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NEWS 39 Feisty Kia Cerato deserves GT badge HISTORICALLY, hot hatchbacks had three doors – take Peugeot’s 205 GTi, Volkwagen’s GTi and Toyota’s Corolla GT, for Motoring example. Ross Kiddie That’s all changed, most of the affordable fun cars which fit into that category now have four doors – or five – as is the case of Kia’s Cerato GT. <strong>The</strong> Cerato range entered a new generation early this year. It consists of six models, two sedans and four hatchbacks. Amidst the line-up is what Kia label GT-Line, and I drove that 2-litre car in June. Not to be confused with GT-Line is another sporty KIA CERATO GT: Turbocharged engine supplies variant within the range, true hot hatchback performance. and it is badged simply GT. ence these days. <strong>The</strong>re are highway, the evaluation car Although specification only two pedals, so you was recording a 5.5l/100km within the two nameplates treat it as an automatic. (51mpg) instantaneous figure with the engine turning is similar, the GT differs <strong>The</strong> ratios extract well the markedly from GT-Line in power outputs, and shifts over at a lively 2100rpm. terms of driveline mechanicals; instead of the natural- are lightning fast. Paddleshifters allow the driver to back to the dealership, the When I took the car ly-aspirated 2-litre engine, be involved in the gearchange process if he/she feels at 8l/100km (35mpg). By average readout was sitting the GT gets a turbocharged unit of 1.6-litre. Although the desire to do that. <strong>The</strong>re my reckoning, these are the Cerato GT is all-new, are also adjustable drive good figures given I used the engine is pretty much a modes which the driver can the turbo boost often just to carryover, it was first seen choose to set the engine feel the surge. a few years ago in some management protocols for I took the test car west to Hyundai product and in each type of journey. the Malvern Hills, the roads Kia’s own Soul, Koup and Pro_cee’d GT. • Price – Kia Cerato were drenched through This engine has all of the GT, $41,990 rain so there wasn’t much of a chance to test chassis control, but the fully ingredients which make • Dimensions – the Cerato GT a true hot Length, 4510mm; independent set-up in the hatch. It is rated by Kia at width, 1800mm; Cerato is true GT material. 150kW (6000rpm), and height, 1440mm Bear in mind it is the only with 265Nm available all of • Configuration – model in the range that has the way between 1500rpm Four-cylinder, frontwheel-drive, 1591cc, have a more simplistic rear the advanced set-up, others and 4500rpm it has a broad spread of power through 150kW, 265Nm, torsion beam suspension. the rev range. If you take seven-speed dual <strong>The</strong> spring and damper into account that the clutch automatic. rates are a little firm, but entire car weighs in at just • Performance – you’d want nothing less. 1385kg, then there is a solid 0-100km/h, 7.7sec <strong>The</strong>re is just enough power-to-weight advantage. • Fuel usage – compliance to absorb road What’s more, the engine 6.8l/100km bumps, but the benefit is is one of the sweetest you the way the suspension could find in a car of this <strong>The</strong> Cerato GT wouldn’t controls body movement type, it is an absolute honey really deserve the GT label and gives the tyres the best in terms of delivery, there if it didn’t have the figures possible chance of maintaining grip. Incidentally, is no raucous sound, just to back it up. Kia claims a tantalising throb out of a 7.7sec time to reach the 225/40 x 18in Michelin the exhaust pipes, it sings 100km/h from a standstill, Pilot Sport rubber is perfect delightfully as it heads while by my stopwatch for this car, the ride is quiet towards the red line which, it will lunge through a and steerage wonderfully incidentally, is a lively highway overtake (80- direct. 6500rpm. It works the top 120km/h) in 4.8sec. <strong>The</strong>se Kia has things pretty end willingly, yet, as I’ve compare well to its competition, when I evaluated the fordable mid-size GT mar- much its own way in the af- mentioned, the torque spread is its greatest asset, Peugeot 308 GT recently, its ket. Sure, there are a couple it works the bottom end power and performance figures were almost identical. in that segment – Peugeot’s of other models which sit forcefully and without lag. I’d really like to drive this In recent years motor GT, as mentioned, VW’s car with manual gearbox, a six-speed manual vehicle manufacturers have Polo GT and Suzuki’s Swift, also used turbocharging and at $41,990 the Cerato has been hooked to this as a technique to enhance GT is keenly priced against engine before, but I’m fuel efficiency. I’m not the Euros. picking that’s never going saying the high-boost It’s also a car that is to be an option in today’s set-up in the Cerato GT far from selfish, it will automatic-focussed market. is structured for that, but easily cater as a serious Instead, drive is transferred as a car it still has satisfactory fuel use stats. Kia also of its practicality it’s easy five-seater, and because through a seven-speed dual clutch transmission which claims a 6.8-litre per 100km to see why the five-door is as close to a manual (41mpg) combined cycle layout makes it a tempting as you’ll get to experi- average. At 100km/h on the proposition. 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