Kia Ceed Review 2023
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Introducing the updated Kia Ceed!
The Kia Ceed is a cheaper alternative to family-friendly, popular hatchbacks such as the Volkswagen Golf. The question is, with the price only slightly less than the all-conquering VW, should you go for the Kia instead?
Well, let’s check out the latest upgrades! When it comes to the design, there are a number of changes, including honeycomb tail lights, new alloy wheel designs, and an all-new front-end!
When it comes to the interior, you’ll find a load of soft-touch, good-quality materials throughout the majority of the cabin. Otherwise, the dashboard design is reasonably similar to the old edition, but that’s not exactly a bad thing!
Under the bonnet, there’s a choice of three different engines. The entry-level is a 1-litre petrol with 120hp, along with a 1.5-litre petrol with 160hp. There’s also a 1.6-litre diesel with 136hp.
So what do you think - should you choose the Kia Ceed over competitors like the Golf? Stick with Mat to see for yourself!
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:32 Exterior Design
01:39 Interior
04:10 Back Seats
05:08 Boot
05:56 5 Annoying Things
07:01 5 Good Things
08:24 Engines
08:55 Country Road Driving
09:53 Motorway Driving
10:19 Town Driving
11:35 0-60mph
12:18 Verdict
Mat's Kia Ceed choice: bit.ly/Mats-Kia-Ceed-Choice
Peugeot 308 review: bit.ly/Peugeot-308-Review-2022
Ford Focus review: bit.ly/Ford-Focus-Review-2022
Skoda Octavia review: bit.ly/Skoda-Octavia-Review-2022
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I'm the first!
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Yes! Finally the audiosystem was mentioned, i wondered for years why nobody talks about speakers in car reviews, since its one of the biggest comfort things in a car.
this and noise isolation. IMO quieter cabin = more luxurious
Car speakers are often mentioned in car reviews, I specially remember Matt talking about the Bose sound system in the Mazda 3 so it’s hardly the first time.
Personally I would prefer to have a good sound system but for the common person that isn’t an audiophile they will barely tell the difference.
I do have to say the JBL system in the Ceed is actually pretty decent.
The sound system in my 04 xr6 ford falcon is still great. Surely most modern day cars couldn't be worse lol
Yeah maybe it got mentioned on a side note sometimes, but its not something they talk about everytime, although its a pretty relevant thing to talk about when you choose a car, and since they review NEW cars and not used ones, i think its worth mentioning how the audio is. Everybody likes good sound, you dont have to be audiophile to notice the difference between a good and bad soundsystem when you hear it.
10 years ago KIA was just a car to take you from A-B, they have really upped their game with good looking practical cars.
And Hyundai too..
but soulless and they date rapidly
Even 10 years ago Kia, Hyndai were competitive with VW's. Just 10 years ago people were still looking at badge. I remember watching Mat 10 years ago reviewing a certain white Hyndai i30 on a different car chanell the og's will know. Which for the time was so good that it was their best car in 2012.
Their reliability is pretty bad however
Good looking? Are you joking? With their grill looking like a mouth just featuring the front teeth.
Kia has been going crazy with the reliability and styling lately, big respect
It looks simple and easy. I love the analog instruments and manual handbrake. That's the way it is supposed to be.
Such a different approach to the Germans. My Hyundai i30N is the same. Sophisticated and complex where it needs to be, but the engineers haven’t gone around it looking for ways to add complexity for the sake of it like the Germans are doing with all of their cars now. No silly oil quality sensors and algorithm driven extended service intervals that cause German cars to lunch their timing chains at low mileages. Sensible, fixed time and distance intervals instead. No unreliable, inconsistent electronic oil level read outs, but a proper dipstick. No forcing of useful controls behind a bug ridden infotainment system that doesn’t work properly (new Golf for example), but proper switch gear and the touchscreen relegated to nonessential stuff. Attractive, clear instruments, but analog. And guess what? I had it for 18 months, driven it really hard, and it’s just had a service and nothing else. No silly niggly faults, no bugs, no mechanical issues whatsoever. It’s a quick, capable, efficient modern car. But it isn’t overly complicated, and it’s been engineered properly. You can even change the air filter, oil filter and pollen filter without any tools.
