The front-wheel-drive 2016 Kia Soul is offered with two different engines. The base Soul gets a 1.6-liter four-cylinder with 130 horsepower and 118 pound-feet of torque. A six-speed manual transmission is standard (including a hill-start assist function) and a six-speed automatic is optional.
The fried-chicken chain has hired actor George Hamilton to portray its founder, Colonel Sanders, in television ads for Extra Crispy Chicken. However, there's a twist. Hamilton will be playing the Extra Crispy Colonel, the first Colonel Sanders to represent a specific product: Extra Crispy Chicken.
Breaking News: David Alan Grier has been cast as the first African American Colonel Sanders in the new KFC ad campaign. #KFC. â David Alan Grier (@davidalangrier) March 3, 2016. We are very excited to learn that Mr. Grier is such a big fan of KFC and The Colonel, Kevin Hochman, KFC's CMO, said in an email to Business Insider.