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While Kia is obviously keeping mum on most of the details about its new Picanto hatchback, which will make its premiere at the Geneva Motor Show in March, a couple of new photos of the A-segment hatch – including one of the interior – as well as a few more details, have come about.
As mentioned previously, three versions of the 1.0 litre, three-cylinder Kappa engine, in gasoline, flex fuel and bi-fuel form and a single 1.2 litre four-cylinder gasoline Kappa block will be available for the car, and power outputs will range from 69 hp to 85 hp, with maximum torque between 94 and 121 Nm.
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The bi-fuel 1.0 litre pot will generate 80 hp and 94 Nm of torque. The engines will be mated to a choice of five-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmissions, depending on market.
The new car, which is longer and larger than the previous model, promises not only more passenger comfort and 27% increased cargo space, but will also feature numerous ‘large car’ comfort/safety features such as LED daytime running lights, button-start with smart key, grip-type outside door handles and six or seven airbags, depending on region.
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Lovely interior :)
will be reasonable if priced below rm50k
with basic accessories only i guess if below RM50k…Malaysia u know la
looks like C1 and 107 from frontal side, perhaps share platform? anyway interior looks decent modern and good quality plastics. can see a smile on its steering wheel:)
wow..how can u know the quality of plastic by looking at the picture?
plastic plus milo tin also can sell for 25 years. Not a problem.
now the Milo Tin feeling Myvi is the most selling model!
nowadays most cars are milo tin.. kecuali the luxury one lah..
nope even luxury also used material as ‘milo tin’ you talk about…to save weight
If u are talking about the “milo tin” engine bonnet of Myvi, it’s understandable bcos that’s done purposely to reduce “pedestrian” injury in the event of accident ;)
That’ how Toyota Passo/Myvi can scored 4 stars in EuroNCAP lol
lol funny right see picture only can say it’s good plastic…==’
Another piece of masterpiece from the Korean!
from a german*
All smiley
Thus, having Pero1 and Pero2 simply make us suffer than without own local car brand. Not really smart. huh?
Short term suffer la, long term how?
Even worst, long term. Which country in this world we can find 3-7 year old car cost more than brand new one? Current Harrier MY2003 still over RM140,000 you mean long term saving?
If you wanna buy sub 1.4l car you’ll spoil for choices or spoil because of lack of choice? 2005 Myvi 1.3 still worth around RM30k you still said long term benefit?
No wonder people of Malaysians still very smart. Even Paul Tan bought used car.
I’m urging government to tax PC to make it like CAR business model. Instead of pay RM1200 for a netbook, tax 100% to be between RM2400-3000. Why only car (need to impose highest tax)?
Your good company P2 crying foul when government want to make airbags compulsory. Dude, you better browse Indian website to know how much their car prices.
In India, new Nissan March XE 1 srs airbag merely 395,000.00 INR = 26,497.320 MYR for entry level to 525,000.00 INR = 35,220.748 MYR to highest variant. Long time ago our car prices cheaper than India, Indonesia, Thailand (pre-Proton era).
i prefer high tax on car only,, less for on income tax ,,,so only people who want to buy foreign design car have to pay tax…. coz i dont need big car or high brand car…
Sorry dude, i think most REAL Malaysian petrol heads prefer car is cheapar as our fuel price is almost on par with world price since our G said that Ron97 is floated already.
Besides that, most of us would rather buy more expensive fuel if the G manage to provide Euro4 standart as we all know that higher better grade fuel will let us have the chance of driving better technology cars especially those EURO 4/5 Turbo diesel engines & also help save the environment! Do u know that diesel engine can out run a petrol engine easily in term of FC & performance?!?
When the fuel is expensive, i would bet that most road users will have to use public transport and this also let us petrol heads more freedom to drive on the roads.
Anyway this Kia Picanto look quite nice got a bit Toyota IQ & Mazda styling.. I would bet their safety features will be all in for this car to match Toyota IQ with a cheaper price!
And there are how many petrol heads in Malaysia? Typical, tell others to sacrifice for the personal benefits of the few. You’re just like the G people you derided so much!
First it was the Cygnet and now this Picanto.. to copy the 2nd Gen RAV4’s headlamp curves…
Anyway, looks very nice and way nicer than the first model.
herm desgn cue look so fimiliar… copy paste product……
Front looks like Toyota Aygo.Nice looking though.
should i wait for this car. i need a compact car in near future…
i dont think so. KIA = low second hand value + high maintenance cost + no class brand. you better becareful..
Only in Malaysia we have high maintenance cost, if u compare our spare part price with even Singapore u will jaw drop, the only thing Singapore is expensive during service is the workmanship.. If not mistaken all foreign spare part are tax also and this jake up the price..
Kial brand image will rise up to the likes of Honda & Toyota in the next 5-10 years. Just wait.
Look at how Samsung became the worlds most popular TV maker. It took them decades to overcome Sony.
don’t BS in front of Korean car owner like me. I own an MC Accent, and i can strongly attest that maintainance costs are almost the same, or even lower compared to Japanese makes. For example, i spent only 120 bucks just for the 10k service, and that already includes semi-synthetic Shell oil.
If you’re so worried about after sales, parts, i have just one simple advice for you:- Take the public transport, that way you’ll don’t need to worry. Otherwise, zip it and stop spreading antiquated lies.
in the past, yes.. but now, it is much easier to find spareparts with reasonable price.. have 3 korean cars in my stables n a 2ndhand crv’s, all of them hve nearly same price for spareparts (if compare with p1 n p2 of course its expnsive but dis is not local brand cars so a bit steep in price is acceptable)
beautiful korean.. bye2 japs!
nice interior….better if hv 5 spd auto…
very sporty for small car & cool interior… Proton Saga FL SE should use interior like this… Come on proton…
“ready for take-off?
err..which button should i push?”
too many buttons here&there.
saga’s dash too simple & boring dowh.
small & square ford fiesta…nice job again for Korean.
