2014 Kia Soul Among Coolest Affordable Vehicles

Aug 8, 2014

When buying a new vehicle, everybody wants to get the most bang for his or her buck, but for reasonably affordable vehicles, that bang typically comes in the form of things like fuel efficiency and safety features and trunk space. Coolness doesn’t always come on the menu, especially when the consumer is on a budget, but as Kelley Blue Book recently pointed out in a list of the Top 10 Coolest Cars Under $18,000, there are plenty of cool vehicles out there for people that would rather not spring for an Italian sports car worth more than their house.

Naturally, the 2014 Kia Soul was among those mentioned, and all it takes is a cursory glance at our quirky crossover to figure out why. While it’s true that the 2014 model year Soul didn’t get a drastic makeover from the outside in this next-generation version of the vehicle, the look is still undeniably trendy. Inside, meanwhile, Kia engineers really supped things up, using higher-quality materials and adding tons of great new features like a panoramic sunroof and updated UVO eServices package with streaming radio to create what KBB.com calls “a higher level of refinement.”

To be perfectly frank, the entire ad campaign for the Soul has always been geared to illustrate how cool it is, and customers have, as a result, been more than happy to ask loads of questions about it when visiting their friendly neighborhood Kia dealership. We’re happy to answer all of those questions, obviously, and even take you out for a test drive so you can get a good idea of how much “cool” one can really get without having to choose between it and your kids’ college educations.