Details about Kia Rio for Russia

23 June 2017

Officially revealed Kia Rio new generation for the domestic market

Alexander Ω, photos Kia Motors

Kia Rio the fourth generation in Russia will go on sale from August 2017, so there's not long to wait. Predecessor was a bestseller in the Russian market in the "absolute". The same sales results the Koreans will have to wait and the new generation Kia Rio.

When it was released design sketches of the new model, we noted that the car basically got the looks Chinese equivalent of K2 with a slightly modified front part, which adopted features of European Rio. Looking at "live" photos, you can see that all the assumptions were confirmed.

New Kia Rio came very close to the class dimensions of new items – 4400х1740х1470 mm, wheelbase increased by 30 mm to 2600 mm, thanks to which managed to increase the space for rear passengers feet. Trunk volume, in contrast, declined slightly (-20 l), up to 480 liters, but shipping things would be much easier due to the increased width of the opening of the trunk.

The new generation Kia Rio is equipped with petrol engines volume of 1,4 l, capacity of 100 HP family of Kappa or a new 1.6-liter 123-horsepower family Gamma. Both engines are equipped with phase shifters at the inlet and outlet. There are two 6-speed transmissions, manual or "automatic". The Russian Kia Rio is a new generation of power will get electric power steering.

Generation change went in favor of the Kia Rio, as it was safer. In the body design on a new car used 50% extra high strength steels (the predecessor was only 13%). In addition, the new Rio is equipped with an advanced set of driver assistance systems (VSM), which included the ESC stabilization system, the system using start of the downhill for US, the system of distribution of brake efforts and the SLS control system for braking rotation of the CBC.

Also standard equipment includes the system "ERA-GLONASS". Depending on the configuration the car will be available to the media system that is compatible with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, heated seats, remote trunk open, beskleevoy access and leather interior.

Happy with the timing of the sales, officials said not a single word about price the new generation of Russian Kia Rio. Recall that the previous generation of Kia Rio is possible to buy, starting from 650 thousand rubles.