I was just playing with the power of the headline. The Kia Cee’d actually did very well, coming in fourth place in `Car of the Year’ awards done by a group of European journalists, after the Fiat 500, the Mazda 2 and the Ford Mondeo.
Not too shabby.
It even won its group (from Korea’s English-language newspaper of record):
Approved by 58 jury members from 22 countries, the Cee’d beat famous contenders such as the Toyota Auris, Nissan Tiida and Peugeot 308, to snatch the No. 1 title in the C-segment for compact cars, according to Kia Motors Tuesday.
The Cee’d is made in a Kia plant in Slovokia. I wonder if someone from marketing helped locate the plant there.
UPDATE: Here are the scores from Car of the Year (scroll down for totals).
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Their morning/picanto won “best economy” car a while back in a german driving club report. The c’eed looks a lot nicer for a city car.
I wonder how much of their rating is based on the warranty length (c’eed is seven years).
how about linking the actual european report for veracity’s sake?
Slovakia even
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Done. See the update.
I like GM myself. Ford well…
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Isn’t Kia part of GM? Or am I thinking of Daewoo….
Daewoo is GM. Kia is Hyundai. Please correct me if I’m wrong on the Kia thing.