WELL…as i know….the car designer of kia(now) is not a korean….but former audi designer
that mean they are using the right person to do the right thing..
this is way to run the business, right?
wow! not dissapointing interior n exterior.btw the headlamp is now the trend,not just copycat
Coming to our shores aaaa?
oming to our shores aaa?
What’s bifuel????
Wow projector lights for A-segment car. =)
If launched by our third national car company NAZA, got chance to smell the dual VVTI KAPPA engine?? or just the superseeeeeded KAPPA?
I find the design somewhat fugly…
A typical P2 or Toyota fanboy…..:)
Very classy interior for an A segment. I like the Shreyer grille interpretation on the steering wheel.
Wah Korean design so good now. I wonder if Toyota and Honda will copy this design.
go see Toyota IQ and compare with this…
someway or somehow….I kinda like the looks of this car…very muscular.
i kinda like it…
aiks… no two DIN stereo but at least give single DIN….
exterior wise, i10 looks better than this one…
huh!! look like proton BLM FL
Are u using your nose to see?
i think the front look like myvi 2011 under the yellow cover haha
Walau, I nearly got fainted by the specs of this car. This budget car looks awesome!!!
Kia has packaged an unbelievable equipments in this Picanto. For instance, auto-rain sensor, auto-climate control, heated seats, traction control, hands-free control, projector headlamps and LED DRL. This car can tapau my dad’ merc. Haha.
amazingly when it come to msia……….it will only have 4 tyres, 2 wipers
6 or 7 airbags?? people will get suffocated by airbags then in such small space
Are you sure?Since when airbags suffocate people?If you put 6-7 balloons maybe you’ll get suffocated.
Better then NOTHING, give you nothing u bising,give you too much you also bising..
ya, 1 of the smallest car with 6 airbags…safe la!!!
doesn’t mind it made of milo tin…^^
only old school airbag will suffocate ppl…surely better than buatan malaysia!
the way these korean car manufacturers are moving forward…i think jap car makers can “tar pow” in a couple of years time :)
It looks good but ,Its kinda like Over design!…The front looks bulky! the Back looks flat.
Interior looks very inappropriate for such a edgy exterior design.
Personally, I dont like the interior asymmetric layout. I would rather like the exterior.
Still A thousand times better then the Perodua Viva or Myvi.
front is taken from toyota iq…nice car tho,lovely interior
This is one puny fugly s.o.b.
manual is sweet, but traffic jam in msia is getting from bad to worse …
milo tin car can survive , because of the gov . if they don’t impose high duty , will the peoples buy the milo tin car ?
big smile on the steering !
now we can see clearly the design cue that kia choose on all of their models…good
it resembles Toyota iQ??cygnet??hurm….
Nice car…
Hope Naza-Kia will bring it to Malaysia soon + Manual transmission of this car…
one day the Korean will rule the world……somehow they had captured my mind….
way nicer than the viva special exclusive limited executive edition
Dude, never compare with the VIVA, the basic not even with SRS, and power steering. Power steering also RM1000-RM3000 P2 MD?
the interior plastics on the door looks like ones in the saga fl
Then I suggest you to have an appointment with an eye specialist.
Nothing great about Kia Picanto looks like Toyota iQ & Aston Martin Cygnet…….like many here have mention copy & paste job. Korean car design is nice just like LG handphone…..but its quality is hopeless. Korean cars is good looking & cheap to buy,but to maintain is expensive coz spare parts needs to be imported. Second hand value is not that good also……so ppl think first la……………………………
Peace
Quality is hopeless?
Please don’t bluff people without any concrete facts.
Toyota IQ? Have you seen one in person?
I guess you probably saw few pictures on the net,then how much exterior details of IQ can you remember? I think you don’t even know what IQ looks like.
here is link to toyota europe’s IQ gallery
http://www.toyota-europe.com/cars/new_cars/iq/gallery.aspx
see and can you tell us which part is exactly copied?
interior is cool.. i like the saga fl but hope proton will design a better interior :)
This car will not be a hit as Malaysians tend to emphasize more on resale value =x
price?
Toyota IQ???!!!?!!
better this car or 2011 hyundai i10 facelift?
i10 use 1.25 kappa engine. picanto 1.2 kappa also?
i10 have abs, picanto?
i10 got no audio control at steering, picanto seems got one from the above pics.
fuel consumption, between these two, who wins?
The prev gen picanto/suria is using the same 1.1L kappa as found in i10s. Except for the 1.25 kappa.
Positive: Very quiet, smooth & refined feel, good fuel consumption 14km/L (thought not as frugal as Viva’s 16km/L)
Negative: Bad acceleration figures, sluggish when going uphill, maintenance a bit high (need synthetic oil)
hope proton heading to a right direction like KIA/Hyundai
cool look o family look
Dear steering…
Please… Stop… Smiling… arghhh!!!
Nice but i think VW Polo look better than this.
VW polo? nice but i think BMW 3 series better than it. USE UR HEAD COMPARE THE PRICE MORON
Funny looking front.
when is second hand cheap2 one available in malaysia? i’d rather buy this than bloodsucking protong
i10 FL is coming this July, so when is new Picanto