The Cerato is available as a four door sedan only at this point, a sporty hatch version is expected out later in 2005.The Kia Cerato is priced at $18,990 drive away for the manual version, and $20,990 drive away for the automatic version. There is only one specification level and the only option is metallic or mica paint for an additional $150.The Cerato is sold with a comprehensive list of standard features especially for a new vehicle in this class. The Cerato comes standard with air conditioning, electric windows with automatic down function on the driver’s window, electric external mirrors, power steering, cruise control, remote central locking and a CD player with six speakers.Power steering is standard on the Cerato and is hydraulically operated.
At low speeds it’s light enough to make even the tightest car park Mspaces a breeze. The downside is, that at speed there is no real feedback to the driver and when hurried along the soft ride becomes lurchy which makes the Cerato feel a little unbalanced and flighty especially through tight twisting sections of road.Braking is the one area that Kia’s rivals outpoint the Cerato. The lack of ABS meant that stopping distances recorded were greater than many similar sized vehicles tested recently. The Cerato has four wheel disc brakes, 275mm ventilated at the front and 258mm solid discs on the rear. The brakes were light in operation but unfortunately gave little indication of lockup during emergency stops.
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