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Ford Ecosport vs Kia Stonic

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Ford Ecosport
Ford Ecosport

2019 price

Kia Stonic
Kia Stonic

$25,660 - $31,980

2025 price

Summary

2019 Ford Ecosport
2025 Kia Stonic
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Inline 3, 1.5L

Turbo 3, 1.0L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol

Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
6.9L/100km (combined)

6.7L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • No active safety
  • Nasty cabin materials
  • No auto headlights

  • Small touchscreen
  • No adaptive cruise control
  • Too sluggish from standstill
2019 Ford Ecosport Summary

We live in a strange time, where cars are going the way of the dinosaur and SUVs will take their place as the primary offerings of the worlds oldest and biggest car companies.

Look at Ford, the brand that literally wrote the book on automotive mass-production will soon no longer sell cars in its home market of America (apart from the Mustang, of course…) There’s a story your grandpa won’t believe.

It makes SUVs, especially small ones like the EcoSport all the more important. Customers who once would have considered the Fiesta small hatch (on which the EcoSport is based) would now rather hop into one of these. At least, that’s what the data says.

So, is the EcoSport a worthy successor to the hatchback mantle? Is it even economical or sporty? And what happened to the spare wheel on the rear door? Read on to find out.

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2025 Kia Stonic Summary

Small SUVs have found plenty of favour in Australia and understandably so because they offer much in the way of urban-driving appeal.

And carmakers like Kia have near-perfected the art of fulfilling drivers' needs and wants and doing so with an end product that’s quite often also easy on the eyes.

But drivers – even drivers of small SUVs – like some poke in their engine. To that end, Kia has punched some turbocharged oomph into its Stonic line-up with the introduction of the 1.0-litre, three-cylinder turbo-petrol engine previously offered only in the top-spec GT-Line.

Now there’s also more safety gear onboard than in previous versions, but – of course – prices have increased, as well.

Is the mid-spec Stonic Sport the best buy in the three-grade line-up?

Read on.

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