Kia K4 2026: Korean rival to Toyota Corolla locally debuts hatchback option with price parity to K4 sedan

Kia Australia has priced its updated MY26 K4, arrangement to arrive by the end of November 2025. The revised model will within the waste provide a hatchback physique, available correct thru all orderly grades, some 12 months after the sedan within the community debuted.

The K4 fluctuate sees a fluctuate-broad imprint expand of $1500, now starting from $32,090 forward of on-boulevard costs for the nefarious ‘S’. Existing the fluctuate topping Sport+, now $39,090 (up $1600), and GT-Line, now $43,790 (up $800), are the exceptions to this blanket alternate.

Kia’s K4 hatch will most most likely be available correct thru all orderly grades, with imprint parity to the sedan variations.

Introducing a hatch-bodied K4 could per chance well well aloof serve the Korean compact better rival the (from $32,110) Toyota Corolla and (from $31,310 Mazda 3). Both competitors already provide the option of sedan or hatchback.

The revised K4 debuts a brand contemporary ‘Atkinson Cycle’ 2.0-litre petrol, which additionally exchanges the outgoing six-lumber automatic for a CVT produce.

While the gasoline economy claim improves from 7.4L/100km to 6.0L/100km, most outputs fall fairly of, from 112kW/192Nm to 110kW/180Nm.

The fluctuate-topping GT-Line will continue to present a 142kW/265Nm 1.6-litre turbo-petrol mated to a former eight-lumber automatic. All Kia K4’s are front-pressure simplest.

THe K4 hatchback is around 300mm shorter than its sedan counterpart, measuring 4440mm lengthy, 1850mm broad, and 1435mm nice. Both bodies hasten on a 2720mm wheelbase.

With the exception of a brand contemporary physique form, there are no longer any external or internal changes planned for the Kia K4 for 2026. Extra info on existing tools between grades could per chance even be found out here.

Kia K4 2026: costs in Australia

All costs listed are forward of on-boulevard costs

• S: $32,090 (up $1500)
• S with Security Pack: $34,190 (up $1500)
• Sport: $36,690 (up $1500)
• Sport+: $39,090 (up $1600)
• GT-Line: $43,790 (up $800)