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Based in Wales and just joined. 63 years of age and very used to large luxury cars.
I've just taken delivery of a new 2021 all-new model three days ago. In the UK the only diesel version we get is a seven seat 4wd in the middle trim called the '3'. Only rear camera, no head up display, no seat memory or cold ventilation and no sunroof. No Bose stereo either. Otherwise it has all the safety kit and equipment including steering heating, heated windscreen, and and more. Mine has done 250 miles so far and averages 38mpg. 40mpg+ is easily hit on flatter roads and longer journeys than my average and indeed I did about 45 miles today and hit 40mpg for the journey on some challenging roads. This is excellent for a car with this performance, size and weight in 4x4 form with only 250 miles on the clock total. I know from experience that diesel cars will improve by several mpg over the first 15,000 miles or 25,000kms. It is quieter and compares well in performance while the seats are more comfortable than my previous XC90 D5. It is actually more roomy inside in every row than the XC90 and costs about £15,000 less like for like. The rubber mats I kept from the XC90 fit almost perfectly except for being a couple of inches too small in every dimension, which is neither here nor there. As for the transmission I find it perfectly smooth during normal driving and exceptionally fast to shift, but necessarily sharper when thundering along with a heavy right foot.
It takes a while to fully understand the infotainment and control system logic but I think I'm getting the hang of it now. One thing I don't like is that the lane keeping assist is on by default when the engine is started. The button on the steering wheel toggles between this and auto-pilot assist [auto steering] with a short press and a long press switches either system off. However at every engine start it is active again and to limit the land keeping assist to a warning buzzer, rather than tugging the wheel, requires a dive into the settings and, again with every engine start it defaults to the steering-tugging mode. There may be a way of keeping it on the warning mode but I have yet to find it. Some models have a separate button on the dash for auto-steering as opposed to lane keeping assist, and that is what is in my manual. However my car only has the button on the steering wheel which toggles between these systems and enables them to be switched off, which may confuse some new drivers. I think Kia may have modified the controls to do away with the unnecessary dash button.
Can't post this in the relevant, almost empty forum, as I need privileges apparently.
I've just taken delivery of a new 2021 all-new model three days ago. In the UK the only diesel version we get is a seven seat 4wd in the middle trim called the '3'. Only rear camera, no head up display, no seat memory or cold ventilation and no sunroof. No Bose stereo either. Otherwise it has all the safety kit and equipment including steering heating, heated windscreen, and and more. Mine has done 250 miles so far and averages 38mpg. 40mpg+ is easily hit on flatter roads and longer journeys than my average and indeed I did about 45 miles today and hit 40mpg for the journey on some challenging roads. This is excellent for a car with this performance, size and weight in 4x4 form with only 250 miles on the clock total. I know from experience that diesel cars will improve by several mpg over the first 15,000 miles or 25,000kms. It is quieter and compares well in performance while the seats are more comfortable than my previous XC90 D5. It is actually more roomy inside in every row than the XC90 and costs about £15,000 less like for like. The rubber mats I kept from the XC90 fit almost perfectly except for being a couple of inches too small in every dimension, which is neither here nor there. As for the transmission I find it perfectly smooth during normal driving and exceptionally fast to shift, but necessarily sharper when thundering along with a heavy right foot.
It takes a while to fully understand the infotainment and control system logic but I think I'm getting the hang of it now. One thing I don't like is that the lane keeping assist is on by default when the engine is started. The button on the steering wheel toggles between this and auto-pilot assist [auto steering] with a short press and a long press switches either system off. However at every engine start it is active again and to limit the land keeping assist to a warning buzzer, rather than tugging the wheel, requires a dive into the settings and, again with every engine start it defaults to the steering-tugging mode. There may be a way of keeping it on the warning mode but I have yet to find it. Some models have a separate button on the dash for auto-steering as opposed to lane keeping assist, and that is what is in my manual. However my car only has the button on the steering wheel which toggles between these systems and enables them to be switched off, which may confuse some new drivers. I think Kia may have modified the controls to do away with the unnecessary dash button.
Can't post this in the relevant, almost empty forum, as I need privileges apparently.
