Comments on: 2010 Kia Soul Sport Review http://www.automoblog.net/2009/07/03/2010-kia-soul-sport-review/ Car News, Car Reviews, Test Drives, Car Blog, Car Pictures Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:47:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Burdick http://www.automoblog.net/2009/07/03/2010-kia-soul-sport-review/comment-page-1/#comment-106670 Chris Burdick Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:17:05 +0000 http://www.automoblog.net/2009/07/03/2009-kia-soul-sport-review/#comment-106670 Thanks for the comment Spikedlemon. I agree it really needed more power. The problem with getting into 3rd was a continuous issue, and it wasn't just me; the wife had the same issue. Perhaps it was that one tranny... Please check out our review of the Soul +, which was much more favorable: http://www.automoblog.net/2009/07/30/2010-kia-soul-plus-review/ Normally I like manuals better, but not so in this case. Thanks for the comment Spikedlemon. I agree it really needed more power. The problem with getting into 3rd was a continuous issue, and it wasn’t just me; the wife had the same issue. Perhaps it was that one tranny…

Please check out our review of the Soul +, which was much more favorable: http://www.automoblog.net/2009.....us-review/

Normally I like manuals better, but not so in this case.

]]> By: Spikedlemon http://www.automoblog.net/2009/07/03/2010-kia-soul-sport-review/comment-page-1/#comment-106666 Spikedlemon Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:12:34 +0000 http://www.automoblog.net/2009/07/03/2009-kia-soul-sport-review/#comment-106666 My wife and I took it out for a spin and she's normally the one to complain of poor transmissions (Toyota comes to mind) and I'm the one to complain of everything else. I don't think either of us missed a shift or had any complaints of the transmission or shifter at all. The engine, on the other hand, it's in desperate need of a torque infusion. I could easily see that if you muddled up the shift from 2nd to 3rd (for whatever reason: maybe distracted by the lights in the speakers) that it the engine would quickly loose whatever little steam had been built up as you struggled to get into 3rd gear at whatever the cost to save any momentum you could. If that engine had another 5-10% more torque... My wife and I took it out for a spin and she’s normally the one to complain of poor transmissions (Toyota comes to mind) and I’m the one to complain of everything else. I don’t think either of us missed a shift or had any complaints of the transmission or shifter at all.
The engine, on the other hand, it’s in desperate need of a torque infusion. I could easily see that if you muddled up the shift from 2nd to 3rd (for whatever reason: maybe distracted by the lights in the speakers) that it the engine would quickly loose whatever little steam had been built up as you struggled to get into 3rd gear at whatever the cost to save any momentum you could.

If that engine had another 5-10% more torque…

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