Kia Picanto 2024: price and specs

The facelifted Kia Picanto metropolis automobile is on sale in Australia boasting a up to date look, an updated interior, and more security aspects. However with the update comes rising sign rises, which imply it’s no longer Australia’s most more cost-effective automobile, appropriate.

With the new lineup kicking off from $17,890 sooner than on-avenue expenses, or $20,690 driveaway, that pushes it above competitor MG3’s $19,990 driveaway sign for its entry-grade model – which makes the MG the excellent ultimate automobile in Australia that can even be bought below the $20,000 sign on avenue.

Whereas the Picanto has viewed sign will increase all the map by the vary between $1600 and $1950, that has come with an update to its specs and to boot a tweaked model lineup, which has been reduced from 5 to four variants.

The vary-topping GT grade has now been dropped, with an entry-level ‘Sport’ variant replacing the ‘S’, while the ‘GT-Line’ is now the cease-spec Picanto.

Changes for the present third-technology small automobile consist of facelifted entrance and rear styling that has brought the Picanto in-line with Kia’s signature vertical gentle designs.

Upgraded tech and security aspects imply that the bottom-spec S comes geared up with aspects along side a new digital instrument cluster, leather-based fully-wrapped steerage wheel and shifter, and energy-folding exterior mirrors.

Safety is also bolstered with blind-keep aside alert, rear incorrect-web page traffic alert, lane departure warning and lane-retain support common on the Sport.

Powering all variants is the Picanto’s familiar 1.2-litre inline-four cylinder naturally-aspirated engine which stays unchanged and delivers 62kW or energy and 122Nm of torque.

All variants are entrance-wheel-force and each S or GT-Line grades can even be optioned with either a 5-creep handbook or four-creep automatic transmission, which commands a further $1000 upcharge.

Whereas the small automobile section is now not any longer the powerhouse it as soon as used to be in Australia, the Picanto and opponents love the MG3 unruffled proceed to attain spirited alternate for their respective brands.

To this point this year the Picanto has delivered 7298 devices for Kia. Whereas that is in the abet of the ever-in fashion MG3 (14,702), it’s before the likes of the Suzuki Swift (6486), Mazda 2 (4855), Kia Rio (4064) and Toyota Yaris (1887).

It is a long way price noting that the Kia is even handed number 1 in its ‘micro’ small automobile section, with the aforementioned opponents classed as elevated ‘gentle automobiles’.

What does the Kia Picanto 2024 consist of in every grade?

Some selected key aspects all the map by every variants consist of:

Picanto Sport:

• 8.0-hotfoot touchscreen infotainment machine
• 4.2-hotfoot instrument cluster display cloak
• Wireless Apple CarPlay
• Wireless and wired Android Auto
• Ebook aircon
• 4 x speakers (entrance and rear doorways) and 2 x entrance tweeters
• USB-A and USB-C retail outlets
• 14-hotfoot alloy wheels
• Spacesaver spare wheel
• Faraway central locking
• Cruise retain watch over
• Anti-lock brakes
• 14-hotfoot wheels
• Electronic balance retain watch over
• Hill-launch support
• Autonomous emergency braking with forward collision warning
• Blindspot collision avoidance support
• Rear incorrect-web page traffic collision avoidance support
• Lane Conserving support
• Lane following support
• Ebook creep restrict support
• Driver consideration warning
• Reverse parking sensors
• Rear gape digicam with dynamic parking pointers
• Halogen headlamps
• Halogen daylight hours working lights
• Driver and entrance passenger SRS airbags
• Front aspect SRS airbags
• Curtain SRS airbags
• 4 x map driver’s seat alter
• Electrical folding and adjustable exterior door mirrors

Picanto GT-Line: (to boot to Sport)

• GT-Line Bundle (incl physique kit, gloss murky radiator grille, GT-Line rear badge)
• 6-map handbook driver’s seat adjustment
• Top rate seats with grey accent
• Top rate steerage wheel (D-lower) and shift knob
• 16-hotfoot alloy wheels
• LED headlights
• LED daylight hours working lights
• LED centre garnish lamp
• LED rear aggregate lamp
• Rear USB-C outlet
• Front centre console relaxed-touch armrest
• Electrical and heated out of doorways door mirrors
• Alloy sports actions pedals
• Gloss murky air vent surrounds and equipment shifter surround
• Centre console with storage trays and storage field with lid

Kia Picanto 2024: prices in Australia

All prices listed are sooner than on-avenue expenses.

• Sport Ebook: $17,890 (up $1600)
• Sport Computerized: $19,490 (up $1600)
• GT-Line Ebook: $19,690 (up $1950)
• GT-Line Computerized: $21,290 (up $1950)