After some teasing, Kia has finally revealed the full details of the 2025 Tasman—their first-ever pickup truck. The Tasman, which is set to enter showrooms by 2025, will be the start of a planned pickup range.
Using its SUVs as its starting point, Kia used its know-how to create a lifestyle-oriented pickup truck with advanced features. Shunning a form language that’s become the norm for pickup trucks, the 2025 Tasman starts with an honest form that lends it a sense of power through simple yet functional elements.
The Tasman measures in at 5,410 mm in length, 1,930 mm in width, and between 1,870 mm to 1,920 mm in height. Its wheelbase clocks in at 3,270 mm. Upfront, there’s an expansive radiator grille and bumper design that emphasize this width, while the hood trim and grille frame the familiar Kia Tiger Face, featuring vertically oriented signature lighting incorporated into the headlamps.
The upright windshield and rear glass contribute to the Kia Tasman’s bold silhouette, reinforced by the 45-degree angles of the vehicle’s striking graphic elements. The unique fender design combines practical functions, such as headlights and storage units, demonstrating functionality and clear, confident design. At the back, the Tasman has a bold, stamped logo while the tailgate handle and high-mounted stop-lamp are seamlessly integrated for enhanced functionality and a utilitarian character.
It is equipped with 17-inch gloss-black wheels with all-terrain tires or larger 18-inch alloy wheels with highway terrain tires.
The Kia Tasman’s load bed is 1,512 mm long, 1,572 mm wide (1,186 mm between the wheels), and 540 mm deep, which provides best-in-class cargo capability of 1,173 liters (VDA). It even comes with standard corner steps giving easy access to the illuminated load bed, while a power outlet for hand tools or laptops, and a sliding cargo floor that makes loading and unloading materials and equipment more convenient, are offered as optional features.
Inside, the Tasman takes on the same pure and simple design language. It uses concise, symmetrical proportions to create a stable, balanced appearance.
Large air vents featuring a honeycomb pattern—a key theme of the interior—emphasize the functionality of the ventilation. A multi-function steering wheel and the modern, minimalist lower center dashboard and tunnel sections with carefully positioned buttons provide intuitive control of the Kia Tasman’s advanced technology.
A trio of displays: 12.3-inch + 5-inch + 12.3-inch panoramic widescreen technology gives the driver and passenger access to vehicle controls and advanced infotainment options. An optional eight-speaker Harmon Kardon premium audio system allows users to take full advantage of the standard-fit Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration.
To support its customers in new and more meaningful ways, Kia has equipped the Tasman’s interior with a broad range of innovative features and equipment. These include a large folding console table, dual wireless charging pads, and hidden storage bins concealed beneath the rear seats offering class-leading storage capacity of 33 liters. The Kia Tasman also boasts best-in-segment headroom, shoulder room, and second-row legroom of 940 mm, with the rear seats able to recline between 22 and 30 degrees, ensuring a spacious and comfortable environment.
Riding on a body-on-frame platform, the Kia Tasman will be offered with a 2.5-liter gasoline engine (G4KIII FR 2.5 Turbo GDI) with 281 horsepower and 421 Nm of torque. This option for the Korean market, helps it accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 8.5 seconds while top speed is 185 km/h.
For global markets, it will have a 2.2-liter diesel engine (D4HIII FR 2.2) paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission as well. Producing 210 horsepower and 441Nm of torque, the engine can propel the Kia Tasman from 0-100 km/h in 10.4 seconds, while top speed remains unchanged.
Utilizing an optimized composite bush structure to mount the Kia Tasman’s body to the frame-type chassis ensures improved rigidity, body control, stability, and comfort. Equally, the double wishbone front suspension units have been developed to improve ride and handling in all conditions. The rear features a rigid axle with leaf springs for optimum robustness and load carrying capability, incorporating vertically mounted shock absorbers to ensure more effective damping and greater control, even at the extremes of suspension travel.
The capabilities provided by the front and rear suspension units are significantly enhanced by Kia’s frequency selective Sensitive Damper Control (SDC) and Hydraulic Rebound Stop technology. These further minimize vibration transmitted to the cabin and improve body control and comfort, even on the roughest terrain.
And thanks to a multi-skeleton, highly strengthened bed structure, the Kia Tasman can carry a maximum payload of 1,195 kg in 2WD mode, in addition to a 3,500 kg towing capacity.
With ground clearance ranging from 224 mm to 252 mm, the Tasman can ford waters up to 800 mm deep (at 7 km/h). This is done through the clever positioning of the air intake as well as the water proofing of critical components.
The base model is rear-wheel drive, while the rest has all-wheel-drive as standard. The AWD system switches automatically to the configuration required to provide optimum traction on different road surfaces and offers three driving modes – Eco, Smart and Sport – with various terrain modes available within these settings depending on the market.
The rugged X-Pro model provides an additional Rock mode, specifically designed to enhance performance on challenging mountainous terrains. For the Middle East and Afrida, it has specialized drive modes: Desert, Mud, and Snow and Rock. Other general markets have Sand, Mud, Snow and Rock modes.
There is also an automatically engaging Electronic Locking Differential (e-LD) and X-Trek mode. X-Trek mode enables the vehicle to maintain a low speed off-road without the need for manual acceleration or braking, ensuring smooth navigation through rough terrain. The e-LD, located in the rear differential, provides advanced control over locking and unlocking, enhancing the vehicle's adaptability and control in off-road scenarios.
Kia’s Ground View Monitor (GVM) provides drivers with a further level of confidence while traversing challenging off-road terrain. By utilizing the Kia Tasman’s camera and infotainment screens, the technology shows what is going on at ground level, allowing the driver to maneuver the vehicle precisely in tight areas.
The Tasman comes with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) including lane keeping assist, blind spot collision warning, and remote parking assist through Highway Driving Assist 2 (HDA 2). These features have also been optimized for use with a trailer.
The Kia Tasman will initially launch in the Korean domestic market during the first half of 2025 before subsequently being introduced in Australia, Africa and the Middle East. With Kia Philippines sending a media delegation to its global launch (CarGuide.PH is not included), it’s a sign that it will also make its way here as well.
its hideous
ReplyDeleteI thought no other pickup could come as ugly as the new Triton... well, I'm proven wrong with this lmao. Even Chinese pickups look better. I also hope those headlights are cheap because off road, you will be scratching those specific corners of the pickup.
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ReplyDeleteWho designed this? Stevie wonder?
ReplyDeleteUGLY
ReplyDeleteNice, retro 40s 50s look.
ReplyDeleteThe interior's so good you woudn't want to go out of the vehicle to ruin your day!
ReplyDeleteWhen will this dumb box trend die?
ReplyDeleteAI please design me a pick up that looks like the tamaraw fx and gladiator.
ReplyDeleteFor long years of waiting and all those good looking vehicles like sorento, carnival and kia's ev6 and 9, this is what they came up with in a pick up? Like for real?
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