With the release of a completely fresh Kia Soul for the model year 2020, this unusual small truck threw out a personal in the past, the basic engine, the low-blood 130-horsepower 4, which had the opportunity to collect only 118 pounds.-foot. torque and including it was not available there at 4,850 revolutions per minute.

This engine has joined automotive spirit world with the debut of 2020 Soul, which has the ability to get the hang of its own power unit of the original value of 2.0-liter four, which generates more reliable 147 HP and 132 pounds.-foot. grunts.

Fortunately, last year's 1.6-liter 201-horsepower turbo four is still easily accessible, but this availability is considered a unique offer of sports fresh finish GT-Line from Soul. Other slats soul on stage until 2020, all working on a 2.0-liter course spoken with a breath of 4, include the LC, C, X-line, Ex and EX design collection, countless lineup that, as a minimum number, eliminates the mysterious base, + and ! (read: basis, plus and exclaim) planks 2019.

The usual 2.0-liter engine has the ability to switch to either a six-speed manual or a self-driving CVT gearbox, which the final shifter borrowed from a fresh Forte car. The turbo 4 is mated with semistuporous semidestruida transmission with double clutch.

Curiously, actually that Soul, but Kia is presented as a subcompact crossover, still does not invite the absolute drive, but this fresh platform assistant Soul, Hyundai Kona, prepares. Saul, alas, is strictly a front-driver, which, in our eyes, preparing his more boxy wagon than a crossover.

Oblivious to this, this small young man protects an unusual manner that has become so likeable to believers, oblivious to the fact that he travels on a wheeled basis, which is 1.2 inches longer, and casts a shadow that stretches 2.2 inches further.

Naturally, the configurations were made in the manner, but the paint of the rear door of the "Peninsula" Soul remains, but also some more trapezoidal than the previous rectangle, for example, as the outer picture of the Soul, designed with a square square, and so-know-it-cool.

More trivial outdoor configurations include a front slit connecting the headlights, which is now much thinner, while the headlights themselves show a technical squint, and the tail lights bend boomerang. This lighting, by the way, is given in the upper trims. More follows in the footsteps labeling more embodiment of the flashing of wings and fresh dark Slash-stand on top of it.

From inside the double-bubble seeks two domes housing, in accordance with this, the sensor pod and the center stack touch screen.

This touch screen is considered a 10.3-inch case with the probability of dividing the screen on the EX and GT-Line models. Even in the little guy available 640-watt audio system Harman / Kardon, the simultaneous probability of Bluetooth for multiple devices, 2-zone climate control, charging wireless device and - I must adore it-mood lighting on the door panels, which, at the discretion of the driver, has the ability to beat the music!

Between the cheap intensive nannies of self-acting critical braking protection, front and rear-conflict warning system, lane keep Assist, lane departure warning, blind spot forecast, adaptive cruise control, far light Assist and driver-attention forecast. (Wake up!)

In the end, we must still indicate that the version of the electric car of this fresh soul will still be available before the end of this calendar year, but Kia officials will not receive more than a certain date of arrival.

Conventional gasoline 2020 Soul will arrive in showrooms in the 1st half of the 2019 calendar year.

Kia has not yet announced the cost of Soul-gas or electricity, but we suspect that with the fresh features and more robust basic engine cost of the original value will increase slightly to the North. For reference, the current car comes with $17,430.

With this fresh iteration of the soul - happily - remains what she always was: an extraordinary small box that accesses cheerful motorists who want the usefulness in a car, which is somewhat similar.