Kia XCeed vs Ford Focus Active
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2024
- Battle of the faux-by-fours...
The 2022 Kia XCeed takes on the latest Ford Focus Active - is there a clear winner?
It's not news to anyone that SUVs are hugely popular right now, but you know they're reeeeally popular when traditional family hatchbacks start pretending to be SUVs.
Take the Ford Focus Active, for instance. This is, in essence, a regular Focus hatchback that's been made to look a little more like an off-roader by adding chunkier bumpers, plastic wheelarch protectors and a raised ride height.
The Kia XCeed, meanwhile, takes a slightly different approach. Underneath, it uses most of the same mechanicals as the Ceed hatchback, but from a bodywork perspective, it shares almost nothing with its stablemate: the front doors, and that's it. The question is, which approach results in the better car?
In this CarGurus UK video review, Ivan Aistrop puts the two cars head-to-head, and compares them in every area, including quality, technology, practicality, and of course, what they're like to drive.
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00:00 - Introducing the XCeed v Focus Active
01:35 - Boot space
02:32 - In the back seats
03:23 - In the front seats
05:23 - What are they like to drive
09:43 - Final Thoughts
10:30 - Let us know what you think
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After watching countless reviews and many visits to dealerships, my wife and I have just ordered the new Xceed 1.5T GT-Line. Never ordered a new car before and only writing this here as it may help some people. Not only does the new 2023 facelift look like a top-end modern car but the interior could not be ignored compared to anything else in the range - especially for the price (not to mention its where you will spend 99% of your time with the vehicle). With the £2.5k dealer deposit contribution and an extra £1500 off from the dealer then a warranty that beats all others, it was a no-brainer. Never been a Kia before man but I am a man of logic and reason. The flat range at the bottom of the revs mentioned in this video could be down to the assisted clutch (takes some getting use to) but I actually found the Kia to be incredibly smooth. I couldn't feel any kick or lag from the turbo, it just kinda got up to speed without you noticing. Zero body roll (expected more than the Ceed due to suspension lift but none at all) and much tighter and more responsive steering than expected for a family faux-by-four. Need to be clear, the GT-Line is what stands out, can't say I would be anywhere near as convinced with the entry level model (Xceed 2). Is it an exciting drive? No. (I am a lifelong petrol head who has been riding / racing superbikes, Motocross etc for over 22 years). But is it enjoyable? Hell yeah. Its incredibly comfy, heated seats and heated steering wheel as standard (+loads more) has more than enough power for public roads, to overtake or even have a bit of fun. You don't buy a faux-by-four for performance, you buy it for the practicality and "jack of all trades" feel. The Kia ticked every box bar the star brand power (but that is not worth another £10-£15k minimum from the likes of Audi, Merc etc). And with the new Kia models being like this, I think Kia is already climbing the ranks very quickly in public opinion.
Wise decision you won#t regret it. I hope you love yours as much as I love my 2021 XCeed first edition.
I came from a current generation Audi A4 Avant to a Kia Ceed Sportwagon and don't regret it, the car is solid in every area backed by the 7 year warranty although I doubt that it will be used because it's screwed together so much better than the Audi
Me and my family have been with Kia for over 10 years. THe brand has come on leaps and bounds. I've always said, for the price, the standards and spec are really top tier for your money.
Plus the 7 year warranty and our local dealership being amazing, always looking after us and valuing us...Kia is an extremely underrated brand to be with.
I got given the new X ceed hybrid for the day when my Rio GT went for its service....and i fell in love with it.
It's probably showcases the best of what Kia have to offer. And they will only get better.
Welcome to the Kia family :D
How’s the car been for you?
So 3 months in since the Xceed arrived and I’ve got to say, I love it even more than I first thought! Having done long motorway journeys, hectic commutes and some countryside thrashing, it’s hit every single mark. My 6ft 4 brother in law fit in the back with plenty of leg room and head room for a 3 hour journey with no complaints. We put 3 suitcases, 2 backpacks + large dog bed in the boot / trunk alone (minus dog of course lol). Engine is running even smoother now it’s been ran in and all the mod-cons have made it all very enjoyable. If I don’t like something or have some justified issues, I would not sing its praises as I have. But this is costing me approx £200 per month LESS than the closest competitors, with over double the warranty and including annual servicing.
