First Look: The All-New Kia Sonet 2022 Compact SUV
Announcement
Al Majid Motors Co LLC, the exclusive distributor of the Kia vehicles in the Emirates, revealed the Kia Sonet 2022 in the UAE. The compact SUV boasts impressive features including design aesthetics, a comfortable interior, essential safety features and a number of convenience features.
Kia Sonet 2022 is unveiled as one of the world’s finest compact SUVs designed with the highest automotive standards and customer insights in consideration. The compact SUV boasts revolutionary features that meet the increasing modern-day urban life demands.
KIA Sonet 2022 Interior
The interior of this compact SUV reflects comfort and high-quality, owing to its wide leather seat with long cushions, ventilated front seats, wide seatbacks and supportive side bolsters for driver and passenger comfort. The seats and door trims are made of quality leatherette. Buyers can opt for a single tone or two-tone interior. The latter has an eye-catching red stitch.
Keeping a modern and trendy look inside, the steering wheel and gear knob are covered with leather materials going with the two-tone interior of the SUV. Options around and near the steering wheel include auto light control, Bluetooth voice recognition, cruise control and the engine start/stop button.
For maximum cabin comfort, the Kia Sonet 2022 comes standard with an automatic air-conditioning system that controls the temperature independently. In the back, there is ventilation for the passengers in the second row.
Overall, the cabin has a premium and futuristic appeal, owing to the new cockpit made with a combination of a premium 8-inch touch screen that offers a rearview and a 4.2-inch full-colour Instrument Cluster. Adding to its high-end sporty image is an electric roll-bar style sunroof that makes up for a brighter cabin.
As for boot space, Sonet has a cargo capacity of 392-litre.
KIA Sonet 2022 Exterior
The Kia Sonet 2022 compact SUV flaunts a stylish and sporty exterior. It comes standard with 16-inch alloy wheels. The radiator grille in the front has Kia’s logo on top and Sonet written below the grille on the front bumper. Chrome door handles and automatic side mirrors are two more features that enhance the overall appeal.
An interesting fact about Kia Sonet is that the front grill and light housing of the compact SUV are inspired by the eyes and nose of a tiger.
Moreover, the SUV comes with full LED headlamps and LED DRLs and stylish heartbeat-pattern LED tail lamps. The C-pillars behind the rear doors add more appeal to Sonet’s sporty visual impression from the outside.
Kia Sonet 2022 Safety Features
The Kia Sonet 2022 comes standard with six airbags to protect the cabin and its occupants in case of accidents. Other Kia Sonet safety features include the following:
- Rear View Monitor
- Parking Distance Warning
- Tyre Pressure Monitoring System
- Hill Start Assist
- Adaptive Cruise Control
- Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) with ESC (Electronic Stability Control)
- Parking Assist
- Projection fog lamps
- Front and rear parking sensor
- Vehicle stability management
- Brake assist system
- ISOFIX child-seat anchoring points
Engine and Transmission
Kia Sonet 2022 is powered by a 1.5-litre Smart stream Gamma 2 gasoline engine that develops 115 horsepower coupled effectively with Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) and 6-speed transmission.
Infotainment and Connectivity
As for infotainment, Kia Sonet comes with an 8-inch smart audio screen with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Other smart features on the screen include multi-drive and traction modes, remote engine start, rearview camera, smart key with button start, wireless smartphone charging option and a smart pure air purifier.
Then for connectivity, the compact SUV has a 4.2-inch instrument cluster keeping the driver aware of everything happening under the hood. You can also find a cooling pad at the front of the centre console for wireless smartphone charging and a 7-speaker Bose sound system.
Price of Kia Sonet 2022 in the UAE
The starting price for Kia Sonet 2022 in the UAE is AED 65,500 for the base variant, while the starting price for the EX-Line trim is AED 75,000.
That is all about Kia Sonet 2022. If you wish to buy the model, you can go to any of the Al Majid Motor Company’s sales outlets. The company has 10 sales outlets in the UAE.
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