Kia Pro_cee'd turbo

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So, with all the cerato / toyota thread, i went through to kia to re test drive the cerato.

On the floor was this pro_cee'd , I have not really heard much about it and asked after it.

Seems they have a turbo version of this car.
166kw , 290nm of torque.
List price 249k, they offered one to me for 230k!
Maintenance plan till 60 000km

Car goes pretty well, turbo kicks in fairly early and pulls all the way to redline.
The car is missing a 6th gear and a decent exhaust note, but overall is a damn good buy.

Anyone else had a look at this? Seems like a pretty good buy
 
With 19k off the selling price, I'm sure it sounds like a good deal.

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I didn't know there was a turbo version, that's awesome!

I haven't seen any adverts at all for it either, I wonder why they aren't promoting it more? Those power figures at that price seems like a very good deal!

Thanks for this, I must go check one out when I get a chance :)
 
They are selling Ceratos & Sportages faster than they can keep stock but the Procee'd is sitting, it was underpowered and overpriced so it seems as if they have slapped on a Turbo.
 
hmmm, seems that kia SA decided the car needed more power.
They hooked up with a tuning company (Rumours are its Rob Green) and turbo'd a limited number of these guys.
This worries me, I think resale will suck reliability will be suspect as well.

Pity, because it was actually a very decent car/drive.
 
What they've done to the pro'ceed is a great idea, but is it going to be safe to drive? They've slapped a turbo onto it, upgraded the ECU but not made any other changes to the cars suspension, handling or brakes. The turbo is custom conversion fitted in SA and even though approved by Kia, it's not exactly been tested to the extreme like all new cars are (should be) before being put on sale.

If you slap a turbo on a stock car expect increased wear and tear. Can the traction control handle the extra power? Time for a test drive me thinks :) !?

Anyway judge for yourself:
http://www.carmag.co.za/article/sleeper-hot-hatch-kia-proceed-r-2010-11-25
 
It would be really nice if Kia South Africa offered a turbo upgrade on the 2 liter Cerato's and Koup's.

There's talk that Kia will bring out a 2.0 Turbo Koup (already a concept car) but it's not verified yet.
213kW and 391Nm torque from 2000 to 4000 RPM! Now that would be fun.
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/03/kia-koup-concept-with-290hp-20-turbo.html

The Pro_cee'd styling isn't quite as nice as the Sportage, Cerato and Koup in my opinion.
It looks a bit dull (like a Toyota).
 
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andytl5 said:
What they've done to the pro'ceed is a great idea, but is it going to be safe to drive? They've slapped a turbo onto it, upgraded the ECU but not made any other changes to the cars suspension, handling or brakes. The turbo is custom conversion fitted in SA and even though approved by Kia, it's not exactly been tested to the extreme like all new cars are (should be) before being put on sale.

If you slap a turbo on a stock car expect increased wear and tear. Can the traction control handle the extra power? Time for a test drive me thinks :) !?

Anyway judge for yourself:
http://www.carmag.co.za/article/sleeper-hot-hatch-kia-proceed-r-2010-11-25
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Thats my worry, and i am terrified about the resale value.

The drive was pretty good though, and if it came out standard with a turbo I would have placed an order.

Just re drove the golf 6 tsi comfortline (I wanted to drive the astra, still no stock).
Obviously not nearly as quick, but it does give you some peace of mind knowing in 4 years the car will still get a decent resale.
 
Yea the Pro_Cee'd doesn't have the new grill yet...
 
Sounds dodgy, You can't just slap a turbo on a car that was once a N/A and expect it do be ok, hope the pistons and rods can handle that power... rather buy a car that come's stock from the factory turbo'd as the motor's are designed to work with turbo's
 
Test drove the Proceed as well but didnt enjoy the drive.Was really dissapointed that the vehicle was 166kw but just didnt feel it.Also looks a bit on the old style now.
 
DOOMIE61 said:
Sounds dodgy, You can't just slap a turbo on a car that was once a N/A and expect it do be ok, hope the pistons and rods can handle that power... rather buy a car that come's stock from the factory turbo'd as the motor's are designed to work with turbo's
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A lot of vehicles have stock internals that are so strong (over engineered) that they can handle many times the stress that they were designed to handle without any reliability issues.
As long as the internals are strong or replaced and the conversion is done by someone who knows what they're doing you should be fine.
 
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