What would I improve / change? For the money - nothing at all. A little more boost / power would be nice now and then but not worth thousands more. All things considered, I’m really struggling to find fault with the car & deal.
The choice is a no brainier. Labour rates in my local Ford garage are £154 an hour. With the Kia, the warranty is four years longer than the Ford. Kia put their money where their mouth is. Even Renault offer a five year warranty. For a private purchaser it has to be the Kia.
It sounds like the Ford Focus Active is *exactly* the same approach as the Rover Streetwise (take a hatchback, stick on rugged plastics, increase the ride height).
I'm sure a lot of people poked fun at that car but almost 20 years later, apparently we now take that idea seriously?
Both cars are far better than the 'bland' suv's that are all a rage these days..but it's what people want but I'm more liking either of the Kia or the Ford , great review 👌
I have an active not to be like a suv but to have a fun car that has enough clearance for the interesting roads in my area. I've had regular estates and hatchbacks before and I was often needing to take extra care on some roads and avoiding other routes completely. I'll likely have a normal estate again at some point but for ease of life the active has been excellent.
A great comparison Ivan. the faux by four is OK by me as my skeleton could do with a replacement so they are easier to get in and out of. If I was in the market for one of these the winner by a nose would be the Kia. While I prefer a 'drivers' car the Kia is just more practical but the physical climate knobs and buttons would seal the deal. A bigger screen might be nice to look at but arguably could be just a little more of a distraction. The longer warranty is a bonus as well. I'm sure I'd miss the better Focus driving dynamics though on those increasingly rare occasions where you get the chance to enjoy it.
I have the Active Ford Focus and I'm quite pleased of it. The Sport mode is very impressive , the comfort is nice and there is a great sound system
im looking at these now and cant decide as i had a cx3 and it was fantastic just silent but had a dpf fault so it went back, not sure if i should get ecosport, Captur or a focus. I would get a cx3 2.0L but i assume being a 2.0L it will drink petrol and cost more to insure ?? too much choice on the market, focus is 1.0L so less power but more economical
Both nice cars id have either, love the green paint on the kia looks well nice, 2 great looking cars here 👌👍
2:40 Head room is lower because of the panoramic roof, without it would be slightly higher.
Best to drive…Focus
Best to buy with your own money…..Kia.
I currently have a Ford Puma ST line x 155.
Once that 3 year warranty runs out I'm thinking Kia, that long warranty is very appealing.
OK the Ford may well do a few more mpg but that will be quickly wiped out with a few trips to the Ford garage for out of warranty repairs and you will get some.
Don't get me wrong the Puma is good to drive though, but I drive on real roads at normal speeds, not on a race track...I think I'll be able to cope with the Kia and it'll be absolutely fine in real everyday driving.
Ford and other mainstream manufacturers really need to get up to speed on warranty, 5 years minimum please.
Why doesn’t the UK get the 1.6-litre TGDi turbo petrol model of the XCeed that is offered in other markets?
Or maybe a 2.0 litre??!!!
I'm looking at getting a focus active. I need an estate, I don't like SUVs but my parents struggle to get down into standard hatchbacks now, so it suits my lifestyle.
Speaking from experience don't go for any ford with an ecoboost engine thats known in the trade as a ticking time bomb ecoboom or one with an automatic gearbox .
@@davidcameron8163 Sorry, but you are wrong because you are referring to Focus MK 3. Ford uses for Focus MK4 a new 1.0 ecoboost engines with a timing chain instead of the immersed belt. The new engine has nothing to do with the first generation of ecoboost, . I have the Active 1.0 mhev for two years and it drives like a dream, very good fuel economy and decent performance.
@florinnan86 While it does have a chain now for timing it still uses a wet belt for driving the oil pump for some reason however i havnt heard of any failures yet on the new version of the 1.0 ecoboost
Nice comparison. The only thing that amused me was WLTP data part xD Put your family and the holiday luggage in both, hit the motorway and you'll discover that this lawn-mower-capacity Ford engine uses twice as much or even more fuel than WLTP claim. That's the result of bureaucrats telling engineers what to do.
