had to chance to check a 2016 CX-3 GS FWD at a local dealer yesterday. Here are my observations: (comparing it to my Soul and the new version)
Lady No-san's mother has a CX-3 (loaded, tho), and last weekend they drove up for the evening for dinner and to discuss wedding stuff (which I'm quickly learning is not as much fun as one would expect). While having some minor quibbles over date/venue (neither of which are yet decided on firmly), I learned that I drank about 3/4 of this bottle:
http://www.bigheadwines.ca/#wines![](http://www.bigheadwines.ca/images/bhw_wines_petitverdot_un.jpg)
^^ I'll post in the wine thread more about this...
...but suffice it to say, I was not going to be the one driving to dinner. We (4 of us) could have taken the Corolla (not likely, since I wasn't driving and it's an economy car), or the Forester XT (which was warm and parked underground), but they opted to drive the CX-3. I was just drunk and didn't care
![Grin ;D](https://www.autos.ca/forum/Smileys/CarTalk/grin.gif)
Anyhoo, I got into the backseat with no problem (I'm 5'7.5", yes that last half inch matters
![Grin ;D](https://www.autos.ca/forum/Smileys/CarTalk/grin.gif)
) and didn't find a lack of space in the back. No, it's not as big as the Forester, but it was by and large bigger than the 2009 BMW 335xi, the 2011 Jaguar XF, that Lady No-san's father used to drive us around in, and certainly more spacious than the 2001 Porsche 911 Turbo (my poor legs, head, and neck after sitting back there
![Cry :'(](https://www.autos.ca/forum/Smileys/CarTalk/cry.gif)
).
The Soul is an incredible car - and if Kia were smart, it'd throw AWD in it ASAP to make it a true contender for the major CUV dollars. Keeping it FWD is seriously moronic.