Kia Sonet Dimensions, Powertrain & Variant Details Revealed

by Jagdev Kalsi on Tuesday, Aug 18 2020

Kia is set to launch the Sonet in India in September, and ahead of the launch, its dimensions and engine specifications have been revealed online.

The Sonet will be based on the Hyundai Venue, and will have exactly the same length and wheelbase as the Hyundai. However, it will be wider and taller than the Venue. Here’s a comparison of the dimensions of both the cars.

SONET vs VENUE DIMENSION COMPARISON
	Sonet	Difference	Venue
Length	3995mm	Nil	3995mm
Width	1790mm	20mm	1770mm
Height	1647mm	42mm	1605mm
Wheelbase	2500mm	Nil	2500mm
Tyre Size (Base)	195/65 R15	Nil	195/65 R15
Tyre Size (Top)	215/60 R16	Nil	215/60 R16

The Sonet will also share the petrol engine options with the Venue. So both the 1.2-litre normal petrol engine and the 1.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine will be on offer. Both will be available in the same state of tune as the Venue, however, the 1.0-litre engine will not be available with a conventional manual transmission and will be on offer with the auto-clutch manual transmission (iMT) and 7DCT (dual clutch automatic transmission).

SONET vs VENUE PETROL ENGINE SPECS
	Sonet		Venue
Displacement	1.2L	1.0L	1.2L	1.0L
Maximum Power	83PS	120PS	83PS @ 6000rpm	120PS @ 6000rpm
Peak Torque	114Nm	172Nm	114Nm @ 4000rpm	172Nm @ 1500 - 4000rpm
Manual Transmission	5MT	6ACMT	5MT	6MT/6ACMT
Automatic Transmission	--	7DCT	--	7DCT

Sonet will also get the Venue’s diesel engine with manual transmission in the same state of tune, however, Kia will offer a 115PS version of this engine as well with a 6-speed torque converter automatic transmission -- the same combination that is on offer on the larger Kia Seltos SUV as well.

SONET vs VENUE DIESEL ENGINE SPECS
	Sonet		Venue
Displacement	1.5L		1.5L
Maximum Power	100PS	115PS	100PS @ 4000rpm
Peak Torque	240Nm	250Nm	240Nm @ 1500 - 2750rpm
Manual Transmission	6MT	-	6MT
Automatic Transmission	-	6AT	-

Sonet will be available in a total of 6 variant levels -- HTE, HTK, HTK+, HTX, HTX+ and GTX+. The 1.2-litre petrol engine will be on offer in the lower three variants while the turbo-petrol engine with ACMT will be on offer on the top four variants.

The option of automatic transmission, with both turbo-petrol and diesel engine, will be on the HTK+ and GTX+ variants only. The diesel engine, with manual transmission, will be available on all the variants. Here’s the variant-wise powertrain break-up of the Sonet. We expect the Sonet to be priced in the range of Rs 6.6 lakh to Rs 12.5 lakh.

KIA SONET \| VARIANT & POWERTRAIN MIX
	1.2P MT	1.0TP ACMT	1.0TP DCT	1.5D MT	1.5D AT
HTE	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌
HTK	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌
HTK+	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
HTX	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌
HTX+	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌
GTX+	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅

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