Not true at all. I have Focus Active estate 114kw with automatic gearbox. During whole family trips with full trunk I get ~6L/100km on highways and ~5.2L/100km on city/intercity.
Why cant they build those screens into the dashboard ? It always looks like someone has stuck a tablet on the dashboard.
Thank you, I thought I was the only person that looked like a the screen was an afterthought DIY job!
how is one litre half of a 1.5 litre ????
Kia is Top !
just got a active estate in 1.5 diesel, great car
Great looking car, good fuel economy and a nice drive but the interior quality is lacking. It's well put together it's just the cheap materials that let it down. Just got rid of mine after 10 months of ownership due to a diesel dilution issue....wish I never got it!
No mention of prices
I had a Ford focus 2020 plate, shit 💩 1.0 engine in it, the noise you get from it and that bog standard Ford engine ‘ rattle ‘ whenever you rev on any Ford car is honestly an example of the poor poor engine quality in it. Just bought a 72 plate facelift Kia XCeed 1.5 T-GDI ISG 3 and honestly you will NOT be disappointed with the performance, the looks, the practicality, the build quality and just the car overall! Once you get used to revving it just a tad higher when you first pull off you will not recognise it ever again. 7 year warranty, 100,000 mile and they DO NOT try and get out of any warranty claim whatsoever when you claim is why Kia will be one of the top top brands in the future. There’s a reason the last 2 years in a row they have been rated the 5th most reliable car brand ;)
Kia has undoubtedly one advantage over the focus, 4 cylinder engine.
And ford has a timing belt in oil , besides other problems well known by everyone in the business.
Don't you think the Kia should be up against the Puma as opposed to the Focus Active? Even shaped similar to the Fiesta variant.
no, puma is b segment, xceed c segment, so...
I doubt if ford has better fuel economy, that's claimed fuel economy. Kia wins hands down. When it comes to reliability and infotainment.
Just started watching video! Music is rubbish not required.
I've just bought kia xceed in the same green not even picked it up yet😊 drove both the Ford an kia definitely preferred the kia bit better looking the engine sounds better better warranty standard not gt line well equipped for the price 😊
Kia everytime. With Kia it costs less and has a longer warrenty with better build quality
But not as good to drive , you DRIVE cars .
@@richardhowlett9424 Not as good to drive? It's good lmao
@@richardhowlett9424 ffs It is a VERY good car to drive for someone who can drive properly.
*Just wish there was a 2.0Litre version?*
I enjoyed watching the Video Comparison. I prefer the larger Infotainment System In the Focus even the Kia Is the better looking Car 😊
Hi, I quite like both the looks of those cars, they both look nice in my book, however if I were to choose one it will be the Ford. I like cars with a more dynamic drive, the practicality is still fairly useful and more legroom is important for me also being a tall person myself. If my sister were to sit behind me I would want her to feel as comfortable as possible. Don't get me wrong though, Kia's are much better than they were in the past and way nicer and if money was not an issue I would have both on my driveway. That way my sister could take one out when we both need to go somewhere different or just go to work.
When your notoriously bad 3 cylinder engine leaves you parked on the hard shoulder and you've run out of warranty, you will regret not choosing the Kia.
@billsiviter9272 Maybe if I lived in UK, America or Australia, however Kia owners do not get 7 year warranty here in my country only three years and I do not believe they get the perks either.
Is the focus fitted with the ford's infamous powershit gearbox or a ecoboom engine that over heats and kills the engine or the driver ?
Well they do have a updated new generation of the ecoboost engine on the mk4 focus thats fixed the cooling issues and uses timing chain instead of wet belt and i havnt heard of any of the new ones blowing up yet but time will tell if its fixed it, its a completely redesigned engine to the one in the mk3 focus
@@sbrader97 the engine is the same, it is not a new one so most of problems remain the same, and it is a 3 cylinder, so i rest my case.
@manuelferreira4622 It's actually a redesigned engine as even the turbo is located in a different location this is how you can identify the new version but the wet oil pump drive is still a dumb idea if it was purely timing chain for both oil pump and timing it would last 150-200k+ just it being 3 cylinder doesn't automatically make it unreliable it's the other design flaws like a wet belt that make it less reliable
I follow enough forums and TH-cam channels to be very wary of the 1 litre Ford Ecoboost - they seem to go pop a lot. Pity, my previous car was a Focus 2 litre turbodiesel. That was a corker!
