Comparison: 2019 Kia Soul vs 2019 Toyota C-HR

In an age of cookie-cutter models, especially when it comes to SUVs, many people yearn for a vehicle that stands out visually. These are the folks we’re addressing today. With its square design housing a beautiful interior space, the Kia Soul has steadily increased in popularity in recent years. Even the new model just arriving for 2020 still remains closely related to the original model. The Toyota C-HR is equally striking, though it sports strikingly different design features. In both cases, the styling doesn’t please everyone but in both cases, they are undeniably very different.

2019 Kia Soul

The Soul is the only vehicle that has survived the square-box trend, the one that produced the Nissan Cube, Scion xB and Honda Element, for example. Despite the fact that the basic design has barely changed for two generations, Kia's most practical little car still doesn’t look like anything else on the road. Maybe there’s room for only one of these in the market…

This year, Soul's list of basic features gets a bit longer with the addition of a 5.0-inch multimedia touchscreen (still too small in our view) with built-in back-up camera and automatic headlamps.

Our review of the 2020 Kia Soul

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