Without getting too “Denis Norden” about things (and if you remember him you’ll understand what I’m on about), if you’re one of those people who’ve got to an age when you’re more interested in how long it takes for you to get into a car rather than how long it takes the car to get to 100mph, then the Kia Xceed is ideal for you. This is because, being built a little higher (44mm) than a standard hatch such as the Kia Ceed, which it’s based on, it’s just very easy to hop on and out of. No effort at all, really, with it’s nice wide doors opening out at a generous angle.
The Xceed is built for the convenience of an ageing population, who tend to be the only people able to afford new cars, so that’s clever of Kia, isn’t it? It’s not so high up that you need a step-ladder to clamber in, like a Range Rover, nor so low down that you worry about how you’ll ever get out of it, like, say, a Caterham. It’s just right. And the top speed is 99mph, so you don’t need to fret about that in any case (where legal, obvs).
