Kia traveled to the 2024 Chicago auto present to unveil the up to date 2025 K5. The model’s entry into the midsize sedan section will get minor design tweaks, a brand new naturally-aspirated engine that delivers extra horsepower, and an extended record of normal and non-compulsory driving aids.
If the up to date design rings a bell, it is probably as a result of we have already seen the South Korean-market model of the 2025 K5. The modifications made to the automotive throughout the Pacific apply right here as effectively, they usually embody lightning bolt-shaped daytime operating lights referred to as Star Map in Kia-speak, a redesigned decrease bumper, and a thinner grille. Kia notes that the GT trim (pictured above) additional stands out with fin-shaped inserts within the air dam. There are extra updates out again: the sunshine bar that runs throughout the hatch stays, but it surely now stretches down into the bumper.
Each trim degree comes commonplace with a brand new 12.3-inch touchscreen for the infotainment system, and a few variants get a curved, single-pane show that mixes the touchscreen and a 12-inch digital instrument cluster into one unit. The K5 can now obtain over-the-air updates, and it presents wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto throughout the vary. Kia additionally redesigned the middle console and the middle stack.
“The newer the car, the smaller the engine” rule does not apply right here. Kia changed the 2024 K5’s turbocharged, 1.6-liter four-cylinder with a turbocharged 2.5-liter 4. It is rated at 191 horsepower and 181 pound-feet of torque, versus 180 and 185, respectively, for the turbo-four it replaces. Entrance-wheel-drive and an eight-speed automated transmission come commonplace, and all-wheel-drive is non-compulsory on the GT-Line trim.
Positioned on the prime quality, the performance-oriented K5 GT carries on with a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine that is turbocharged to 290 horsepower and 311 pound-feet of torque. It is bolted to an eight-speed dual-clutch automated transmission that spins the entrance wheels.
The bottom LXS trim good points extra commonplace options, comparable to entrance and rear parking sensors and adaptive cruise management with a ahead collision-avoidance help operate that features junction turning and bicycle owner detection. Up subsequent is the GT, which will get a Bose sound system, a 10-way power-adjustable driver’s seat, a digital key, a heated steering wheel, and power-folding door mirrors. Navigation-based Sensible Cruise Management, Freeway Driving Help know-how, a Encompass-View Monitor, and Parking Collision Avoidance Help – Reverse are commonplace as effectively. Kia bundles a panoramic sunroof, LED inside lighting, and a 12-speaker Bose sound system right into a Premium Package deal for the GT-Line.
Pricing and launch particulars can be launched nearer to the 2025 K5’s on-sale date, which hasn’t been introduced but.
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