I prefer cars with no manuel handbrake. It makes too much noise and looks really old. Prefer the Golf's electronic one.
@@googleuser2571 i30N still done the job better than this KIA.
@@Thad91 yes. Me too prefer that.
@@Thad91 And when you have problem with electric one? Classic one is less prone to malfunction.
Hyundai and Kia are killing it recently. From the N range to their range topping electric cars. Great stuff.
Aye you shouldve seen the JD GT Cee'd , 200hp from a 1.6, tuned giving u about 280hp to a car that weighs under 2 tonne
They really went up in quality vs cost. Got my Kia Proceed 1.6(200hp) 2 years ago and I still love the car and had zero issues so far. People every time amazed how nice the exterior and the interior is for a brand like Kia. I would not trade it for any VW or Seat in the same price range. Of course Mercedes and Audi has better interior but also with double the price tag. Cost vs Quality I so recommend Kia or Hyundai.
Rick i have sold Hyundai's for many years and rate them as the best but people buy brands and dont know any better.
@@69jomen I bought my first Hyundai back in 2007 drove almost 400.000km and upgraded to a new one in 2019 never had any issues with none of the cars, apart a clutch and the normal wear and tear on the old one. People buying German cars are stupid.
@@M.S-Music Ein VW ist ein VW. Kia kann den VW nicht das Wasser reichen.
In Germany we do have the Ceed and Proceed come with a fully digital cockpit instead of the analog ones when choosing the GT-line and up. Also the headlights come with a new design and not the old fashioned one with four little LED-points. Don't know why the UK doesn't have this as standard. I'm driving the ProCeed GT 2022 and I love this car.
I was thinking the same thing as well. Why these aren’t offered on UK cars I’ll never know…
@@joshbacon8241 because uk chose to drive on different side of the road than all Europe, so it's too pricey for manufacturer to convert all of the models and trims
@@joshbacon8241 i bet UK cars still done the job better
@@seowebua and Korean car models too.
Hyundai and Kia make cars by mixing all BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Porsche, and Bentley designs 😂😂😂 The headlights are Porsche, the grille is BMW Kidney Grill, the interior is Mercedes, Audi 😂😂😂
This is the carwow we have known and loved.. i feel like carwow is now more of drag races than detailed car reviews. I feel like more of such videos should be reintroduced
It's not necessarily Carwow's fault. There haven't been many new cars launched in the past few years because of Covid, especially in the UK. And those that were launched during the pandemic were most likely high end cars, cause they are at a market that weren't heavily affected by the economy.
I want more dragraces
@@ti8864 I don't
@@ti8864 drag racing an automatic is pointless .. but for comparing cars it's actually good because you take out a lot of the human error
Car wow top gear with unaffordable cars.... So out dated and boring..
Wow. That's such an upgrade from the "see, apostrophe d"
The star in a reasonably priced car used to use. 👍
Yep. 👍
a real Top gear fan😂🤝
The gravy analogy was brilliant! As a gravy fancier, I know exactly how the suspension feels. How transformative! Thank you Mat!
5:15 A VW Golf has 380 litres of space, not 180!
I spotted this too
180 🤣
WHO CARES IS CRAP ANYWAY :)
@@marcinstyle85 It's really not that bad as most reviewers make it out to be 🤷
lol 180kw i think
The more soft touch material on cars like this are always a welcomed addition !
I’d imagine it’s good considering the price tag
Love normal car reviews!!🔥🎉
Same
@@staigenerator2949 Same too for me.
There weren't many 'normal' car launches even facelifted ones during the pandemic. It's not wise for them to launch cars that are made for the average people in the middle of a recession. As a result we're 'forced' to watch high end car reviews and drag races for the past couple of years.
