Last time when the news was out about kia Sonet the car was about to launch in India. Kia car fans will be happy to know that the all new kia Sonet has already reached the Indian market and from the review this car is doing a great job. Kia is a well known automobile brand in India and the Sonet is the third launch of KIA in the Indian market after seltos and carnival model. The teasers about the car have already stated that the SUV will be loaded with some firsthand premium features to offer in a very cost effective budget. So it is very normal that the Indian buyers have started with the pre booking process the minute they got the chance. The teasers is proven to be right, as soon as the car is launched in the showrooms the company sold 25,000 car in just 14 day and there is still 1,000 booking of the kia Sonet every day India. Not only that the Sonet is the second made in India automobile of the kia brand after their first launch of seltos. The kia is manufactured in the Anantapur plant in Andhra Pradesh and the car is exported to different country from that place. The Sonet will be exported over 70 countries in Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa.
Highlighting factors of the Kia Sonet
Kia has manufactures this car in two variant from which the GTX variant got the most booking. The price starts from 6.71 lakh for the GTX variant and goes up to 8.05 lakh for the diesel cars .Although there is a huge demand for booking this car but there is a fixed production capacity of the car in annual basis which is 1.5 lakh from which 1 lakh cars will be sold in the domestic market and the 50,000 car will be exported to the 70 countries.
Features
- Comes in two basic trim GT and TECH line.
- Sonet offers three different engine options they are 1.5 litre diesel, 1.0 litre turbo GDI and 1.2 litre petrol.
- Engine gets both manual and automatic gearbox options
- In the interior there is a 10.25 infotainment which is fully HD and have touch screen.
- There is 4.2 inch instrument cluster.
- Front seats fully ventilated
- Audio system by Bose Company.
- Air purifier also with virus protection
- The company UVO connects with 57 connection features.
- There are dual air bags for safety.
The subcompact SUV is already giving a fierce competition to rival brand like Hyundai venue, Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, Tata Nexon and Ford Eco sports. But comparatively to all this brands Kia is offering the SUV in a lesser price with a load of features.