Kia's diesel cee’d continues to be a popular choice for European buyers

Kia announced details of a comprehensive upgrade to its increasingly popular Kia cee'd, a model that has provided the foundation for Kia's continuing success in Europe over recent years.

Kia's European designers have evolved the interior and exterior styling of the current cee'd into an exciting new look, with the powertrain team developing a wider range of engines and transmissions. The improvements include Kia's all-new three-cylinder 1.0-litre T-GDI engine, as well as a range of new safety, comfort and convenience upgrades. The changes apply to every model in the cee'd range, which now incorporates the five-door cee'd hatchback, Sportswagon and three-door pro_cee'd.

The modifications applied to the cee'd range also include a range of visual and dynamic improvements to the high-powered cee'd GT and pro_cee'd GT models. Already among the best-looking cars in the C-segment ‘hot hatch' segment, these changes will further strengthen the GT models' appeal to buyers in this more emotive corner of the market.

The upgraded model will come with a new ‘GT Line' specification, offering buyers the sporty looks and dynamics of the GT models and the versatility of the conventional cee'd model family. The GT Line specification is available on all three cee'd body types - five door cee'd, cee'd Sportswagon and three-door pro_cee'd.

Exterior styling: a more modern appearance

The upgraded Kia cee'd inherits the bold, sleek styling of the current model, with a series of visual modifications to modernise the car's appearance.

At the front, the cee'd continues the look that has proven so popular with European buyers, retaining Kia's hallmark ‘tiger-nose' grille, sleek wraparound headlamps and integrated fog lamps. Changes to the ‘face' of the cee'd include a more angular and wider bumper, with chrome trim around the fog lamps, and a new oval-shaped grille mesh echoing many of the shapes and design forms on the front of the car.

A similar change has been made to the rear of the cee'd, with reshaped bumpers and sporty-looking reflectors adding greater volume and strength to the car's appearance. LED rear lamps complete the rear of the car, adding a higher level of refinement while updating the cee'd's night-time light signature. Stylish new 16- and 17-inch alloy wheel designs are also now available across the range.

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