Kia Soul vs Nissan Juke

The Juke Nissan, like the “big sister” Qashqai has revolutionized the B segment by introducing the concept of crossover. However, the Juke is not the novelty of 2010, as last year debuted the Kia Soul crossover segment of Korean B. In summary, the Soul crossover Asian and Juke are comparable with each other? Absolutely, by starting the comparison of the measures of the exterior and interior. Nissan Juke is 414 cm long, 177 cm wide and 157 cm high, while the wheelbase measures 253 cm. The Kia Soul, however, is 411 cm long, 179 cm wide and 161 cm high, while the wheelbase measures 255 cm.

The Korean won in the challenge of the boot which has a capacity of 340 liters as a standard against 251 liters of his Japanese rival, but the two cars are equal in ability with full load: 818 liters for the Soul, 830 liters for the Juke. The two small crossover are also similar with regard to fuel consumption, emissions, range and weight. In fact, the cheaper version of the Nissan Juke consumes 5.1 liters of fuel per 100 km and emits 134 g / km of CO2, thus ensuring a range of about 900 km. Instead, the cheapest version of Kia Soul consumes 5.2 liters of fuel per 100 km and emits 135 g / km of CO2 and has a range of about 925 km. On balance, the weight of the Soul is between 1180 kg and 1270 kg, while the mass of the Juke varies from 1170 kg to 1425 kg.

Even in terms of both engines, cars are similar. The Juke Nissan offers the 1.6 16V petrol engines from 117 hp and 1.5 dCi 110 bhp with DPF, which compete respectively with 1.6 CVVT gasoline engines from 126 bhp and 128 bhp 1.6 CRDi VGT with the Kia Soul. However, the Juke is available with the supercharged 1.6 16V T-DIG direct inieizione 190 hp, matched even the standard all-wheel drive 4WD Type insertable deals exclusively with the 6-speed sequential gearbox Xtronic type MCVT. In this case, the Soul is responding with Bi-Fuel version for dual petrol and LPG.