My rental car this time is a Kia SOUL. It's a car that I have wanted to try. It's comfortable, visibility is OK, large rear pillars but you can compensate for the blind spots with mirror adjustments. The sound system is moderately good, but not spectacular. The performance is surprising.
Good pickup, good braking. It's probably got the 2.0 Liter engine, there's no indication anywhere that I have found. I could live with one of these if it were fitted out correctly.
Now all I need is the hamster suit ...