs 10,56,000

Diesel

Rs 9,69,000

Rs 11,03,000

                                    HTX

 

Ex- showroom

On-Road

Turbo Petrol

Rs 9,99,000

Rs 11,11,000

Diesel

Rs 10,19,000

Rs 12,08,000

                                    HTX+

 

Ex- showroom

On-Road

Turbo Petrol

Rs 11,65,000

Rs 13,38,000

Diesel

Rs 11,85,000

Rs 14,03,000

                                    GTX+

 

Ex- showroom

On-Road

Turbo Petrol

Rs 11,99,000

Rs 13,37,000

Diesel

Rs 12,19,000

Rs 14,43,00

 Price is quiet aggressive. It easily competes or even beats some of the popular compact SUV's like Hyundai Venue & Tata Nexon.

Do share your thoughts about this car.

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