I am not convinced I would buy a new Ceed it seems far too expensive. Here in France a new Ceed Style 1.6 Diesel (similar to a UK 2) costs 22,000 euro. (At current exchange rate this make the French version slightly cheaper than a UK 2, as 22k euro is £17,741 against a UK price of £18,295.)
While its is a nice car for 19,000 euro I can get a top of the range Dacia Duster 4x4 Diesel Laurette model (The Duster is France's 5th best selling car) with a higher spec and Leather which is based in the same chassis and engine as a Nissan Juke but is a bigger car. For 2,000 euro less than the Kia I can get a similar spec Seat Leon or for the same price a higher spec Citroen C4. In my view the Seat and the Citroen are more desirable vehicles. Here in France Ceed at Active/2 level has gone up 5,000 euro (about 22%) from the new to the old and that's too much.
While its is a nice car for 19,000 euro I can get a top of the range Dacia Duster 4x4 Diesel Laurette model (The Duster is France's 5th best selling car) with a higher spec and Leather which is based in the same chassis and engine as a Nissan Juke but is a bigger car. For 2,000 euro less than the Kia I can get a similar spec Seat Leon or for the same price a higher spec Citroen C4. In my view the Seat and the Citroen are more desirable vehicles. Here in France Ceed at Active/2 level has gone up 5,000 euro (about 22%) from the new to the old and that's too much.