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Kia pro_cee’d GT vs.


Gangnam Style, I think Psy made the 2012 as the most YouTube involved year of the human history. Thanks to his music video Gangnam Style, which is watched nearly One Billion times changed everything. Basically, each one person out of six on this planet watched Gangnam Style at least once. (However, Microsoft Word still assumes that I made typo by writing Gangam and underlines it as red.)
And YouTube recently made a video called Rewind YouTube Style 2012. It is the mix of Psy Gangnam Style and Carly Rae Jepsen Call Me Maybe songs. And some of the other YouTube sensations were also featured on this video.
And Mercedes SLK! Come Kia and Hyundai, you missed the train on the Gangnam Style video but this time your cars should be have been there! I was expecting to Kia but end up with Mercedes. And this makes the Mercedes SLK as the year 2012’s YouTube sensations as well.
And there is one quite old Volvo S60 is hidden left of the Mercedes SLK.
Cars in James Bond Skyfall
Psy Gangnam Style and Kia Cee’d

Gangnam Style is played everywhere we go, it became a sensation in a blink of an eye and received more than 350 million view on YouTube. Psy sings the Gangman Style with his unique style of dancing. This style became so sensational, millions of people follows him. Just check the crowd in NBC Today Show!
Psy is from South Korea, one of the most powerful economies in the world. And also home to Kia and Hyundai, also Samsung. This time, I want to talk about Kia. In just five years, Kia improved its design and became a serious competitor on market. Shifting from inferior product to demanding product! Many people noticed the improvement in Kia.
In Gangnam Style video clip, unfortunately I did not see any Kia! I was expecting a see Kia Cee’d instead of Mercedes SLK. New Kia Cee’d a global car and offers great features with a very distinctive design. The mutual point of Psy and Kia is their global success. I hope that, Kia will play Gangnam Style song in their future advertisements.
New Kia cee’d vs World!
Model
|
Power
bhp |
Torque
Nm |
0-60
sec |
Max speed
mph |
Combined
mpg |
‘1’ 1.4 6-speed manual
|
98
|
137
|
12.4
|
113
|
47.1
|
‘1’ 1.4 CRDi 6-speed manual
|
89
|
220
|
13.0
|
106
|
68.9
|
‘1’ 1.6 CRDi 6-speed manual ISG
|
126
|
260
|
11.5
|
122
|
76.3
|
‘2’ 1.4 6-speed manual
|
98
|
137
|
12.4
|
113
|
46.3
|
‘2’ 1.6 GDI 6-speed manual ISG
|
133
|
164
|
9.8
|
118
|
52.3
|
‘2’ 1.6 CRDi 6-speed manual ISG
|
126
|
260
|
11.5
|
122
|
74.3
|
‘2’ 1.6 CRDi 6-speed auto
|
126
|
260
|
11.3
|
116
|
51.4
|
‘3’ 1.6 GDI 6-speed manual ISG
|
133
|
164
|
9.8
|
118
|
52.3
|
‘3’ 1.6 GDI 6-speed DCT
|
133
|
164
|
10.4
|
121
|
46.3
|
‘3’ 1.6 CRDi 6-speed manual ISG
|
126
|
260
|
11.5
|
122
|
74.3
|
‘4’ 1.6 GDI 6-speed manual ISG
|
133
|
164
|
TBC
|
TBC
|
TBC
|
‘4’ 1.6 GDI 6-speed DCT
|
133
|
164
|
10.4
|
121
|
46.3
|
‘4’ 1.6 CRDi 6-speed manual ISG
|
126
|
260
|
TBC
|
TBC
|
TBC
|
‘4 Tech’ 1.6 GDI 6-speed manual ISG
|
133
|
164
|
9.8
|
118
|
TBC
|
‘4 Tech’ 1.6 GDI 6-speed DCT
|
133
|
164
|
10.4
|
121
|
46.3
|
‘4 Tech’ 1.6 CRDi 6-speed manual ISG
|
126
|
260
|
TBC
|
TBC
|
TBC
|
Volkswagen UP vs. Kia Picanto vs. Fiat Panda
Volkswagen UP, Kia Picanto, and new Fiat Panda. These cars share in two things in common, they are small and stylish!
I would like to start from Volkswagen UP, this small Volkswagen is one of the most sensational car of this year. When the Volkswagen UP was revealed, it was obvious that UP wouldn’t be a cheap small car. Actually, Volkswagen UP is a very well built small car with a good price. Honestly, it has a better interior than many other Volkswagen models. If you are thinking about Volkswagen UP; it looks great from inside and outside, powered by a 1-lt petrol engine from 60 PS to 75 PS, interior is really high quality, thanks to long gap between front and rear axles the interior provides comfortable journeys. On the other hand, it doesn’t offer any automatic gearbox and no five-door option yet but it will be soon available. Volkswagen UP is really well packed small car with more fun than other conservative Volkswagen models.
For more information about Volkswagen UP, please vist their official website.
Kia Picanto is the product of Kia’s new era. After transferring designer from Audi, Peter Schreyer, Kia had a revolution in terms of everything from engines to design philosophy. Kia Picanto is a great result of this revolution. It is a small car with either three or five doors; from exterior is one of the most aggressive looking cars on this segment and from interior the built quality is way beyond previous Kia models.
Honestly, comparing Kia Picanto with previous Kia models would be unfair. So do the same :) The only draw point of Kia Picanto is the four-speed automatic gearbox, unfortunately, this is unacceptable. But as I heard from Kia, they are developing dual clutch automatic gearbox and it will be available shortly. The engine for Kia Picanto is 1-lt 68 PS and 1.25-lt 84 PS petrol engines. And again, don’t skip Kia Picanto you may regret in future!
For more information about Kia Picanto, please visit their official website.
New Fiat Panda is the newest vehicle in this comparison. New Fiat Panda is recently designed and it is totally a new! It offer really nicely designed interior and very high quality finish, you can easily notice the improvement from the previous generation. Unfortunately, the exterior did not satisfy me! When you compare with other cars, new Fiat Panda looks a bit calm and relaxed. New Fiat Panda shares some design bits from the Fiat 500 and gives some clues for the new Fiat cars. Similar to its competitors, new Fiat Panda have lots of room inside, there is no doubt about this.
Unlike other cars, new Fiat Panda offers something totally different than the others! New Fiat Panda is available with 0.9-lt two-cylinder turbo petrol engine and you will be exempted from London Congestion charge! This laptop sized engine produces 85 PS of power and it is the most powerful one in the range. The other available engines are 1.2-lt petrol engine with 69 PS and 1.3-lt diesel engine with 75 PS. Moreover, new Fiat Panda offers dualogic five-speed automated manual gearbox. It is not like an automatic gearbox but work perfectly with the car. However, you need to choose the 0.9-lt engine to have the automatic. That’s the down side! If you are into financial concerns, this car would really satisfy you but don’t except excitement from the exterior design.
For more information about new Fiat Panda, please visit their official website. (It starts to talk when you open the web site, keep in mind!)
For me, if Volkswagen UP offer five-door and DSG automatic gearbox I will go for it; if Kia Picanto offers a better automatic gearbox I would definitely consider it as well. If new Fiat Panda was looking better and I was desperate for space, I would go for it. I think I should still stick to Fiat 500!
Super Bowl 2012 Commercials

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