The upcoming 2017 Kia Picanto has yet to have been revealed, but the dinky city car has already been partially revealed, thanks to a photo of an undisguised front fascia which has surfaced on Kia-World.net.
Said image shows a face that has clearly been inspired by the recently-unveiled Rio, with a very slim upper grille (without the gloss cover of its larger sibling) that flows into the headlights. On this presumably high-spec model, the projector lamps gain unbroken U-shaped LED daytime running lights (current car has individual diodes), along with what appear to be LED indicators.
The massive lower grille is downturned to give the Picanto a more aggressive look, while the fog lights sit in the outer air inlets. Earlier spyshots show that the car will retain much the same proportions as the current model, but receive a upwards window line kink at the rear, plus C-shaped LED tail lights.
The interior should also become more upscale to better compete against the likes of the Volkswagen up! – through the spyshots, we can see what appears to be a new three-spoke steering wheel, replacing the current two-spoke unit.
As for the mechanicals, the Picanto should retain the current 1.0 litre three-cylinder and 1.2 litre four-cylinder naturally-aspirated Kappa II engines, as well as a 1.0 litre three-pot Kappa TCI turbo. The existing four-speed automatic, five-speed manual and CVT transmissions should also be carried over.
SPYSHOTS: 2017 Kia Picanto
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