New Kia Picanto revealed in first sketches – debut in Geneva

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Kia has released the first official design sketches of its next generation Picanto city car, which the company says has been designed to stand out from the crowd.

The new Picanto is penned by Kia’s European design team in Frankfurt, Germany, under the direction of Peter Schreyer.

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The company says the design ‘exudes self confidence, solidity and maturity’; no other details are forthcoming, so we’ll have to wait closer to its official unveiling at next year’s Geneva International Motor Show in March for more info about the car.

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  • Budak Jengka on Dec 07, 2010 at 4:07 pm

    Whoaa… KIA PICANTO becoming sportier and follow suit its bigger OPTIMA and FORTE brother..

    I am so sad, I want OPTIMA K5 to enter malaysia… but.. only in dream i suppose.. :(

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    • arcana on Dec 07, 2010 at 4:38 pm

      the optima is coming at a later date in 2011……so gotta be patient and wait, i’m interested in it too…..
      the picanto looks very nice….cant wait to see their production model of it, especially it being under Peter Schreyer

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    • Razor on Dec 07, 2010 at 5:19 pm

      K5 will enter malaysia la..its just a matter of time..:D

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  • chaku on Dec 07, 2010 at 4:53 pm

    nice looking compact car!

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  • autojohndoe on Dec 07, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    it front resembles Aygo

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  • Lancermania on Dec 07, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    somehow it look like the new march/mirca…

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  • rossi46 on Dec 07, 2010 at 6:00 pm

    here come another stunner from KIA!

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  • handsome*dude on Dec 07, 2010 at 6:25 pm

    imagine this Picanto park side to side with a Savvy ~~~

    which one u prefer?

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    • nmh on Dec 07, 2010 at 7:50 pm

      This Picanto will park side to side with EMAS perhaps….as for current Picanto, ill take Savvy

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  • asujin on Dec 07, 2010 at 9:49 pm

    nice exterior design. if KIA produce this new picanto same as polo car size would be great! what they going to do with the current rio? but one thing about kia, they produce great car design, but the is just the second hand value too low.In 2006 my dad bought new kia rio 1.4a hatchback CBU around 80k. Second hand value now 30-35k. Car maintenance/spare parts also costly.

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    • Notakosong.com on Dec 08, 2010 at 2:10 am

      its not on KIA fault,

      2nd hand value? malaysian mentality, korean = crap, but KIA actually doing great worldwide.

      Sparepart? really hand this to Naza la, naza can produce locally, just produce locally la..

      the two koreans distro must work something more to grab the malaysian, KIA = NAZA, HYUNDAI = SIME DARBY

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  • Coolken on Dec 08, 2010 at 6:38 pm

    Agree with you.. Mentality is tough to change..

    Korean cars : Cheap and full of features
    Japanese cars : Reliable and lasting technology
    German cars: Engineering genius and luxury
    British cars: Luxury and exclusivity
    Europe cars: Expensive and full of features
    China cars: Cheap and… uhm, cheap materials.
    Malaysian cars: We are metal makers only. What car?

    At the end of the day, only Jap cars will have good second hand value..

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