Aligning function and shape to imagine a distinctively powerful vehicle for the city-dweller-turned-outside-adventurer, Kia Motors America (KMA) took the wrappings off the Trail'ster that is constructed e-AWD theory. Lightweight and efficient, the Trail'ster is perfect for carrying adventurers and their equipment.

"It requires the go-anywhere ability of an SUV and pictures it within a streamlined and sporty bundle with the expressive layout to fit."

Underscoring the focus of Kia on all-wheel drive capacity, the Trail'ster empowers a variety of mountain activities, from snowboarding and skiing to mountain biking, hiking and camping. When it is trekking as much as a high, white peak or traipsing down a fire road that was marshy into a piney trailhead, the Trail'ster - thanks to your back axle-mounted electrical all-wheel-drive system - is about surefootedness.

A Soul Searcher, Indoors as well as Outside

On the basis of the creation Soul, size and the Trail'ster's general form are unmistakable. But with family genes linked closely to the thought provoking Track'ster and Soul'ster theories -- which shoved Soul much into new ways to understand its functionality and lifestyle chances -- the Trail'ster additionally has a remarkable deviation from its production car origins with styling and drivetrain parts that turn Kia's popular urban passenger vehicle right into a solid runabout, further showing that Soul is definitely the perfect stage for imagination and experiment.

The exterior colour was inspired by the earthy mixture of mud and springtime snow, the terrain that the Trail'ster continues to be created to go through on its way to outside destinations high. The Polar Pearl Snowdrift exterior paint is a contemporary neutral color, against which the cladding that is warm and comparing Terra Bronze Metallic tone reduced brings link to the soft soil less traveled. Anodized fire- polished billet aluminum sections and red wheel emphases infuse a complex and purposeful aesthetic to the Trail'ster's exact layout, taking inspiration from high tech, high performance outdoor athletic equipment.

The Trail'ster comes with a fashionable full length, rollback canvas roof that is weatherproof to make an open-sky setting for occupants to take pleasure in the outside before reaching their high ground that is preferred. This completely retractable cover improved dynamics and also helps lighten the car and lowers the center of gravity, encouraging higher efficiency. Incorporated roof rack fittings with aluminum cross railings enable adventurers to tote snowboards easily or mountain bikes.

The Trail'ster's use of state-of-the-art LED technology creates a distinctive and powerful light identity . Upfront, the trademark Kia grille bars extend through the K900-design projector headlamps to develop a full-width frontal image. And below, expressive fog light components provide a daring style to the vehicle for illuminating off the beaten track trips, while supplying added wattage. The Trail'ster's back view takes on a tough-looking look framed by LED taillamps which are built into long-lasting, light casings that are ruggedized. Emphasizing its off road art, the Trail'ster wears aluminum skidplates around the whole vehicle, supplying a protective armour to protect the undercarriage from ice and jagged rocks.

Within, trim palette and the Trail'ster's colour joins aluminum emphases and brown leather to relay an earthy but upscale environment that is both comfortable and durable. Snow sports gear and equipment inspires cottage fabrics.

The focus of the inside is strong center cabinet and a tactile integrating a gear shifter that is thickset, AWD controls and a brilliant red ignition button. Brownish leather-trimmed seats feature a pillow- fabric that is embossed for the seat inserts as well as the floor mats attribute aluminum inlays for all weather grip. Details and other interior finishes were also inspired by the top quality materials of cold weather sporting equipment high-polish paint and metallic trimming.

Being based to the Kia Soul means the Trail'ster also gains from plenty of space for passengers as well as their cargo and efficient packaging as they head out on their next venture.

Able to Roam Everywhere

Moreover, this strategy helps by supplying instantaneous torque mitigate turbo interim. The machine also enhances fuel economy over standard all-wheel-drive set ups by functioning as an energy retrieval mechanism and working only when desired. It needs all four wheels being driven in attentive coordination, however there is no mechanical link between electric motor and engine. The connection between both is the road.

"This is AWD being done the state-of-the-art, intelligent and accountable manner, while giving nothing."

This technology was fashioned using the streamlined battery pack kept beneath the cargo floor, for simple, lightweight packaging.

Eventually, the Trail'ster's electric motor functions as a generator and recharge the battery when the car is braking or coasting.

For traversing terrain that was rough, the Trail'ster continues to be lifted more than two-and-a-half inches on the creation Soul. Moreover, this mountain rover uses KSport coilover shocks to consume the impact of rugged surfaces and rough, irregular ground and wears Pirelli Winter Carving 245/45-19 snow tires for increased grip.