Changing the Cerato, the 2025 Kia K4 Sport provides off some critical Stinger ohmage vibes, with its fashionable exterior. With elongated traces and a smooth, virtually svelte presence, it definitely turns heads.
It’s a design we love, and with eight colors to select from, there’s loads of choices to make it your personal. Clear White, Snow White, Metal Gray, Aurora Black, Interstellar Gray, Honeydew, Wave Blue and Fiery Crimson all function.
Inside you’ll discover a Medium Gray inside (the range-topping GT-Line comes with Onyx Black, with White accents), and an abundance of tech. A fundamental digital instrument cluster with a 4.0-inch multi-information show kicks issues off.
That 12.3-inch unit types a part of an built-in panoramic show that additionally features a 5.0-inch local weather management display screen and 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system – with the mix delivering a easy, but stunning expertise.
The most effective half is the air-conditioning controls, that are bodily. That apart, there’s wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and a premium Harman Kardon 8-speaker sound system. There’s a 508-litre boot and loads of door and console storage too.
That’s sufficient room for a pram and a heap of groceries, or golf golf equipment and your precise caddy (though we don’t suggest shoving people within the boot of your automotive). We have now some gripes although, and that features the works nicely however appears to be like naff gear selector.
You’ll learn in a second what we thought in regards to the driving skill and dealing with of the Kia K4 Sport (spoiler alert, we cherished it), however we have to harp on somewhat about other thing, the entrance seats. Whereas they appear good, they’re not very comfy, particularly on lengthy journeys.
The rear pews convey issues again to good somewhat with three tether and two ISOFIX anchors for little one seats, and a cushty quantity of rear leg and head room. Now to the cool a part of the K4’s field of tips.
The trip and dealing with is excellent. You’ll really feel glued to the street, and really feel assured to take corners with ease. Its decrease centre of gravity reduces physique motion and makes this automotive genuinely enjoyable to drive.
Energy supply is strong too, from the two.0-litre 4-cylinder petrol engine (112kW/192Nm) and its paired computerized transmission, and whereas it’s not thoughts blowing, there’s sufficient chirp to get you round city and make overtaking fairly straightforward.
Gasoline consumption is a claimed 7.4-litres/100km, with our testing bouncing between a brilliant spectacular 6.2-litres and a excessive of 8.3-litres. Security tech is considerable, but additionally means too controlling and overzealous.
You get lots, together with ABS, brake help, stability and traction management, hill begin help, multi-collision braking, entrance and rear parking sensors, a rear view digicam with dynamic parking traces, and blind spot monitoring.
There’s rear cross visitors collision avoidance, lane hold and lane comply with help, freeway driving help with lane change help, blind spot collision avoidance, and autonomous emergency braking.
Ahead collision warning with automotive, pedestrian, junction turning, cross and direct/oncoming lane change help options, as does protected exit warning, clever pace restrict help, nightfall sensing headlights and excessive beam help.
You may flip most of those off, however you have to do it each time you get within the automotive. Leaving that out of the dialogue for a second, the Kia K4 Sport Sedan is a genuinely pleasurable drive, in a automobile with loads of strong tech, with the automotive maker’s recognised reliability.
Backed by a 7-year limitless kilometre guarantee, capped value servicing for a similar interval and as much as 8-years of roadside help, it’s priced from $37,990 drive away. Yow will discover out extra in regards to the 2025 K4 Sport Sedan on the Kia Australia web site.
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Our take a look at automobile was equipped by Kia Australia for impartial overview functions. Exhaust Notes Australia has not been paid to overview this automobile. Inside photographs equipped.
