Although we haven't had our
2014 Kia Cadenza long-term test car
for very long, we're already starting to get accustomed to the luxury sedan's
ins and outs, especially when it comes to the model's impressive range of
comfort and convenience features.
In terms of comfort, we're
most impressed by the Cadenza's
plush seats, which we think could easily stand up to any other luxury brand's
seats as some of the most comfortable in the auto industry. We also like the
2-tone seating finish in our test car, which gives it an especially luxurious
feel. Although we expect to find ourselves saying this a lot over the next few
months, it's sometimes hard to believe this is a Kia.
Meanwhile, one of our
favorite convenience features is the Cadenza's
voice-control system, which allows drivers and passengers to operate a wide
range of the sedan's controls using only speech. While voice control is usually
a difficult feature for automakers to get right, Kia has done a great job:
Nearly all of our commands do what they're supposed to, and the car rarely
requires repetition.
One minor annoyance is the Cadenza's heated seats. Every
time you start the car, the Cadenza's heated seats need to be switched on, even
if you already had them on before you turned the car off. The result is that
you're constantly turning on the heated seats on cold days -- a pain if you're running
errands and frequently turning off the car. That can get a little obnoxious,
but it's a small flaw that hardly clouds the positive opinion we have of our
2014 Kia Cadenza.
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