I haven't bought a new Soul since my 2018 Exclaim and last week bought a 2025 S. Kia has made the tachometer fully digital and the same size as the Speedometer, so my dashboard is blinking and changing every second I'm in the car like a computer on the Enterprise NCC-1701. I feel like I'm having mini strokes with all of the meters constantly going up and down, 1.6 rpm, 1.9 rpm, 42 mph, 2.6...2.4...2.3... 33 mph, 1.6, 1.3, 1.2... It makes me insane and is the biggest disappointment of this new generation of Soul. I effing HATE the digital tachometer. So awful. I'm about to put a sticky note on top of the tachometer so I no longer have to see it.
I'm also glad I can turn off the ISG but do forget to do it every time I get in. I sold my first Soul Exclaim when I bought this new one. It was a 2012 and I loved that car so much. It had the best wheel rims of any year. But with 175,000 miles, it served me well and then my daughter after that. She now has the 2018 and it's been a terrific car, too.
I'm also glad I can turn off the ISG but do forget to do it every time I get in. I sold my first Soul Exclaim when I bought this new one. It was a 2012 and I loved that car so much. It had the best wheel rims of any year. But with 175,000 miles, it served me well and then my daughter after that. She now has the 2018 and it's been a terrific car, too.
