Kia Stonic SUV in-depth review
The fact that its name comes from a mixture of speed and
tonic of course that is just marketing non sense isn't it. Essentially what
this car is, it's one of those small hatchbacks. It'smade to look a little bit
like an SUV because they're way cooler aren't they.
Now there is one thing to think about with this car andthat's this primitive also the edge level car it's got pretty much all you need you get a touch screen with apple car play and android auto. So eventhough he doesn't have sat-nav you can use the navigation from your phone. It has things like cruise control it hasair conditioning you get rear parking sensors. So that's all good this particular car though is the first edition. If you want the car to lookas good as it can then you need the first edition car because other wise you don't get the contrasting outside paints. You don't get this contrasting colors here in the dash and it just doesn't feel quite as exciting to sit in as a result.
It starts from nineteen and a half thousand pounds. So should he go for it well I plug the details into car web and I got an offer back for just under nineteen thousand pounds. So yeah all I personally would probably upgrade in order to get the nicer-looking trims and stuff in terms of the actual satellite navigation system that you get with this particular car. The normal infotainment system you get on the low spec car it's alright. I mean the graphics aren't the sharpe stand it's not the most bright or snazzy system. But overall it's not too bad. Now if you click on the top right hand corner the screen will pop out.
Let's just talk about storage space so you can fit a decent sized bottle in the door bin. You've got some more storage down here as well and like I said there's a cubby space here which is ideal for mobile phone. You've got charging points there. It's even got an aux in which is a little bit old-fashioned but how you do have your USB. As well one thing I need to mention about this car though is their seating position mates funny absolutely fine. There's lots of adjustment in the steering wheel and the driver's seat but the oddest thing is this kind of car is supposed to feel jacked up like an SUV. I can actually get as low as in a sports car though if you're short you're probably we all want a Jackie seater but even then it never feels particularly high riding. It just feels like a normal hatchback really well I'll just put the seat backdown to my normal driving position so we can check out space in the back. It's alright it's okay, you know it's not the biggest there's some knee room which is all right here dreams okay for me. There people over six foot will find a little bit tight on head space and one issue I do have is the seat is quite low so you don't get much under thigh support so on longer journeys in the back it's not gonna be the most comfortable if you need to carry through it. Once at least the floor is almost completely flat so there's plenty of foot room and the middle seat isn't too terrible and the body. This kind of car it's not that wide, so really it's gonna be a bit of a squeeze.
Let's move on to the boot the one thing about the stomach is that the boot really isn't that much bigger than the REO on which this car is actually based. It Charles that of other small SUVs such as the Renault Capturquite considerably in size there's also a bit of a load lip to list of over which is bit annoying when you're loading heavy items into the car. This particular model I've got here does have some underfloor storage which is nice though and that razor boot floor does mean that when you fold the seats down you do get a flat live floor which does make it easier when you're sliding items to the front of the car. There's a few places where you can hang things off like shopping bags those hooks there and there there's a few tethering point shere and here as well.
Now then it's time for the car why five annoying things about this car the name Mannie for the car will fit into the glove box. But there's a separate one for the infotainment system and they decided to do it in every single language possible pretty much. As a result it's so thick then it won't fit in the glove box for the main manual so it has to be stored in a separate pocket in the boot this badge doesn't appear to have been put on straight it's sort of droopy looks like you could do with some tony to perk it up. This car makes so many annoying little beeps and bongs. Alright thank you solids at last why is it neat to many if you use the rear screen wash while you're stationary does the presenter get covered in water it drips down and all pulls here on this ledge in the bumper and it just looks a bit messy to get water marks and supplier ID. I'm abit wet in places this collar just feels a little bit flimsy. The car y5 cool features not only can you get this car with heated front seats you can also get it with a heated steering wheel the top of the range all you need is fully loaded. You can personalise the range-topping version of the case tonic by choosing from four different contrasting roof colors black, red, orange, and this lime-green. There's a little hole there which you can put the seat belt buckle in so that when you fold on the seats doesn't slack. Thanks to this split design when you roll down the rear window it goes all the way down so you can lean out if you want to you actually know who are you troubled by low Sun in winter mornings or evenings. Well you'll need your sunglasses but where do you put them for the rest of the time don'tworry you've got a padded glasses holder here in the stomach. Now if you're the kind of person that wants on these kind of cars for that raised driving position you may be a little bit disappointed with this car because ya doesn't see much better than just a normal hatchback. Actually you don't really feel any more superior than other motorists other than that the visibility is actually pretty good and it's an easy car to drive in town steering's light gear shift is nice clutch is nice and light as well and the brakes they're smooth they're not too grabby. Yeah it's alright the only thing that does poke me off slightly is the suspension it's just a little bit on the firm side it's not comfortable but it does tend to feel a little bit fidgety over bumps in the road never seems to settle just come on settle key it'll all be. alright thankfully when you get up to speed on the modes where the suspension does settle down a bit and the car feels reasonably sorted one thing you do notice though when you're going faster is the noise you get quite a bit higher noise and wind noise as well. Then there's the engines you want to avoid the 1.4 liter petrol because it's a bit weedy and it's noisy I wouldn't go for the 1.6 liter diesel either because while it can do about 67 miles per gallon. It's quite rough the engine in this course want to have the 1 litre turbo petrol. So it's punchy they'll do nought to 60 in about 10 seconds and when you put your foot down it picks up well it can feel a little bit gruff at lower speeds but really it's okay. It sticks this car quite well especially 57 miles per gallon and I'm getting 41 which is all right. So then what happens when you come to a twisty road well that slightly firmer suspension does pay off then you see because this car feels quite dirty and Nym and dare. I say it's a little bit sporty to drive. So you put into a corner responds quite quit ease of the steering. It doesn't roll too much at all that's one of the benefits our guess ofit not being too tall like some other small SUVs.