2019 Kia Soul

Carvana (opens in a new tab) calls the 2019 Soul a quiet carryover, the final year of the second generation before the all-new 2020 model, with the main update on the base trim, which gained a standard 5-inch touchscreen, rearview camera, smartphone integration and automatic headlights. Kia of Raleigh (opens in a new tab) says the Soul reaches up to 201 horsepower and 195 lb-ft and combined EPA estimates of up to 28 mpg.

Kelley Blue Book (opens in a new tab) puts the cheapest 2019 Soul, the wagon, at a Fair Purchase Price of $9,350 and rates fuel economy at 25/30 to 26/31 mpg city and highway. EPA rates the 2019 Soul family at 27 to 108 mpg or MPGe combined and $700 to $2,300 a year in fuel, with front-wheel drive and 111 miles of range on the Soul EV.

NHTSA lists three recall campaigns for the 2019 Soul. 22V031000 covers an air bag control unit cover that may contact a memory chip on the circuit board and damage it, while 23V218000 and 23V724000 cover 2015 to 2019 Soul EV vehicles, the first a high-voltage battery pack that may short circuit while driving and the second a damaged parking mechanism that may allow unintended movement.

Owners have filed 139 complaints with NHTSA: engine with 87, unknown or other with 20, and electrical system and air bags with 15 each. ProblemsByVin (opens in a new tab) keeps a record for the year, and Consumer Reports (opens in a new tab) keeps a reliability page.

EPA rates the 2019 Soul family at 27 to 108 mpg or MPGe combined and $700 to $2,300 a year in fuel. The Nissan Kicks lists 33 at $1,900, the Toyota C-HR 29 at $2,150, the Honda HR-V 28 to 30 at $2,100 to $2,250, and the Hyundai Kona 27 to 120 at $650 to $2,300 including its electric version. On gasoline the Soul is behind the Kicks, C-HR and HR-V.