Yeah, I’m starting to think that the 1.0 Ecoboost is just too stressed by what it’s being asked to do. I mean it’s an amazing little unit - economy, power, refinement - but that head gasket just gives up in the end.
@@paulstaffordcook8799 I think this time Ford got it right. The mHev booster reduces the stress and makes the turbo lag go away completely. And gives it a good kick too - just switch to Sport mode to show its muscle, it's so different from normal mode.
Thats on the old one in mk3 focus/mk7 fiesta they have a updated version now thats fixed the cooling issues and switched to timing chain instead of stupid wet belt I havnt heard of any blowing up in the mk4 focus yet
If the price for looking "upmarket" is having to live with shiny black plastics all over the interior then I'd go for the Focus every time. For my taste its interior desing is far superior in terms of delivering an impression of harmony of all details coming together. Kia's interior looks like every bit plays its own game detached from all else next to it. Then even the best materials would't make it appealing.
If you want a crappy three cylinder engine which is well known for its unreliability issues and The poor service from Ford dealerships Then go right ahead and get the Focus. If you want a decent 4 cylinder engine which is backed up by a 7 year warranty then it's KIA all the way.. Forget the BS about how well the Ford handles, they don't handle at all when they are parked on the hard shoulder with a blown engine!!!
The Kia has a better warranty and is a better looking car…despite the green paint. Great video.
Green paint looks great! Really lifts the range from boring colours 😊👍🏻
Lmao
Yep 7 yrs beats Fords 3 year warranty, it’s a no brainer which to chose on that point only imo
Focus for me, prefer driving satisfaction and fuel economy over warranty (just get ford extended warranty if keeping car for longer)
Kia looks way better it suits young people better. Its more agressive and sportier looking.
The Focus will be a better choice for people with kids or even for small self employed business.
Yes, the Fords interior might look a bit shiny, more simple and a little less glamorous than the Kias but there‘s also so much softtouch in the Focus. In Germany the amount of softtouch is the same in both. What I really appreciate in the Ford are the door compartments lined with fabric (had to google the words for it 😉), even in the rear doors! This is fabulous! The glossy black in the Kia might convey a noble impression but I simply don’t like it 🤷🏼♂️ anyway, both are great cars and I have to admit that I nearly bought a Xceed two years ago… but I didn’t because of fuel consumption and the glossy black interior.
those giant screens stuck on top of the dash are a dangerous hazard it distracts drivers from looking at the road and at night are ten times worse
Yup, quite right. Sorry to say that none of them are listening
I've got one and it doesn't affect your vision on the road. I have yet to be distracted seriously from watching the road.
Have you driven one? I've had my Active Estate for a couple of months and never been distracted by the TV on the dash. It is huge, but I'm OK with that as it works well and is a real step up from the Sync 3 system. They're well below eye line.
@@RonnieMain nó issue on my side. The car also came first out of the JD power 2022 survey which really surprised me. Clearly its a leader in its segment and there owners love em. We have the K4 spec and it's just fantastic!
As opposed to a screen further down which takes your eyes further from the road?
A Focus, even in Active form is still a far better drive than the XCeed; and for that, it's a simple decision.
When your crappy 3 cylinder engine dies and you are parked up on the hard shoulder out of warranty, I'll give you a wave as I glide past in my XCeed.
O please. Tried both and KIA is far far ahead.
Bdw I own Honda so..
Owned both the Focus Active and Xceed....let's just put it this way, I've just sold the Focus after just 10 months, and I've just ordered another Xceed!
I just don't get the point of these types of cars.
A perfect car for me, I do not want big SUV rather something smaller but with higher ground clearance.
@@madPav3L Do you not have proper roads where you are driving? 🙃
@@Blue2024_rsWhen I go on trips to nature outside of civilization, sometimes I have to drive off asphalt roads.
Kia xceed vs focus active? Seriously?!
I have a better question but equivalent question!
Adriana Lima vs Angela Merkel! What whould you choose?!
So you choose Focus?
@@jackt7331 No, I am not a big fan of Angela Merkel