Kia Niro: the hybrid that doesn’t look like a hybrid

Posted on 11-02-2016 at 19:16 by Dizono – 37 Comments”

Just Kia the cloth pulled from the Niro is a compact crossover with hybrid powertrain. A plug-in version is on the way.

Kia itself has not, incidentally, about a cross-over, but a HUV. A Hybrid Utility Vehicle. Kia comes not only with a hybrid version of the Niro, a conventional powertrain is not even available. There is a 103 hp 1.6 GDI petrol engine under the hood, linked to a 43 hp electric motor. The joint power shows itself simply add up to 146 hp.

Kia speaks in the press release on an “on-hybrid” design. Virtually all specifically as a hybrid designed cars look like a Prius. Just think of the Honda Insight and, more recently, the Hyundai Ioniq. Thanks to the relatively long wheelbase of 2.7 metres would interior no lack. However, translates to the slightly higher carriage in a Cw-value is slightly higher than that of the more streamlined competitors: 0.29. For a cross-over however long not bad.

In the first instance, will de Niro, just like regular hybrid be available, a plug-in hybrid, however, be on the schedule. It is thus, after the Optima Plug In Hybrid, the second stekkerauto of the Koreans. Incidentally, it is de Niro the first Kia that is on the new ECO-platform that allows the development of sustainable models a lot easier and cheaper.

Gallery: Kia Niro

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