Kia unveiled its new compact SUV, the Stonic, at the 2024 Beijing International Auto Show on April 25. The official price range is 9.19-10.09 million yuan. The launch of a sub-10 million yuan joint venture compact SUV is rare, showing Kia’s sincerity. Which of the two Stonic models is worth buying? This issue of “Car Buying Guide” will answer for you.
Kia Stonic positioned as a small SUV, with 2 models priced at 9.19-10.09 million yuan. Official offers include double deposit gift, easy purchase gift, worry-free travel gift, and old friend feedback gift. 1. Model Overview
In terms of appearance, Sionee adopts Kia’s new design concept “Bold & Wild”, with exquisite and fashionable overall styling. The front grille retains Kia’s family design features, very recognizable, and also uses a black honeycomb design, adding a lot of sportiness to the front face. The style of the headlights is very unique, resembling the number “7”, with LED light sources and automatic headlight function. The side profile is also youthful and dynamic, with a two-tone body design. Sionee’s dimensions are 4110mm*1790mm*1625mm in length, width, and height, with a wheelbase of 2500mm. The taillights adopt the popular through-type design, extending all the way to the side of the body, combined with vertical taillight groups on both sides, creating an excellent visual effect when illuminated.
In terms of wheels, two styles are offered based on different configurations. The left side is for the base model, the right side is for the top model, both using aluminum alloy dual-color design, with excellent visual effects. In addition, both wheels are matched with the same tires, with a size of 205/55 R16.
In terms of body color, Soina offers 5 options: pearl white, aurora black, olive green, vibrant red, and pearl white. Two dual-color body options require an extra 2500 yuan (350$) for installation. I personally recommend vibrant red, which complements its dynamic exterior design and easily showcases the personality of young consumers.
In terms of interior design, Sonet’s interior design is relatively traditional, retaining a large number of physical buttons, although it lacks some sense of technology, it is more convenient for blind operation while driving. In terms of configuration, Sonet comes standard with a multifunction steering wheel, a 10.25-inch central control screen, keyless start, automatic air conditioning, and other practical configurations. The high-end models are also equipped with car networking, 4G network, mobile APP remote control, OTA upgrade, and other practical configurations, maintaining the advantage of high configuration of Korean cars.
In terms of power, all models of Soina are equipped with a 1.5L four-cylinder naturally aspirated engine produced by Jiangsu Yueda Kia Motors Co., Ltd., with a maximum power of 84.7kW and a maximum torque of 144N·m. The transmission system is matched with a CVT continuously variable transmission.