Hi all

 

After 4.5 years of happy motoring with my Rapedo (Toledo), time has come for a bit of change.

 

In 2 weeks I’ll be p/xing the Toledo against a new Kia Ceed wagon. The new Ceed is loaded compared to my Toledo, and has amongst others: Auto gearbox, navigation, adaptive cruise, full led headlights, reverse camera, leather seats and various other bits and bobs.

 

The engine is a 1.4 turbo petrol with 140 hp coupled with a 7-speed dual clutch automatic gearbox.

 

Naturally the Kia is quite a big step up overall, but so is the price! The residual value of the Toledo was.. well, not great! Lost about 60% in 4 years - ouch!

 

The toledo has served us well and has been a great first car. We however felt it was time for a bit of an upgrade (especially with another kid on the way), which we certainly feel we will be getting with the new Ceed.

 

This forum has been absolutely great - will be sorely missed, especially seeing as there doesn’t seem to be the same community around Kias and the Ceed.

 

Happy motoring everyone!

 

Best regards from Denmark

- Chris

Didn't fancy waiting for the Scala!?

The Scala was ruled out fairly early due to having a too small boot. We have a second child on the way and really need all the space we can get for a pram and various other baby stuff 🙂 

 

We quickly settled on the need for an estate car. We had test drives of the Kia, Opel (Vauxhall) Astra, the Octavia and a Golf estate.

 

We both quickly agreed that the Ceed suited our needs the best. And after nearly a month of ownership, so far we have no regrets 🙂

 

btw, don’t see many scalas around in Denmark. I think the issue is pricing. It is priced so highly you might as well get the Octavia or golf.

 

BR Christian