Matt, I think you should do a car wow test with an 80s family hatch and see how it compares with a modern family hatch
Yep. 1980 cars should give this one a try like Skyline R32GT-R 1989.
Good morning!
Thank you, team Car WoW and Matt for the work!
Keep it up, entertaining and useful!
Have a great day everyone!
Absolutely love my GT Line Sports Wagon, small estate with a wee bit of grunt when needed. Few years older than this one mind you. Has the fantastic 4 pot "ice cube tray" style side lights.
You are the best king of test cars. Thankyou
finally a car which viewers of this channel can actually buy! 😆
Yep. It can be expensive. $60000.
Finally Carwow mentioned the Audiosystem. Thanks Carwow!
Wow, Matt and the team took my sound system feedback on board from the last video! Thanks guys, this is why your my go to for car reviews 👍🏻
KIA still has the ceed GT (not the gt-line !!) which has a 1.6l petrol turbo with 204hp, Matt should have tested that one (or at least mention it).
I have a 2020 GT with 7 speed DCT and it has full digital dash as standard (as all the GTs). It's a really great car as an everyday driver but has enough power to have a bit of fun as well.
Don't even have a/c vents lmfao
Love the quick pacing in your reviews, while still offering enough information.
This car is quite overrated.
@@purwantiallan5089 How is this overrated?
I got the Ceed GT Line SW and I have JBL speakers which are really good and also sockets in the back to charge the phone. It could be dependent on the Country or the options you get inside the car
Does it come with an usb-c next to the rear view mirror for Dashcams? I saw it in an Skoda and really liked the idea.
I love Matt's reviews. I watch them even when I'm not interested in the car! Ha. What I'd actually love to see is some used car reviews. More than 5 years old. For those people who aren't on the market for a newer car but want a good and modern review.
Check High Peak Autos, you'll love it
Don't know if it's different in the UK, but in Europe you can get a digital screen instead of the analog dials, especially in the GT Line version.
Nice review, nice car!
So why isn’t this offered on UK cars?
Yes, and electric parking brake. Also diferent front headlights.
@@joshbacon8241 Don't know, really, I'm Spanish.
That’s true, I actually work in a Kia dealership here in Spain and the gt line trim level of the ceed here looks way better than the one shown here
Always wowed by Matt's ability to cut the BS and get straight to the point and keep it entertaining
Yes please continue reviewing the sound systems in cars it's a very important aspect for most consumers
Kia has really upped their game recently
It is prolly bcoz of their success in the indian market especially with seltos and the upcoming ev6
@@m.dhiyanesh5911 they are also successful in other countries.
the EV6 has being on sale for over a year now
@@m.dhiyanesh5911 EV6 still done better.
@@akashi283 but not on Indonesia and Thailand.
I love it - its exactly the same as my 2013 Kia Cerato hatch - its not a bad thing - they dont take too much risk on these - they are just bulletproof - they keep on going and going.
KIA Cerato has 18bhp more than this new KIA.
@@purwantiallan5089 Yes - it's kinda powerful - I can regularly pull away on second gear
but the civic hatchback still gets that punchy turbocharged engine power just right, its a quick joyful car with a short-throw 6speed manual which makes it quite fun to drive on a daily basis. All the audi related features as well, and same price as this Ceed. The sporty civic mk10 is the perfect combination and value for money imo 🔥
@@theweeknd2725 Civic Hatchback has 200bhp plus.
@@damarfadlan9251 No the 127 BHP turbocharged version, its fabulous value
It’s like going back in time with this one, particularly when compared with their EVs.
Love reviews of affordable hatchbacks, can you review post face-lift ford focus?
kia/hyundai have done a mega job revitalising their brands. hyundais N range has taken the hot hatch market by storm, and kia have really impressed with improving thier range while keeping prices low compared with competitors.
Always been good cars, so I'm glad others are starting to finally take note
It's interesting how much less equipment you get in the UK for a GT-Line model comparing it to the rest of the Europe. For example, in Croatia for GT-Line, you get digital cockpit, e-brake and full LED headlights
Love your videos
Thank you for a view on the sound system.
