Kia Sonet Specifications

The Kia Sonet is a compact SUV that made its debut in 2020. It boasts an athletic design language and an extensive features list not typically found in its segment. Under the hood, buyers can choose between powerful turbo-petrol or diesel engines. Read on to learn more about the key specifications and features of the stylish Kia Sonet:

• Smart Driver Assist Tech: The top-trim Sonet variants advance with ADAS functionality, including collision warning systems, lane discipline assists, and front collision avoidance technology, ensuring added reflexes and supervision oversight lapses.

• Fully Digital Driver Display: Beside analogue dials lies a crisp, high-resolution, fully digital display relaying multi-info readings on parameters like momentum, revs, economy, etc, in reconfigurable layouts and coloured themes, optimising visibility.

• Surround View Camera: A 360-degree camera with blind spot views and dynamic guidelines aids easy parking while reversing into tight spots without any blindspots through an augmented live feed of vehicle surroundings punching above its price point.

• Powered Driver Seat: The driver's seat features 4-way power adjustability, allowing finding the perfect wrist-friendly spot through personalised height, lumbar, and backrest customisation added with memory settings, saving preferred positions.

• Generous 205mm Ground Clearance: With a generous ground clearance of 205mm, the Sonet remains composed over challenging city roads and offers capable rough road manners. Unlike typical compact crossovers, it allows you to confidently go off the beaten path.

• Fuel Efficient Engine Options: Available peppy powertrains span punchy turbo petrol, torquey diesel, and a vibrant 1-litre petrol GDI unit ranging from 83 PS to snappy 120 PS alongside manual/automatic choices delivered impressively economical 20+kmpl mileage. 

Specs & Features: Kia Sonet vs Rivals

The Kia Sonet enters the fast-growing small SUV segment in India. The stylish Sonet faces many other tough competitors, too. These key rivals include Hyundai Venue, Tata Nexon, Mahindra XUV300, and Renault Kiger. Each model offers strengths around exterior design, technology features, mileage or ownership experience that appeal to compact SUV buyers.

Kia Sonet vs Hyundai Venue

• Looks: The Kia Sonet's distinctive tiger nose grille, LED headlamps, and two-tone colour options make its exterior design sportier and more aggressive. The Hyundai Venue's studded grille, projector headlamps, and cleaner lines make it more subtle and elegant. The Sonet comes across as an enthusiastic youngster, while the Venue seems sophisticated.

• Features: The Sonet packs in more feel-good features like ambient lighting, an air purifier, a 9-inch HD touchscreen, and ventilated seats. The Venue offers 33 connected car features, an electric sunroof, an 8-inch infotainment system, and a Blue Link connected car app. The Sonet tempts with gadgets, while the Venue focuses more on connectivity and control features.

• Space: The Sonet and Venue offer similar cabin space, but the Sonet edges ahead in boot space at 385 litres versus Venue's 350 litres. Both cars accommodate four adults reasonably well. The Sonet's taller stance gives a better view, while the Venue feels cosier. It's marginal, but the Sonet gives you more flexibility in utilisation.

• Safety: Both compact SUVs provide essential safety features like six airbags (Venue-only) and ABS as standard. Additionally, they offer optional safety packages with extras like hill assist control, electronic stability program, etc. The Sonet goes further with 6 airbags and provides front parking sensors. Overall, the Sonet allows you to better equip your car with safety gear.

Kia Sonet vs Tata Nexon

Appearance: The Kia Sonet has a sporty and dynamic design with its signature Tiger Nose grille, crown jewel LED headlamps, and heartbeat LED tail lamps. The Tata Nexon features an imposing front fascia with sleek headlamps and a wide grille, giving it a bold stance. The Sonet looks more premium and upmarket, while the Nexon has a robust SUV design.

• Interiors: The Sonet's cabin looks more modern with its extensive use of premium materials, glossy piano black trim, and ambient lighting, which adds a lounge-like feel. The Nexon's interiors appear simplistic yet functional, with sufficient features for the price. The Sonet offers better-quality upholstery and a more driver-focused dashboard layout. 

• Features: The Sonet packs several segment-first features like a 10.25-inch HD touchscreen, air purifier, remote engine start, ventilated front seats, and more. The top variants of Nexon are also loaded with equipment like a 10.25-inch infotainment screen, wearable key, push-button start, and sunroof. However, the Sonet has an edge with multiple best-in-class features.

• Performance: The Sonet offers a powerful turbo-petrol and diesel engine and a regular petrol motor, while the Nexon only offers petrol and diesel engines. Both SUVs are quite evenly matched in refinement, power delivery, and efficiency. The Sonet edges ahead slightly with its peppier turbo-petrol engine.

Kia Sonet vs Mahindra XUV300

• Size and Dimensions: The Sonet is a subcompact SUV that is 3,995 mm long, 1,790 mm in width, and 1,570 mm in height. It has a wheelbase of 2,500 mm. The XUV300 is also in the subcompact SUV segment with dimensions of 3,995 mm long, 1,821 mm in width, and 1,601 mm in height. Its wheelbase is 2,600 mm. The Sonet is taller, while the XUV300 has a longer wheelbase.

• Exterior Styling: In terms of design, the Sonet follows Kia's signature tiger nose grille front fascia with sleek headlamps, giving it a bold and dynamic look. The XUV300 has a more upright front-end design, highlighting its cheetah-inspired design theme. The Sonet's rear features a connected LED taillamp design, while the XUV300 gets a standard tail lamp design. Both get contrast-coloured roof options. The Sonet looks more youthful and sporty, while the XUV300 looks rugged.

• Interior Features and Space: The Sonet and XUV300 are decently packed in terms of features. The Sonet's cabin layout looks more premium, with smooth-flowing design lines, more colour coordination options, and a large 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Kia's UVO-connected car tech. The XUV300's dash feels functional, with a 7-inch touchscreen unit. In terms of leg room and shoulder room, both are similar, but the XUV300 has more overall headroom for rear passengers. The Sonet, though, offers a better cargo capacity of 385 litres.

• Engine and Transmission Options: The Sonet has three engine options - a 1.2-litre petrol, a 1.0-litre turbo petrol, and a 1.5-litre diesel- in different states of tune. Transmission options are 5-speed, 6-speed manuals and automatic options. The XUV300 is powered by a 1.2-litre turbo petrol and 1.5 diesel with 6-speed manual and AMT automatics. Thus, Sonet offers more powertrain flexibility for buyers than XUV300.