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2010 Kia Pro cee’d Advanced diesel and gasoline powertrains

“With the style and sport oriented pro_cee’d, we are expecting that a larger percentage of customers, up to 20%, will order the 2.0-litre gasoline or diesel model, with manual transmission, with many of them also ordering the 17-inch wheels which come with stiffer dampers as standard. This combination will perfectly match the sporty character the latest cee’d derivative,” comments Gregory Guillaume, Chief Designer Kia Motors Europe. “As with other cee’d family models, pro_cee’d buyers will be able to select the combination of engine and transmission that most closely matches their lifestyle and motoring habits,” concludes Guillaume.

For its new pro_cee’d, Kia is presenting customers the full choice of cee’d family powertrains – five Euro4 compliant engines and three transmissions, as offered in the five-door hatchback and Sporty Wagon models. Top speeds are similar to the five-door hatchback model, ranging from 206-to-172 kph.

Benefiting from a maximum weight reduction of 84 kg across the model range, the pro_cee’d accelerates more rapidly, delivering acceleration times (to 100 kph) from 10.1 to 13.5 seconds – compared to a 10.3 to 13.8 seconds spread for the five-door model.

Power outputs cover a 90 ps to 143 ps range, including the popular, advanced and highly responsive 1.6-litre, 115 ps diesel engine – designed and engineered at Kia’s ‘centre of diesel excellence’ within the R&D Centre at Russelsheim, and manufactured by Kia in Slovakia. Fuel consumption figures range over a 4.5 to 7.7 litres/100 km span, while CO2 figures vary between 119 and 184 g/km.

To suit local taxation requirements, some of the pro_cee’d engines will be available in certain markets with lowered maximum power. Good drivability will be largely maintained as the robust torque outputs of these engines are undiminished.

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These multi-adjustable front seats have wide cushions and backrests to offer superior support with generous proportions to accommodate drivers and passengers of all shapes and sizes. Adjustable lumbar support is available on both driver and passenger seats.

To boost practicality in the three-door pro_cee’d, Kia’s designers re-styled the rear seat cushion, which is now fixed, and re-engineered the 60/40 split backrest so that it is easy to release and simply folds down onto the cushion with no need to remove the headrestraints. The resulting load floor extension is step-less, but not completely flat, however the car does offer excellent luggage capacity for this class of vehicle – a total of 340 litres with the rear seats upright and 1130 litres with them folded.

Like those found in the cee’d 5-door, the pro_cee’d retains the immensely practical under-floor storage trays in the load area.