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Kia Picanto vs Toyota Prius

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Kia Picanto
Kia Picanto

$18,888 - $24,990

2024 price

Toyota Prius
Toyota Prius

2021 price

Summary

2024 Kia Picanto
2021 Toyota Prius
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Inline 4, 1.2L

Inline 4, 1.8L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol

Unleaded Petrol/Electric
Fuel Efficiency
5.0L/100km (combined)

3.4L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Minimal interior upgrades for 2024
  • Feeling its age
  • Fuel consumption is so-so

  • Polarising exterior
  • Dorky central instrument cluster
  • Not so engaging to drive
2024 Kia Picanto Summary

If you're feeling the cost of living sting, there's a good chance you've scaled back your ambitions for your next new car. You may have even looked at some of Australia's most affordable brand-new vehicles and the Kia Picanto is one of them.

It's one of the few brand-new options left with a before-on-roads starting price of under $20,000 and it's one of the few non-performance models left which can still be chosen as a manual.

It's one thing to be affordable, though, and quite another to be good value - so does the freshly updated 2024 Picanto have what it takes to stack up against more expensive options? Let's take a look.

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2021 Toyota Prius Summary

What to say about the Toyota Prius in 2021? A car that was once a technology trailblazer seems now to have become properly retro, even while it’s still being built and sold.

The awkward-looking wedge, an eco-punk icon, not only brought Toyota’s hybrid synergy drive to the masses, it also debuted the brand’s excellent TNGA architecture and set the scene for the company's absurd hybrid success, which now sees the RAV4 version topping the sales charts.

So, after all these years (25 to be precise), is the Prius’s time finally over? Or does this quaint hybrid hero still have more to offer? I took a top-spec I-Tech for a week to find out.

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