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Model
Variant
Engine
Car #2
Make
Model
Variant
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2009. - 2013.
C - Small family car
hatchback, 3 door
front
Badges
Production
Vehicle class
Body style
Wheel drive
Safety
2010. - 2012.
C - Small family car
hatchback, 3 door
front

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Dimensons & Outlines

4266 mm
1782 mm
1443 mm
251 liters
894 liters
55 liters
Length
Width
Height
Boot (min)
Boot (max)
Fuel tank
4250 mm
1790 mm
1450 mm
340 liters
1300 liters
53 liters
2009 Volvo C30
2010 KIA Pro_Ceed

Engine

Petrol
5 - Inline, 4 valves per cylinder
Turbo
2521 cc
230 hp
320 Nm
Engine
Fuel
Configuration
Aspiration
Displacement
Power
Torque
Petrol
4 - Inline, 4 valves per cylinder
Nat. Asp.
1591 cc
124 hp
156 Nm

Performance (manual gearbox)

manual gearbox - 6 gears
1320 kg
6.7 s
240 km/h
12.6 l/100km
6.4 l/100km
8.7 l/100km
203 g/km
Gearbox type
Vehicle weight
Acc. 0-100
Top speed
Cons. (urban)
Cons. (highway)
Cons. (average)
CO2 emissions
manual gearbox - 6 gears
1163 kg
10.8 s
192 km/h
7.2 l/100km
5.3 l/100km
5.9 l/100km
139 g/km

Performance (automatic gearbox)

automatic - 5 gears
1331 kg
7.1 s
235 km/h
13.5 l/100km
6.5 l/100km
9.0 l/100km
211 g/km
Gearbox type
Vehicle weight
Acc. 0-100
Top speed
Cons. (urban)
Cons. (highway)
Cons. (average)
CO2 emissions
automatic - 4 gears
1191 kg
11.4 s
187 km/h
8.3 l/100km
5.7 l/100km
6.6 l/100km
158 g/km

Expenses

3600 EUR
Price from
3900 EUR

Virtual Adviser's™ opinion

Overview

Well, these are two pretty similar cars we have here! It's only details that could potentially make the difference. Considering they both belong to the small family car segment and utilize the same 3-door hatchback body style and the front wheel drive system, it all comes up to the specific petrol engine choice they offer. The first one has a Volvo-engineered powertrain under the hood, a 5-cylinder, 20-valves 230hp unit, while the other one gets its power and torque from a 4-cylinder, 16-valves 124hp engine designed by Hyundai.

Safety

Both vehicles got tested by European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP), with the same number of safety stars gained in the process. Moving further on, let's take a closer look at some additional safety-related facts. Both vehicles belong to the small family car segment, which is generally classifying them somewhere in the middle safety-wise, still it doesn't help us solve our dilemma, does it? Furthermore, if we'd like to consider vehicle mass in this context too, which we definitely should, the Swedish car offers a considerable difference of 13% more metal.

Reliability

Reliability is not the best thing to consider on the make level, but it is worth mentioning that both brands display similar results in faults and breakdowns, at least on all of the models level. These are the results of an independent reasearch, while our visitors describe reliability of Volvo, as well as KIA, with the same average rating of 4.6 out of 5. The same official information place C30 as average reliability-wise, and Pro_Ceed is more or less at the same level.That apart, owners of different cars powered by the same engine as the Swedish car rank it on average as 5.0, while the one under the competitor's bonnet gets 4.9 out of 5.

Performance & Fuel economy

Volvo is way more agile, reaching 100km/h in 4.1 seconds less than its competitor. In addition to that it accelerates all the way to 240 kilometers per hour, 48km/h more than the other car. When it comes to fuel economy an obvious choice would be the Korean car, averaging around 5.9 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers (48 mpg), in combined cycle. That's 47% difference compared to the Swedish car!


Verdict

Volvo appears just a bit more reliable, although the difference is truly marginal. The most important thing when deciding between any two vehicles should always be safety, both passive and active. In my opinion, everything taken into account, the Swedish car offers significantly better overall protection, taking the lead here. It all continues in the same direction, with Volvo outracing its opponent in any situation possible, making it better choice for boy racers. It does come at a cost though, and that's the fuel consumption... It's really tough to make a final decision here, but if I'd need to, I'd say KIA. In any case that's my personal view, built upon all the data available to me. What should decide here though is the way you feel about the two vehicles, and I hope you'll find my guidelines useful in the process. I suggest you spend two more minutes in order to find out which car, based on your needs and budget, would be picked by the virtual adviser, among more than 12.000 different ones in our database.

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