Kia Cerato Koup: The price-performance ratio was good, but the visibility was comparable to that of Ferrari's Korean coupe!

 

Speaking of Kia Cerato, I believe everyone is familiar with it, but did you know that Cerato actually has a two-door coupe version called Cerato Koup. A small coupe with lower visibility than the Ferrari. Although this car had a good price/performance ratio back then, its sales performance was really disappointing!

In terms of appearance design, Cerato Koup's design is similar to the original Cerato family design. It’s just that Cerato Sedan uses a larger water tank shield, while Cerato Koup’s water tank shield is designed to be smaller, but there is a huge air inlet below the Coupe version, which looks like the mouth of a whale. It is a different car from the ordinary Cerato. However, when viewed from the side, it is quite different. Cerato Koup has a wide-angle, slip-back shape, which allows you to see at a glance that it is different from the ordinary four-door model, so some netizens call this car "No mother-in-law car".

Before talking about the interior, as soon as you open the door and you have not yet sat in, you will be attracted by its stylish frameless doors. In fact, it is no different from the Sedan version of Cerato. In other words, it is really not enough for exercise. The design that can reflect the sense of movement is only the carbon brazing pattern on the trim around the air-conditioning outlet. In addition, the overall atmosphere is actually very home.

In terms of power, Cerato Koup has a completely different engine configuration from ordinary Cerato. The four-door version of Cerato only offers 1.6L and 2.0L self-priming engines. Cerato Koup uses a 1.6-liter T-GDI turbocharged engine code-named G4FD, which can output a maximum of 204 PS and 265 Nm of torque. This power can be said to stand out in the C-Segment of the year! According to official data, its 0-100 acceleration performance takes only 7.4 seconds. Such a performance is difficult to see in today's cars of the same level!

In general, Cerato Koup is a handsome small sports car that is very suitable for urban travel and home shopping. However, due to the poor promotion of the original factory and insufficient supply of goods, the visibility of this car in the local area is really comparable to that of Ferrari. If the original factory was willing to promote something that year, would the end of this car be different?