That innocence is worth to them

Today is April 1 and in the countries of Anglo-Saxon culture held the equivalent of our Day of the Innocents. Among the usual automotive and send press releases as false as funny and ridiculous that the media often published without warning his readers of the humor. This year, the most original were the Korean Hyundai and Kia.

Hyundai introduced a new version of the i10 (pictured above) which will be very popular with religious leaders around the world. " He added: "The first prototype will be tested by a German client who currently resides in Italy." About this Papamóvil unlikely, the news of Hyundai came on board the irreverence to mention that the upholstery of the seats were covered with a canvas like "holly sheet.

For their part, Kia introduced the Aero-Soul, a strange concept that only exists thanks to the use of Photoshop and is a highly tuned variant of the crossover to reach our country in June. According to the press release, the flashy aerodynamic treatment helps to "reduce fuel consumption and emission of gaseous pollutants through a system called Line Retardation and Air Propulsion." According to Kia, the system "with an external monitoring of the wind speed that the display panel when the wind can provide an additional impetus to improve performance without increasing consumption."

The Kia Soul will cost from $ 22,400

The Kia Soul urban crossover-produced in South Korea, which will reach our country in June, will be available with prices ranging between 22,400 and $ 29,500. This was announced today by the daily La Nacion, which also gave details on the versions available.

Soul competes in the United States and Europe with other carriers as the compact Honda Fit and the New Opel Meriva. Confirmed these values for Argentina, the Soul cheaper cost almost as much as the New Fit more expensive ($ 22,900 for the automatic 1.5) and larger models bring higher segment, such as the Honda CRV 4x2 ($ 31,800) .

In our country, the Soul of 4.10 meters in length will be offered only with the smaller engine naftero: 1.6 liters of displacement with 124 horsepower. In other markets also sold a 2.0 naftero 144 hp and a 1.6 diesel 128 hp.

There will be three levels of equipment: Classic ($ 22,400), Pop ($ 25,300) and Rock ($ 29,500). The most basic model will be highlighted to offer a complete safety equipment for what it offers our market will range from six airbags, disc brakes on all four wheels, systems, ABS (antilock brakes), EBD (distribution of braking), BAS (assistance to braking), ESP (stability control) and TCS (traction control).