We’ve previously seen the five-door Kia Rio for the European market, now is the turn of the three-door Rio to have its world debut at Frankfurt. The Rio is a B-segment Kia, which we’ve also seen in sedan form for the US market. China’s notchback has slightly different styling and is called the K2.
Designed primarily for chic Euro streets, the new three-door Rio’s task is to attract first time Kia buyers and to rack up conquest sales. The on-form Korean brand expects 20 to 25% of total Rio sales to be of the 3-door car.
It has the same key dimensions as the 5-door model (length 4,045 mm, width 1,720 mm, height 1,455 mm and wheelbase 2,570 mm) and retains the same roofline that is among the lowest in Kia’s Euro range for some sporty appeal. Up to 10 body colours are offered – White, Black, Silver, Red, Beige, Electronic Blue, Deep Blue, Brown, Graphite and Yellow.
The 3-door will be available with the same range of powertrains, equipment and options as the 5-door. Customers have a choice of four three- and four-cylinder engines – with a 75 to 109 PS power range.
The fastest Rio will accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 11.5 seconds on to a top speed of 183 km/h. Fuel consumption will be as low as 3.2 litres per 100 km for the newly-introduced EcoDynamics diesel model, which also delivers a super low CO2 rating of just 85 g/km.
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That’s the previous gen Seat Leon ass!
I somehow feel Seat’s presence when I look at its back.
Seat’s butt. :S
OMG..i agree. The interior also ugly.
y dont we have this here?
picanto is so lame….
WHY NO LagiBest 1.5L 3-door???
After seen so many great design from other mfg, this 3 door Rio look dead boring, even Satria Neo look way better than this.
satria neo better than the new rio?! get your eyes checked. maybe in terms of driving dynamics the satria neo is better, but in terms of looks, the new rio is miles ahead.
That my opinion, u can have yours but u can’t forced me to accept yours.
Satria Neo was design solely for 3 door that why the design look 1 piece.
This boring Rio try to cover 3, 4 & 5 door that why is copy & paste here & there.
Compare with Polo this is just Lame…. Dead boring..THE END
this hot hatch not in my list yet…still…not bad..hmm
11.5s 0-100kmh you call it hot hatch? So myv 1.5l sub 10s, should call it super hot hatch!!
myvie is in EXTREME hot hatch la…
Bring in this model quickly Kia Malaysia !!
“looser will remains looser”
failed at WRC / IRC…
not involved at F1…
not involved at Indy…
not qualified at WTCC…
non at LeMans…
not even at SuperGT…
what so great about koreans’ automaker?
1 word “CHEAP”
sebab tu jgn pandang rendah sama proton maa..satria neo IRC jo!
pstt2…peter schreyer in da house!!!
what so great about you?
Make more cars than BMW Mercedes combined….makes more cars than Nissan mitsubishi … Not to mention sells engines to Mitsubishi.
more like a mutated SEAT Leon with mediocre power. definitely not an eye candy nor a hot hatch!
gotta start saving up!
Korean cars were once a laughing stock.
Now who’s laughing now?
Everybody !
ya right.. you alone laughing. Dugong!
Korean really copycat la.. more than P1 or P2. Korean copy VW now… damn
while scrolling down… i thought the polo R-line topic was posted twice… because the colour of the car is same…
Yeah, Kia is a real copycat. The Rio’s front head lights look like current Honda Jazz head lights. Pity Honda, Kia likes to copy its design. Guess it’s because Honda’s designs are sleek, stylish and sporty.
With the new model rolling into the Europe market… Hyundai and Kia are going to surpass the Japanese by even greater margin!
whoa….some people are really hard to pleased. While it is not the last word on beauty, I do feel majority mass will find it aestheticly pleasing. Not everyone buys a car for rempit-ing purposes and manufacturer success in motorsport does not neccessarily translated into making better AFFORDABLE road cars.
It is not a hot hatch. Although it has a turbocharged variant but we have yet to see KIA bringing their GDI engines to Malaysia. There are some aspect of design that you may not up to your liking but overall I dont think many people will look at it saying that it is an ugly car.
I predict Naza would bring the UB Kia Rio usually 1 year after its debut. After this year Optima.
i prefer kia rio sedan….
waitin ford naza chevy colorado…yeah! where is ford f150 :(
Sorry, No KIA!