Not sure if anyone posted about this...

My wife LOVES this little car. I have to say its not too bad IMHO either. Blah blah Kia = Money sent over seas... Yeah well by the end of this year there will be a 239K sq ft factory in Georgia to give americans jobs. And god knows we need that!

ANYWAY...

So i am at the Mits/Kia dealership here in town and we were checking out the Soul... Turns out there are quite a few on the lot BUT one very interesting one inside. It is a Korean/European version that has a Diesel engine!!

This display Soul packs a 128hp 1.6L CRDi turbo diesel engine.

They say they have no plans to bring it to the states and they CANT sell that Soul because it doesn't meet US emissions requirements!

What a crock.

Here is a tiny article on it...
Kia Soul Diesel -- Autoblog Green -

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thanks for the info , i cant wait until we have a diesel option on every new vehicle -

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Amen, but the US makes it expensive for companies to release diesel it seems. As for the salesman... He wanted to know WHY i wanted the diesel INSTEAD of the gas version...

Fantastic use of Acronyms! -