Kia to unveil production Kia Soul at Paris 2008

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Kia Motors will produce the Kia SOUL Concept, which will retain its concept name and be called the production Kia Soul. It will be unveiled at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. It doesn’t just retain its name, the production version (as shown in the teaser images released by Kia in this post) retains most of how the SOUL Concept looked like.

It looks like a cross between a Suzuki Swift on the side profile including the blacked out A and B pillar, and a Daihatsu Sirion/Perodua Myvi on the rear. The ride height looks slightly high, which leads me to believe this is pretty much a Korean competitor to the likes of the Suzuki SX4, Fiat Sedici and Volkswagen CrossPolo.

Two more images after the jump.

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  • adunadun (Member) on May 27, 2008 at 3:13 am

    me first 3..this what we call hatrick first comment….so many post paul?

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  • Martin (Member) on May 27, 2008 at 4:10 am

    wow… what a great combinations. if the car is selling in malaysia, this’s gonna be very competitive in the domestic market. this so-called Soul absolutely gets my attention! :)

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  • Capt Shopalot (Member) on May 27, 2008 at 4:38 am

    Cute car, I like!!

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  • azrai (Member) on May 27, 2008 at 7:16 am

    Do these Kias have soul indeed. Boxy car against Scion bB it is.

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  • JasonMaxx (Member) on May 27, 2008 at 7:52 am

    hmm.. looks like Suzuki Swift + Skoda Yeti + Daihatsu Sirion + toyota bB

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  • normaluser (Member) on May 27, 2008 at 8:35 am

    Looks boxy towards the rear. The wheels look good on the car. Kia should put some skirtings to make it look tougher. I’m sure if the car is successful, Kia will come up with the Cross-Soul mini-offroader, just like what Suzuki & VW did with the SX4 & Polo.

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  • dr_carz (Member) on May 27, 2008 at 9:35 am

    IF THE PRICING IS LOWER THAN SWIFT IT WILL SELL!

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  • B1u3Be@m (Member) on May 27, 2008 at 11:59 am

    It would be a nice match if someone bought this car and the new samsung SOUL!XD

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  • jasonlow (Member) on May 27, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    maybe kia can include the samsung soul in the package, and while u purchase the kia soul, u r entitled to win a super prize like a vacation to seoul.

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  • mystvearn (Member) on May 27, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    GM or was it Ford came out with a similar concept few months back for the autoshow? I don’t remember the name now

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  • aliBaPa (Member) on May 27, 2008 at 11:28 pm

    Good design, dare to be attitude, i like it!

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  • MyviKiller (Member) on May 28, 2008 at 9:59 am

    Hah! A good Myvi wannabe!

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  • csv (Member) on May 28, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    is the Burner, diva or whatever coming too?

    or plain jane vanilla flavour unveiled only.

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  • Beyond The Edge (Member) on May 29, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    Actually, Kia Soul is not a small car. It’s much bigger than Hyundai Matrix. So may be competitor of Kia Soul is not the Shift or Myvi but box style cars such as Nissan cube,Scion bB…

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