Now that the Kia Sonet has been unveiled officially, here are the top 10 features that come on this new subcompact SUV.
Kia has finally taken the sheets off its new sub compact SUV. Kia Sonet has been globally unveiled in India and is scheduled for a launch next month itself. It is the third offering from the South Korean brand after Seltos and Carnival. If you notice, the production ready Sonet looks very identical to the concept version.
Under the hood, you will get three engine options to choose from. There’s a 1.2 Litre four-cylinder petrol, a 1.0 Litre turbo petrol and a 1.5 Litre four-cylinder diesel engine. The petrol engine is good for 83 PS and 113 Nm of peak torque, paired with a 5-speed MT as standard. The turbo engine, tuned to produce 120 and 172 Nm will come with a 7-speed DCT, 6-speed MT and the 6-speed iMT. The diesel engine will produce 100 PS and 240 Nm of torque, paired with a 6-speed MT and a 6-speed AT.
In terms of features, it gets many premium and a lot of segment first highlights. Here are the top 10 features available onboard.
Kia Sonet Top 10 Features
1. Smart Air Purifier With Virus Protection
Due to the ongoing pandemic, a couple of manufacturers are working towards making your car safer from inside. Kia Sonet comes with an automatic smart air purifier installed between the seats which also gets a virus protection system. So, atleast, you can go for drives comfortably in this pandemic.
2. Ventilated Front Seats
Here’s a segment first feature. Ventilated front seats come on the top-end variants of Sonet, which make it the first car in the segment to have so. While its elder sibling Kia Seltos and even the Hyundai Creta offer one, Venue unfortunately misses out on it.
3. Sporty Digital Instrument Cluster
You can see that it gets a sporty semi-digital instrument cluster with a big MID in between. The dials are very good looking and something out of the box.
4. 10.25 inch touchscreen infotainment with Internet Car Technology
For entertainment purposes, you have the same 10.25 inch touchscreen infotainment system from the Seltos. It gets UVO connect internet car technology enabling you to do many remote operations from your phone and your smart key. Further, it gets voice assist, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.
5. LED Headlamps and LED Tail Lamps
Kia Sonet gets crown jewel LED headlamps at the front, LED turn indicators and LED tail lamps as well. At the back, you can see a sleek and stylish LED strip running on the boot which doubles up as the brake light.
6. Diesel-Automatic Combination
While it may not be the first one to offer a diesel-automatic combination in this segment, but the only one which gets a torque converter paired. Even Venue for that instance does not offer an automatic gearbox with its diesel engine. Sonet will get a 6-speed AT as an option.
7. Six Airbags
One of the few cars in this segment and now the Sonet, offer six airbags on the top end trims. There’s two airbags on the front, two on the side and two for the knee. Definitely, the safety quotient is high on this SUV.
8. Tyre Pressure Monitoring
Also, another premium feature that comes from many luxury cars. Tyre Pressure Monitoring system comes as standard fitment on all the variants but the top-end one gets the Highline (active) monitoring system.
9. Remote Engine Start And Stop Operation
With a touch on your mobile phone or a smartwatch or your smart key, you can switch on the engine on your Sonet. Remote Engine Start and Stop operation will be available on manual as well as automatic variants, making it a segment-first feature.
10. Front And Rear Parking Sensors With A Camera
The last one in this list is front and rear parking sensors with a rear parking camera. While most of the cars now come with the rear package, front parking sensors are still seen on some premium cars. However, Mahindra XUV300 also offers one which does not make this a segment first highlight.
