The PHEV Charging Studies Don’t Apply To America
A bunch of people have sent me links to reporting around a “bombshell” study from Europe. Apparently PHEVs in the wild consume more gas than the WLTP rankings say they…

Kia’s soul has always been one of the most practical, well priced, and best equipped subcompacts in America, but it’s never been particularly swift. Until now. For 2017 Kia fitted a new 201 horsepower turbo engine and a 7-speed dual clutch transmission to their faithful hamster. The result isn’t a Volkswagen GTI, or a Fiesta ST but it is by far the most fun Soul ever built and it’s still extremely well priced.
0-30: 2.8 Seconds
0-60: 7.2 Seconds
1/4 Mile: 15.1 Sec @ 93 MPH
60-0 Braking: 111 Feet
