Kia Trail’ster: Soul Gets Electric AWD For Chicago Snow
Kia has unveiled its winter-mastering Trail’ster concept this week, boosting the Soul crossover’s appeal with styling tweaks and a new all-wheel-drive system. Teased twice over the past couple of weeks, the Trail’ster adds an electric
Kia has unveiled its winter-mastering Trail’ster concept this week, boosting the Soul crossover’s appeal with styling tweaks and a new all-wheel-drive system.
Teased twice over the past couple of weeks, the Trail’ster adds an electric motor to the Soul’s rear axle, while the front half is driven by a turbocharged 138kW and 250Nm 2.0 petrol engine.
Kia says the petrol-electric ‘e-AWD’ system delivers an overall 165kW and 386Nm. Which, on bald outputs, makes the Trail’ster something of a high-riding Golf GTI rival…