5:14 I am pretty sure VW Golf has more than 180L haha, more like 380L🤔
Amazed you quite rightly ripped the stereo and noted the old skool drivers cockpit but didn't say that Kia used to offer the GT Line S spec, which they still do on the Proceed, that offers full digital cockpit, jbl upgraded stereo and many other features. Kia binned this cause of the chip shortage which is absolutely criminal. You also didn't note that even in top GT trim this car gets halogen headlights!
Had the new Kia Ceed a couple of weeks now, really enjoying it
Hey Matt! Will you ever learn how to properly shift a manual when measuring 0-60 time or when drag racing?
That 160hp 1.5 turbo looks like a really good all-rounder
Mat you and Yianni are my favourite car reviewers and drag racers ever and I love you both so much!
bro u from sl ?
Yea didn't have a drag race from quite a while with Yianni.
great review of a car ive actually ordered but not the gt line ive gone for the trim3 but what a cracking good car just want it on my drive now when ever it does arrive. like i said great review as always
Your exemples are just so accurate
Very nice review Matt, I wanted to buy a Kia ceed(before facelift) when it came out, but chose other car. Also, I am not a fanboy, but Golf does not have 180L trunk space )
Thats what i was thinking, they have 380L capacity
05:15 golf has 380* liters not 180😂
Yeah I was staring at the trunk and wondering how was it only 180L!
That's the Polo, the Golf has the 375L, as shown directly afterwards on screen... According to Carwow that is.
@@skillaxxx That not the capacity of the Polo. The editor just made a typo, 180 instead of 380.
@@jelle8891 That's quite the big typo, I googled it, it is 280L actually, not 380L
@@skillaxxx Google again. It's 380 liter.
Thanks for the Stereo Review. ask and u will recieve, very nice!
What's the mpg like? Motorway mainly?
That looks really nice. We don’t get the Ceed here in the US and I think the closest Kia we have is the Forte (or the Cerato I think it’s called in Europe) and I think this looks better then our recently face lifted Forte.
Yes, they are practically the same car. The Ceed is the hatchback version of the Forte and the Forte is the sedan version of the Ceed if you will. For some reason, sedans aren't as popular in Europe as they used to be, so Kia didn't even bother. They don't have the Telluride here either, which they should.
@@BlaBla-jj6sh Yeah I wish they offering Telluride here in EU market but very unfortunate! I think it has something to do with Volvo XC90 or BM X7 being people go to car when it comes to big family SUV.
@@BlaBla-jj6sh Which they should. The Telluride is a good SUV and quite the looker too.
@@BlaBla-jj6sh But they sell a hatch version of the current Forte in Canada which I also wish we got too.
Brilliant review - Very informative and Extremely entertaining…had me smiling throughout and laughing in parts. Oh, looks and sounds quite a decent car 😀👍
Yep. But is quite expensive.
I own a golf but hired one of these on a recent 3 week tour around scotland. The handling and comfort was great. The only thing I didn’t like was the lane keeping interference which inhad tomturn off every time i started car as it made steering oncountry roads awful and almost felt dangerous. Hopefully it can be turned off fully
About time you reviewed this car. What took you so long!
I had a Kia Cee'd as a rental in Malta and I fell in love with it. I don't feel that connection with alot of cars and I'm a BMW driver btw
Are you sure it wasn't a Kia Stinger?
@@tk9839 haha trust me, drive a Kia Cee'd and you will see
The fascination with soft touch plastics. I have never once in 32 years of driving ever felt the need to touch my dashboard and be disappointed if it wasn’t squidgy. Odd world.
Yeah, very odd you don't have that urge...
Same, why even need to touch the dashboard
Can you do Long term reviews of cars please? For example, how does a 5 year old Kia Sorento look now, what are the Known issues, whats the maintenance cost, is it a good car at that age compared to its peers
great car review matt loved watching
Nobody killed the Golf. The VW Golf committed suicide when someone decided it could cost as much as a 1 series and way more than a Octavia.
