2009 Kia Soul by Automobile Magazine

With the small car category gaining strength, more and more automakers are looking to make their pint-size offerings stand out from the masses.

Based on the entry-level Rio, Kia's brand-new 2010 Soul fits this mold well, its heavy revisions allowing it to compete with the squarish likes of the Scion xB and the Nissan Cube, not to mention the less funky progenitor of the modern box cars, the Honda Element.

We recently tested a top-of-the-line Kia Soul Sport to see how it stacks up to its competition from Nissan and Scion (which we conveniently had in the office simultaneously).


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