Inside’s out on Kia’s new Fiesta beater

21st August 2009

We were the first magazine to give you a glimpse of the new Kia Venga supermini last week.

Now, Auto Express can show you official pictures of the interior and rear of the new star. And a spokesman for Kia promised that the Venga cabin will have “more of a premium feel than we have ever seen before on our products”.

He added: “It’s the first interior that’s entirely the work of design boss Peter Schreyer, and has a family look.” The Venga gets a V-shaped centre console with a big multifunction dial.

 A large storage area ahead of the gearlever will house two 12V charging sockets, allowing devices such as a mobile phone and sat-nav to be powered up at the same time. An MP3 input is located in the same place.

But the car’s cabin won’t only be plush – Kia says it will also be ultra-flexible. The newcomer gets a split rear bench seat that slides and fold flat. The Venga is due to go on sale next year.

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