KIA RIO 2017 - THE NEW GENERATION sedan

Kia Rio Sedan 4 doors of the new generation 2017-2018 year - the first news, photos, price and packaging, specifications Kia Rio sedan (4-door) .. The official premiere of the new generation sedan Kia Rio (Kia K2) is scheduled for November 2016 under the auto show in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. New product designed for China and a number of countries in which motorists prefer budget four door sedans. The new Kia Rio sedan is very different from the name of the European version of the hatchback Kia Rio, presented at the Paris Motor Show 2016, but is the brother of Hyundai Solaris (Hyundai Verna) 2 generation. Price trends, according to preliminary information, in China range from 80,000 yuan.

The new generation of Rio sedan has received a more solid body design of the exterior and slightly increased in the external dimensions compared to its predecessor. The dimensions of the wheelbase grew by 30 mm up to 2600 mm.

Sedan is presented in the most saturated configuration (base version looks less solid) with individually mounted LED daytime running lights and fog lights, stylish alloy wheels, enclosures, mirrors with LED repeaters of indexes of turns, painted in body color, chrome door handles and bumpers with bright aerodynamic . Interestingly, LED festoon rear position lamps standard for all trim levels.

External dimensions of the new body Kia Rio 4 constitute doors 2017-2018 year 4400 mm long, 1728 mm wide, 1460 mm in height, 2600 mm wheelbase.

Interior of the new generation of Korean budget sedan Kia Rio in spite of several common components located in the interior of the hatchback Kia Rio for Europe (steering wheel, instrument panel, climate control unit) looks even more solid and harmonious.

In the presence of the original front panel, center console and the center tunnel, ventilation vents, door cards and even chairs. The most important thing is that the multimedia system display is set lower than in the hatchback and saloon perfectly integrated into the surface of the center console, and does not appear as a separate subject, temporarily accommodated on the dashboard.

The passengers of the second row of interior layouts added legroom and prepared a gift in the form of separate ducts, located at the center of the car, between the backrests of the front seats. It's a shame only that the one-piece rear seat backrest. But perhaps in the Russian versions of the Rio sedan will get a separate seat, capable to emerge and increase the useful volume of the luggage compartment.

Interior of the new generation Kia Rio sedan makes a very positive impression: a rigorous instrument panel with a large screen on-board computer, stylish steering wheel with three spokes, convenient and verified the location of the main and auxiliary equipment, comfortable front and rear seats, accurate assembly of interior and high quality materials.

Specifications of the new sedan Kia Rio (Kia K2) 2017-2018 year. 

At the heart of new items modernized budget trolley precursor with independent front suspension (MacPherson strut) and Semi-back (working beam bending), hydraulic power steering and disc brakes on a circle.

In the engine compartment of petrol will be prescribed exclusively atmospheric four-cylinder engines, teamed with a choice of 6 speed manual or automatic transmission 6.

• 1.4 (107 hp 135 Nm)
• 1.6 (123 hp 155 Nm).

Very annoying, but the novelty does not receive new turbocharged three-cylinder petrol engine 1.0 T-GDI, capable, depending on the issue infusions of 100 or 120 horsepower, paired with a 6-step "mechanics" and "automatic". The new engine is offered for the new Rio hatchback on the European market.