Yep it was meant to appeal to twenty somethings who enjoyed a speedy hatch. Christ knows which twenty somethings can afford one now.
The fact that you could afford a BMW for the money of a golf is mental
Skoda is the new VW
True , may as well discontinue the golf as the polo is the affordable small VW now
Seems cool that car!
Mine arrives next month in orange !! Can't wait :)
Matt, You do a brilliant job 👍
South Koreans have steped up their game! Japanese and German auto manufacturers are well aware! They provide exceptional warranties like no other car manufacturer with a competitive price and fully loaded! Well done
Good looking car, nice specs and reliable. Kia continue to up their keep and keep other brands on their toes. I do miss the 3rd Gt line though was a great looking hatch.
Great review as always 👌Mat when are you reviewing Hyundai Elantra N?
Excellent review Mat!😸
I prefer the "old" manual handbrake. Less that can brake and cheaper to repair. As you mentioned in the video, hand brake turns comes in handy once in a while.
Great review Matt, Kia are making excellent cars, they are fine until you get a problem and have to use you're local dealer, in my experience totally woeful.
Shame as this really let's down this growing brand
I've been watching CARWOW since they had like 900k subscribers and now I'm a proud subscriber☺️...GOOD JOB LADS👍
I went from a kia ceed sw 2008 to a bmw 420 Grand coupé 2018 and boy i miss the sound system in the Kia ❤️
So the designers now throw as much lines they can to the car so it can look interesting to the eye ?
Very good car indeed. Nothing can kill the golf like vw did it themselves 😉😂🚗
Loving the front fascia of this car! Kia and Hyundai have upped their game in recent years and it really shows with these latest models. This Ceed definitely looks distinctive when parked next to a Golf!
I don't like Kia or Hyundai s
Why doesn’t the manual version of the Ceed have the radar guided cruise control that the automatic cars overseas have? And also, why isn’t the automatic version offered in the UK?
With fuel prices skyrocketing, i think a best mpg car review would be good.
While mpg is important, you should forget to include taxes, insurances, relatability, maintenance costs etc.
In the end the results will be so much different per person (for example depending on how much someone drives, what kind of roads someone drives and on the driving style of the person) that there cannot be one winner on which is cheapest to drive.
Even for mpg, a small 1.0L will have a low mpg on paper, because the numbers on paper er are measured at a speed of 90km/h, while if you drive 130km/h a bigger engine (like a 1.6L) will often burn less petrol because of the lower RPM.
Jeremy Clarkson once tested a Prius vs. an M3 on fuel consumption on their race track. The Prius had to drive as fast as the car could around the track and the M3 had to follow it in exactly the same speed. The M3 burned less petrol, because the Prius was pushing it’s engine to the max, while for the strong M3 engines this was just a calm easy drive and not pushing it.
@@mrtnknrr Generally, Diesel engines will kill any petrol equivalent on mpg. I like the effortless low down torque and general reliability of these unstressed engines.
KIA's have come along loads in the last 2 - 3 years, we have an XCeed and the quality is spot on. Its such a nice car.
The xceed finished top in the auto express driver survey of best cars to own 2022
In Poland you get full digital gauge cluster and JBL sound system as standard in 2022 CEED gt line and also the new updated front headlights. And this function with split android auto/CarPlay can be turned off in the settings to get full screen experience.
People in this market should def check out the 308 too
And also 406 Sedan.
Mat can you drag race a Tesla Model S Plaid against a Lucid Air with The Stig?
Why the stig? You can put a monkey in a ev would be the same result
I ordered a Ceed in GT-Line trim in April 22 and it should delivered by this September.
i like how regular hatchbacks nowadays perform like hot hatches from 15 years ago
is it weird that one of the factors that made me pick my current car is the regular e-brake?
i mean, it's a safety feature offroad when your stupid electronics decide you should really fall off that slippery downhill that leads to a narrow bridge over a river by taking your controls away from you. a good old fashioned leaver e-brake still overrides all that bullshit.
