2023 Kia XCeed Facelift Debuts With Updated Styling

2023 Kia XCeed Facelift Debuts With Updated Styling

Situated between the Stonic and Sportage in Kia's European hybrid setup, the XCeed is getting a nip and fold for the 2023 model year. The overhauled model attendants in an expansion of the setup because of a GT-Line trim level presented interestingly on this body style. It reflects the energetic visual changes we've seen on the ordinary hatchback, however presently in a high-riding design with an eye-getting green paint and fancy two-tone 18-inch wheels.

As in the past, the 2023 Kia XCeed sits 44 millimeters (1.73 inches) higher than the Ceed hatchback, with a ground leeway of 184 mm (7.2 in) when outfitted with the 18-inch wheels or 172 mm (6.7 in) with the standard 16-inch set. It continues the wheelbase (2,605 mm/102.5 in) yet the front and back overhangs are 25 mm (1 in) and 60 mm (2.3 in) longer, separately. Contrasted with the customary five-entryway hatch, just the front entryways are divided among the two models.

2023 Kia XCeed Facelift Debuts With Updated Styling

Normally, the styling refreshes we saw keep going year on the trapdoor have been extended onto its hybrid kin. Including the refreshed corporate logo, the 2023 Kia XCeed gets the new taillights with a plenty of hexagonal components saved for the GT-line trim level. It likewise has a "watchful exhaust-look plan," which is simply showcasing language for counterfeit exhaust tips. It acquires the more keen looking headlights and upgraded front guard from the trapdoor, while the side profile looks a smidgen more rough because of the plastic body cladding.

The inside is business as usual, albeit the GT-Line has sportier seats, a level lined guiding wheel, dark main event, and compound pedals. Kia likewise encloses the stuff handle by punctured calfskin and introduces a red "GT" identification with a more modest white "Line" on the base discussed the guiding wheel. Different updates incorporate the frameless rearview reflect, a shiny dark board for the transmission burrow, and the choice for a completely computerized 12.3-inch instrument group with full HD goal.

2023 Kia XCeed Facelift Debuts With Updated Styling

The motor setup incorporates the standard suspects, getting going with a turbocharged 1.0-liter three-chamber plant with 118 hp and 172 Nm (127 lb-ft). A bigger 1.5-liter unit takes the result to 158 hp and 253 Nm (187 lb-ft), while the 1.6-liter acquired from the Ceed GT and ProCeed GT siphons out 201 hp and 265 Nm (195 lb-ft). With the last motor and a seven-speed, double grasp programmed transmission, the hybrid runs to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 7.5 seconds.

Somewhere else, Kia will sell the XCeed with a gentle half and half 1.6-diesel evaluated at 134 hp and 280 Nm (207 lb-ft) with the six-speed manual while the seven-speed DCT ups the force risk to 320 Nm (236 lb-ft). This 48-volt tech cuts CO2 discharges by as much as 10% and permits the vehicle to momentarily give motor off drifting at paces of up to 77 mph (125 km/h).

2023 Kia XCeed Facelift Debuts With Updated Styling

Once more the thriftiest powertrain will be the module crossover with a 1.6-liter gas unit, a 44.5-kW electric engine, a six-speed double grasp auto, and a 8.9-kWh lithium-particle battery pack. The Kia XCeed PHEV has a joined result of 139 hp and 265 Nm (195 lb-ft) and can run on electric juice for 37 miles (60 kilometers) in the city.

Kia will have the XCeed discounted in Europe from September, complete with the typical seven-year/150,000-km guarantee.

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