KIA Ceed Sportswagon PHEV - Tiger With an Underbite (ENG) - Test Drive and Review

The third generation KIA Ceed has undergone a facelift. The Ceed line-up is made up of the 5-door hatchback, estate, and a shooting brake. The latter is called Proceed, and it took the name from the discontinued 3-door hatch. KIA says the Ceed family are the best-selling models for the carmaker.

↔ KIA Ceed Sportswagon dimensions:
✔ length: 4605 mm
✔ width: 1800 mm
✔ height: 1460 mm (1465 mm PHEV)
✔ wheelbase: 2650 mm
✔ boot/trunk: 625-1694 L (512-1581 L MHEV, 437-1506 L PHEV)

💲 KIA Ceed Sportswagon starting price: 20 190 euro

💲 KIA Ceed Sportswagon PHEV price as tested: 41 000 euro

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Index:
0:00 intro
0:30 Ceed family
0:48 design
1:55 boot/trunk
2:50 rear space
3:20 cockpit
4:40 engine lineup
5:40 phev range
6:05 phev error
6:40 phev characteristics
7:40 driver aids
8:00 performance
8:20 comfort
8:30 economy
9:00 pricing
9:17 conclusion

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[kristianhermann]

Beautiful car - a gem amid the SUV craze

[vedmajstor]

New logo looks like cyrillic KИ (latin KI). Just A is missing for the russian version KИA

[JanHenrik]

Pretty happy with Kias in terms of reliability and value. My Niro PHEV is my transition workhorse car at least until we have more E-GMP based EVs to choose from, and I am financially in a position where I can make a switch. The step to full electric feels a bit larger if you haven’t tried a PHEV first I feel..

[Azmirator]

Welcome new Ceed, its still just Kia Seed, but now with price almost like a Mercedes E-class ! Nice...

[maejshbrail]

can easily get more than the 57km on the pure electricity, (60 without AC on), I drive 33-35KM each way to work, and can make it there and back on 1 charge here in the summertime :), just cruise at like 80-90km/h and its fine :) traffic doesnt allow for much more anyways.

[daradigney]

Glad I found your videos. I've taken order of the new proceed gt line, pretty disappointed that it doesn't come with led headlights. Haven't had a car with H7 headlight bulbs since 2014. Also was forced to go manual as they have take all their automatic in the ceed family of the line for some 'unknown' reason

[alliejr]

Great review. I wish we had these in the Stare’s.

[notmissingout]

I have a 2021 ceed sports wagon 2 never had a problem with it never let me down

[marcush]

Nice review, I'm waiting to may to come, then I'm will get my full spec ceed Phev 2022 model 🥳

[nonbeliever]

I have the 2021 PHEV SW. Have driven it now for a year in Finland, at the average consumption for 17 000 km is 2, 5 litres/100km. Main issue I have with the car is that although the MHEV version comes with a turbo, this one doesn't. Any idea what was the logic behind that decision?

[christianronn]

Bonging is something I mostly associate with American cars (door ajar, etc) but sharp beeping is very much an Asian thing.

I was in a Prius that beeped like an effing microwave every time it thought the driver was out of her lane, which on the narrow back road we were on was all the effing time. My Passat just tugs at the steering wheel, and on that particular road it realizes it has no idea what’s what and just lets me do the driving.

[heyyo.k]

Any improvement about driving noise from tires??

[kenanmorad]

after your review I disided not to buy the car because they said 1, 5 liter per 100 km and you said up to 7 liter per 100 km after the battery die. so thank you for that information .
that's meaning att the car convert to normal bensin car after battery die.

[kevinn]

KN.... my initials!! Ok I guess I have to buy a KN. The CEED looks nice but is it much cheaper than the European competition ?

[medi]

Do you have your tests in 2 languages, English and Polish? I saw exact the same test in Polish. Was that doubed?

[TomasJot]

I don’t see where is the value for this KIA PHEV model: slow accelaration, not so economical as PHEV and price range :)

[Usul-xpve]

Ok, so Ive owned the PHEV variant for two months and it has a good fuel economy and thats it.

I have major problems with this car and mainly three. I just cant understand what they where thinking when they designed the dashboard and the windscreen.
Because the entire weird pattern of the dashboard reflects directly on the windscreen, I dont have words for this, its just beyond me.
First time that Ive owned a car with this feature, destracting you from the road with reflection on the windscreen?!

Then we have the auto wipers in front, thats just auto and you cant shut down the auto feature..
Every time I start the car I get the "agreement" on the monitor that I have to agree on: that I follow the regulations and the traffic law etc. Everytime.

[Taliskerop]

What is more challenging: convince the YouTube algorithm I have no clue of Polish or KIA designing an ugly car?
I think Hyundai’s team of designers are in hibernation mode against their offspring...
Still wait for the revelation of your B-SUV btw Marek.
Thanks for yet another witty, sober review!

[ast]

The facelift made it look much worse.
They had the 1.4 turbo engine for 3 years and whooosh. It's gone. We have no idea if it's reliable or not and now we have a new one that we know even less about.

I know it has a warranty but many people in the forums complain about random error messages and check engine lights in the 1.5 turbo models and the official answer is that it's a software issue and there is no fix. It's been 3 months at least and there is still no fix.

New car reliability is shit. With every brand. Source: Sold a Ford because they couldn't fix it under warranty. Thinking about selling a 2019 Nissan Leaf because they cannot fix it under warranty. Friend has a Kia with the DCT and they replaced the clutch pack and dual mass flywheel 3 times under warranty (he knows it's a dct and didn't burn it, it simply failed, the second and third ones lasted less than 1000 km). Another friend gets 3 free oil changes a year because they can't fix the oil dilution issue in the Transit Connect. They also have a Navara and it only needed a new coolant hose, a MAP sensor, and a wastegate solenoid in the first 1, 5 years. It also sounds like it has a failing injector but it's under warranty so we don't give a crap until it stops dead.

But yeah. New cars are rock solid other than that.