Kia Rio 2018 Video Review

Name: Kia Rio 2018 Video Review
Uploaded: 2018-09-20T13:26:14+10:00
Description: Small cars are truly no longer synonymous with cheap and nasty. In order to move any non-rental-fleet units at all over the past decade, manufacturers have had to race to give their small cars higher tech and more premium makeovers.

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EXPERT RATING

6.6

Tom White

Deputy News Editor

6 Apr 2018

7 min read

Tom White

Deputy News Editor

6 Apr 2018

7 min read

Small cars are truly no longer synonymous with cheap and nasty.

In order to move any non-rental-fleet units at all over the past decade, manufacturers have had to race to give their small cars higher tech and more premium makeovers.

Hyundai gets a free pass because its (relatively outdated) Accent is favoured by rental and corporate fleets, the Toyota Yaris has good brand equity in Australia, and the Honda Jazz for the longest time has traded on its almost minivan-esque practicality.

To win over newer generation buyers though, you need one key ingredient – technology. Mazda gets this, with its heavily-marketed-to-youth Mazda2 – full of premium feeling Mazda3 parts and an excellent multimedia system. Kia has followed suit with the latest slew of updates to the Rio last year.

Read the full Kia Rio 2018 review: S manual.