It wasn't such a long time ago that the Kia Rio was one of the absolute best alternatives in the unfathomably focused Light Car portion. Truth be told, I prescribed the Rio to three family companions – individuals who went ahead to purchase a Rio, and every one of the three still love them.
The issue for the 2015 Kia Rio SLi Auto we have on test here, however, is that the business sector has proceeded onward quickly over the mediating years.
Because of that quick portion change, the Rio's issue is presently twofold: valuing and detail. Both those variables are truly imperative in this fragment as well. As tried here, valuing for the Rio SLi begins from $22,990. You did read that accurately, that is almost 23 thousand. Indeed, even inside of the Kia stable, there are more astute alternatives. Take the Cerato five-entryway hatch in 1.8 S Premium pretense, for instance. It's just $2000 all the more, beginning from $24,990 and it additionally gets the programmed transmission at that cost.
The five-entryway Rio trapdoor range all in all is relatively costly. Valuing begins from $16,990, and that just gets you the immaterial 1.4-liter motor with a manual transmission. The most reasonable route into the 1.6-liter motor is the Si, which begins from $21,490, yet with a programmed transmission.
You can see why the current Rio isn't as engaging as it once seemed to be, then. How about we investigate this extent garnish mode
The main expansion to the standard RRP is premium paint for $520, knocking the cost of our test vehicle up to $23,510 before the pile of merchant and conveyance charges are considered in. Premium paint isn't a need, however that ask from Kia is a ton less expensive than some different makers.
The Rio was certainly appealing when it was initially discharged, and that remaining parts the case now. The Rio was vital to guaranteeing that everybody quit regarding the Korean brand as an irritation faker, and age hasn't wearied the Rio's European feeling of style by any stretch of the imagination. Covered in premium graphite like our test model and riding on 17-inch compound wheels with quality Continental tires, the Rio cuts a look most different trapdoors would be jealous of. Styling is an essential purchasing component paying little heed to fragment, so the Rio gets focuses for as yet looking like it.
The 1.6-liter four-pot motor is sufficient without being even remotely spine-shivering. It makes 103kW at 6300rpm and 167Nm at 4850rpm. The ADR fuel case is 6.1 liters/100km and we saw 8.5 liters/100km on test, to a great extent around town. The motor is coordinated to a smooth-moving six-rate programmed, which proceeds to certainly speak to customary automatics in a world besotted with frequently jerky double grip automobiles.
Calculating in a 75kg driver (no, clearly not my lardy outline), our Rio tips the scales at 1298kg, so it's no heavyweight by any methods – something worth being thankful for given the manageable force yield
Around town at low speed, where you'd anticipate that the Rio will carry out its specialty frequently, the motor performs alright. The issues emerge when you have to punch into a hole, take off rapidly or consolidation quicker than you may have anticipated.
Press the quickening agent pedal a bit harder, the transmission rapidly cuts down an apparatus or two and the motor begins to heave for air. The going with ascend in revs carries with it a terrible, scratching fumes take note of that seems like the motor is working far too hard. It most likely isn't; it simply doesn't sound extraordinary and isn't joined by any quick speeding up either.
The primary issue here – as Tim noted in his late audit of the Rio Sport – is the torque opening underneath a nearly high 4850rpm. You have to work the motor hard to get into the meat of that torque conveyance, importance not a great deal happens before that point.
Once up to speed, however, the Rio travels along unobtrusively, helped by the expansive spread of proportions inside of the transmission. The lodge's feeling of calm is helped by the practically finish nonappearance of wind clamor, quality Continental tires that don't transmit any thunder inside, and the amazing unlucky deficiency of street commotion.
Where the Rio's inside once conveyed a general vibe of polish belying its expense, it now feels somewhat dated, particularly the seat trim. The inside doesn't do anything particularly gravely, it simply doesn't feel as premium as we've generally expect from Kia of late. Kia vehicles new to the business sector, similar to the Sorento, just serve to open up that desire. The absence of key elements like a touchscreen with satellite route and opposite camera doesn't help the inside ei
