MOTORING
Cee’d grows into a Sportswagon
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he Kia success story continues and the latest model from the Korean manufacturer is the new Cee’d Sportswagon. The Cee’d SW has been one of Kia’s leading models in the fleet market, and last year it outsold the hatchback among business users. The Cee’d Sportswagon is only available here with turbodiesel engines. The entry-level 89bhp 1.4 CRDi engine develops 220Nm of torque from just 1500rpm, while the 126bhp 1.6 CRDi raises the torque output to 260Nm from only 1900rpm. Both transmissions, including the automatic offered with the 1.6-litre engine, are six-speed units, while manual-gearbox models are fitted with Kia’s Intelligent Stop & Go (ISG) fuel-saving, emissionsreducing engine stop/start technology. As a result the 1.4-litre cee’d Sportswagon is capable of 67.3mpg and has CO2 emissions as low as 109g/km, which means a Benefit-in-Kind (BIK) taxation rate of 15 per cent. Manual 1.6-litre versions, with CO2 emissions of 116g/km, fall into the 17 per cent BIK band, with combined economy of 64.2mpg. With prices starting at £16,895 the new Cee’d Sportswagon will be an inexpensive car to run for business motorists as well as private consumers.
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