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Written by Staff Reporter   
Wednesday, 03 June 2009
   THE new Kia Soul has been awarded a 5-Star safety rating (the maximum score) in the latest Euro NCAP crash test results. The Soul's safety ratings, with scores of 87% for Adult Occupant Protection, 86% for Child Protection and 86% for Safety Assist equipment, place the Kia among the safest B-Segment sized family cars.
   Every Soul model supplied in Western Europe features an Electronic Stability Programme (ESP) as standard. Fully automatic, ESP is increasingly a 'proven technology' in accident avoidance, countering excess over-steer and under-steer so the car follows the course intended by the driver. This system comes together with TCS (all-speed Traction Control System) and BAS (emergency Brake Assistance System). 
   If a collision is unavoidable, Kia claims that the new Soul is engineered to safeguard the occupants with a range of 'passive safety' measures as standard, starting with a robust all-steel body shell.  The Soul five-door body shell structure features high-tensile strength steel in key areas, to offer occupants good protection in front, side, rear and roll-over accidents.
   Every Soul sold in Europe is equipped as standard with dual front airbags, front side and full-length curtain airbags (to protect the occupants in both seat rows), height-adjustable front seatbelts with pre-tensioners and belt load-limiters, plus three 3-point seat belts for rear seat occupants. In addition, all Soul models can be ordered with optional 'active' front seat head restraints.  
   

   The full Euro NCAP test results for Kia Soul were:
   

   Adult Occupant Protection     87% (31.2 points of max possible 36)
   Child Protection      86% (42 points of max possible 49)
   Pedestrian Protection       39% (13.9 points of max possible 36)
   Safety Assist       86% (6 points of max possible 7)
   

   Caption: The Kia Soul has achieved a maximum 5 star safety raring in the recent Euro NCAP crash testing programme.  
   

   

   

 
 

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