Kia cee’d

Kia cee'd

The Kia cee’d is a small family car released in the European market by the Korean manufacturer Kia Motors in December 2006, and was a replacement for the poorly selling Kia Cerato.

It is available as a five-door hatchback, three-door hatchback (“pro_cee’d”), and five-door estate (“cee’d SW”), with a choice of up to five engines (three petrol and two diesel), four trim levels (S, GS, LS, SR) and either manual or automatic transmissions — and is sold in over 20 variants of the above in some markets.

The Kia cee’d is said to get its name from the Community of Europe and European Design, its project name simply being “ED”.

Kia cee’d earns Euro NCAP 5 star safety rating. It is also remarkable for being fitted with six airbags (including curtain airbags) as standard even in countries like Ukraine where safety options were usually stripped in comparison with other countries.

Kia revealed a concept of its pro_cee’d line, with improved aerodynamics and mild hybrid engine tuning to the diesel engine, under the name “eco_cee’d”. Kia has confirmed it will release eco_cee’d versions of its cee’d line in 2009.

The new ‘eco’ cee’d models will be fitted with Kia’s new ISG (Idle Stop&Go) system, including Smart battery Power Management.

This system has regenerative braking, which automatically recharges the battery during deceleration, and switches the engine off when the car is stopped and the engine is at idle, dramatically cutting both fuel consumption and emissions during typical stop-start city driving.