2013 Kia Soul "Green Lantern" by Super Street Magazine

TopSpeed

By Kirby Garlitos

Published Oct 26, 2012

While other automakers are taking the traditional route of developing tuning programs for a number of their models to be shown at the 2012 SEMA Auto Show, Kia->ke41 is taking a route that touches the comic book geeks in all of us.

The Korean automaker is partnering with DC Entertainment to build a number of superhero-inspired vehicles in the former's model line-up. We've already seen what they did with the "Batman" Optima and we've also been treated to a teaser photo of the ["Flash" Forte Koup.

->ar136528] Today, Kia dropped another one of their teasers involving the Soul crossover and the superhero it's been dressed to feature: the Green Lantern.

We weren't surprised that the Soul Green Lantern was finished with a two-tone green and black paint scheme and the green mirror-chrome tint on the windows because these are the colors of the Emerald Crusader. What was surprising about this car is that the two back doors have been welded shut to "streamline" the crossover's appearance. Then, there are the green projector beam headlights, a feature that we admit we find pretty sick. Add the customized Green Lantern-logo fog lights in the widened front fascia, green LED lighting, and 18" deep-dish wheels with Green Lantern's logo on the center and that completes the Soul's exterior superhero makeover.

Inside, a custom rear cargo compartment features the Green Lantern power battery with his signature lantern logo etched into a clear panel displaying the superhero's oath lit by LEDs. Over at the rear deck, there's a video monitor that displays DC's "We Can Be Heroes" promotional video. At the front, the car's steering wheel and the front seats have been fitted with green and black leather and the Green Lantern logo prominently displayed and stitched into the seat backs.

Like the rest of its kind, the Soul "Green Lantern" Edition was built to raise awareness for the We Can Be Heroes campaign against hunger in the Horn of Africa, for which DC Entertainment is a huge advocate of.