This practical city-car is the electric vehicle that Kia Australia needs

Kia Australia is hoping to launch a two-car electric vehicle range early next year and — if it can get supplies — hopes to make a big bang at the 2020 Kia Australian Open tennis tournament with both the Kia e-Niro small SUV and the third-generation Kia Soul EV. Could the new battery-powered Kia Soul be a bigger hit Down Under than its niche-appeal predecessor? We headed to South Korea for this exclusive preview drive of a pre-production prototype to find out.