The torque-converter automatic, meanwhile, feels neatly calibrated to suit the engine’s easy-going character, allowing relaxed cruising at the national limit.
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With peak twisting force arriving at a fairly lofty 4 850 r/min, it predictably lacks the mid-range punch of the forced-induction unit in the GT-Line although gives away only 1,5 seconds in the obligatory sprint to three figures (according to Kia’s numbers).
The mid-spec derivative draws 90 kW and 151 N.m from its atmospheric heart, a familiar engine that also does duty in the petrol-powered versions of the outgoing Creta. While we sampled both the 1,6 EX+ automatic and the GT-Line during a drive in the Western Cape, we’ll focus on the former here (check out a full road test of the flagship model – which has also since joined our long-term fleet – in the upcoming March 2020 issue of CAR magazine). And what about oil-burning fans? Well, Kia Motors South Africa also confirmed new 1,5-litre turbodiesel derivatives have been pencilled in to join the range in around April 2020 (slightly later than initially expected), offered in EX and EX+ guise, and with the choice of manual or automatic gearboxes.
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