Kia and Hyundai are taking over. Reliable, stylish, decent engines. No brainer! Great vid Mat!
they are good cars, but i will always choose VW...
@@acidoblivion I used to work for VW. Reliability is a big issue, especially sensors etc
@@courtneyali7440 i know, i have VW 🤣but still love it though
@@acidoblivion 💪🏽💙
@@acidoblivion 5 years ago, would have agreed with you without doubt. Different story today, VW needs to cut costs to finance the Diesel gate which results in cheap materials, crap build quality and unfinished products that are thrown on the market!
I like analogue displays, never go out of fashion, never having glitches, software problems, not affected when parking overnight in very cold weather.
Chose the analogue in my Mk7 GTI and they look way better than any tablet
Funny thing is I'm an owner of an '08 Pro_Cee'd and it got everything he mentions about seat configurations and most of the features
I love this new Kia Ceed! It's a insane hatchback! It's a good family car and a good sports car!
not sure "insane" is a quality people generally want in a family runaround
There is nothing 'insane' about this car, it's all pretty average ...
5:14 ??? It's 380 not 180
Hopefully they've sorted the subframe and boot seal issues that plague earlier models. I love my Kia but the front sub frame rotted really quickly, the passenger door seals are faulty and rust has formed around them and the boot leaks every time it rains. And they're common problems.
What brand is your shirt, with the arm pocket?
VW killed the Golf with the mk 8. No way was I getting after my mk 7.I think it was meant.
I don't agree. The mk8 is different, but it's badass. Especially the GTI.
@@raine6097 I don't know about it being badass, but the thing I know for sure is that the interior quality is no way near the mk7 one, the touch sensitive buttons are horrendous to use and they're not even backlit which makes them impossible to use at night and there's a lots of bugs and freezing happening with the infotainment system.... I didn't feel like I was in golf much more than I was in a Dacia.....
@@raine6097 MK8 is good if you like Toyotas.
@@raine6097 Mk8 gti is on the opposite side of scale from badass. Its so obvious that you don't know nothing about hot hatches xD
Golf was seriously damaged and lagged behind from the Mark 3, been far more bad to mediocre than good after the Mark 1 and 2.
Mat can you drag race a Tesla Model S Plaid against a Lamborghini Ultimae with Yianni?
Is the former available in the UK yet? Also, stop spamming this comment on every Carwow video.
My 2013 Ford Falcon G6E MKII does the exact same with the vanity mirror lights. Only 9yrs behind there KIA
I have the 2019 Ceed 1.4 First Edition which has an electronic handbrake which I love. Makes town driving and hill starts really easy. I don't understand why Kia have gone back to a manual handbrake. That's really disappointing. Looks like my next car won't be a Kia 😔.
Mat can you review a new Bugatti Bolide?
5:14 Typo of the editor: VW Golf has 381 liter, not 180 liter!
Hey @carwow how about a 2023 xceed gt review? :) I am worried about the cabin noice in the ceed, so i wonder if its better in the xceed.
Just bought 1 on these in white love it
what engine?
Can we just appreciate how hard work he puts in for each of his videos for us.
don't forget to mention the production team
@R I T A - F Ú:Ç:K MÈ PLÈĀŚЕ ! clown Bot
Need a review of the new Vauxhall Astra, I reckon that can beat the Golf easily. The design of that car is so plush 😍😍😍
it's looks fantastic as well
@@aimanfitri0iv build quality is still really crap though
@@Vteccer666 at least it decent enough compared to the previous gen
TBH, don’t have an issue with traditional dials or USB connections. Lack of USB points in the rear isn’t the end of the world, kids or adults could easily use portable chargers. Glad to see that Kia have chosen to put in separate AC dials.
I'm thinking about getting the Kia Ceed GT or a Peugeot 208 100 Puretech GT ,can anyone advise which is best
Mat thank you so much for this insane video!
Man said that before he watched a minute of the video