New Kia Rio

[ale828]

good for kia for trying to bring in their diesel sedans and hatch.

[carlocaraddict]

yes 2006 ang rio sabi ng kia q.ave

[Blackraven]

Nice, I can't wait for the Rio CRDi diesel sedan and hatchback to arrive.

[picantorange]

I love the looks actually. And it's fuel efficient too, even the gasoline-fed motor. Base model starts at $11T. The hatch is $14T, I believe. But it'll be even cheaper here, since they're gonna strip its standard kit like six airbags, ABS, and other stuff.

[eric]

by the way, hyundai showed their TV commercial this morning mga 7AM kanina sa channel 2 or 7 ... about their CRDi engine and showed the starex, matrix, getz, and ... you guess what.... the Accent! just don't know kung ilalabas nila CRDi accent and getz at kung kelan. abangan nyo yung TV ad.

[niky]

Getz! Getz! Getz!!!

[basti08]

ok ha...dyan talo ng mga Koreans ang ibang jap marques here like Nissan and Mitsu.
Bilis sila mag-react to introducing newer models. strike while the iron is hot.
di tulad ng iba binubur*t ka sa mga products nila.

[Pro Staff]

Car and Driver's drive of the new Kia Rio
check out C/D's review of the new Rio.

i still wish the CRDi variant to make it here

ganda ng hatch

sana makabili ako nito pang-2nd car namin, masyado kasi mahal ang jazz e

at sana mura rin to, crdi pa

haaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy

wag sana magaya sa picanto ang strategy ng Columbian Motors sa pagbenta nito

[lancer]

Accent interior.

Interior look especially the dashboard much better than the vios. IMO

[eggman]

Baka ilabas yung Accent CRDi dito next year lalo na medyo tagilid sila sa City,Vios at soon to be launched Rio

[eVo-XTreme]

Minamaliit masyado ang Kia dati... ngayon, WOWOWEE na! Panlaban sa Suzuki Swift, Honda Jazz, tsaka sa Hyundai Getz... hehe! Sana yung Rio na may sunroof na pinapakita sa commercial meron din dito sa Pinas tsaka sana maganda overall performance para astig. ^_^

[charmander]

meron bang lumang rio hatch? i saw one kanina sa alabang exit ng slex.. color white.. di kasing ganda ng red

[utakabo]

meron bang lumang rio hatch? i saw one kanina sa alabang exit ng slex.. color white.. di kasing ganda ng red

meron kasabay nung lumang rio sedan na lumabas. sabi nung agent na nakausap ko, kinorner daw ng mga drug co. ang mga units para sa sales rep. nila.

[utakabo]

i got this from autoindustriya


Kia Rio wins prestigious ‘Autobest 2006’ award

December-16-2005

A jury of influential motoring writers from 12 Eastern European countries has voted the Kia Rio winner of the prestigious ‘Autobest 2006’ award for being ‘the new car most suitable for the needs of the population of the region, thoroughly modern with new technology and affordable to buy.’

Announcing the 2006 winner, Autobest Chairman Mr. Dan Vardie commented, “This year’s competition was very tight, and the Kia Rio emerged as the winner thanks to its fantastic value for money, great versatility, and the important strides made by Kia in developing an excellent dealer network across all of Europe.”



With a total score of 706 points, the Kia Rio comfortably surpassed its shortlisted contenders -- the Ford Focus (659), Renault Clio (599), Chevrolet Spark (467; known as Matiz in some markets) and Suzuki Swift (449) -- to claim the crown. The 2006 shortlist of finalists was selected after each jury member proposed five all-new models they regarded as the ‘best’ cars of the year that cost less than €15,000.

“The Autobest 2006 award for the Kia Rio is a splendid achievement for the growing Kia brand,” commented Jean-Charles Lievens, Senior Vice President Kia Motors Europe. “Jury members from the emerging Eastern European countries have given our B-Segment newcomer the strongest possible endorsement as the ideal car for motorists in this region.”

Yong-Hwan Kim, Senior Executive Vice-President and COO of Kia Motors Corporation stated, “This award marks the first time an Asian car maker has been awarded a car of the year distinction by Autobest in the ‘emerging markets’ of Europe, which clearly demonstrates that Kia is in tune with the needs of the European customers and committed to expansion throughout our largest overseas market.”

Established in 2001, the ‘Autobest Among Emerging Markets’ group is the leading motoring organization in Central and Eastern Europe. The 12 countries taking part in Autobest are Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Romania, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine. These countries represent a total market of more than 200 million people, and the Autobest program is now considered the second-largest independent annual European motoring assessment activity after the European Car of the Year (COTY) award.

Each judge from the 12-strong Autobest jury has up to 240 points they can allocate across 13 ‘criteria zones’ under which the candidate cars are assessed .The cars are rated for Interior, Exterior, Handling, Dynamics, Comfort, Technology, Versatility, Safety, Fuel Economy, Environment, Spare Parts, Distributors and Price.

[picantorange]

I will buy this car. Mangongolekta na ko ng Kias.

[eggman]

Next month ang laba ng new Rio CRDi at sedan ang nakita namin.Mayroon na sa Kia Quirino Avenue pero tinago muna nila para sa launch next month.

[basti08]

pano kaya presyo nyan? eh yung Accent nga eh..........

[picantorange]

Next month ang laba ng new Rio CRDi at sedan ang nakita namin.Mayroon na sa Kia Quirino Avenue pero tinago muna nila para sa launch next month.

Ito ba yung nasa Paco? Dyan ko binili yung Picanto ko last January. Di pa ko nakabalik since that time I took my plates from the dealer. Sila ang pinakamadaling kausap na dealer.

[tylerdude]

kelan ba ilalabas eto? nakita ko sa transhow, ang ganda pla. baka daw 695k lang yun 1.6liters neto automatic na.

[mazdamazda]

uy... opel lookalike sa likod!