ALL-NEW KIA RIO SHOWS ITS FACE
All-new Kia Rio shows its face Auto gets cast new look, bigger superior autogenous and ultra-efficient engines
The Rio is smartening up its act! These are the aboriginal pictures of Kia’s all new baby auto and they acknowledge an beginning attending for the newcomer including Kia’s cast bow-tie grille.
The re-design brings the Rio in band with Kia’s accepted agency and should aswell accompany with it the aforementioned akin of superior now associated with the Korean brand.â?¨Insiders accept appropriate autogenous superior will be the best yet and we can apprehend to see agency stop switches for the boiler controls and colourful soft-touch inserts on the dash.
There’s added amplitude central too, with a wheelbase which has been continued by 70mm. Not alone does that leave added allowance for rear cartage but it aswell allows for 292-litres of cossack amplitude  – up from 270 litres in the accepted model.
Two engines accept been accepted for the new Rio, including a 1.1-litre agent assemblage which produces 69bhp and emits just 85g/km of CO2. A top achievement 1.2-litre turbocharged petrol engine will aswell be offered in 2012.
Before then, the Rio will go on auction in September in five-door form, but a three-door archetypal will aswell be accessible aboriginal in 2012.Â
Prices for the accepted car alpha from £7,995, but it’s acceptable that the college superior newcomer – which will cover added kit as accepted – will be hardly added expensive. Apprehend a price-tag still beneath £10,000 though.Â
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