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  • Introduction

    Kia sales to keep booming with all-new Picanto small car

    The new Kia Picanto is the latest addition to the Kia model range, presenting customers with a winning combination of exciting innovative design, lively competitive performance, class-leading interior dimensions, great fuel economy, and ultra-low emissions. Attractively styled, with a zest-for-life character, this is a car that´s small on the outside, but feels big on the inside. Picanto is capable of seating four full size adults, or a family of five in comfort. It is exceptionally versatile with a wide range of seating options and a spacious interior that merit the description ´mini-MPV´.

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  • Styling & Design
    Cheeky, wide-eyed visual appeal

    Combining cheeky wide-eyed appeal with sporty, modern lines, the exterior of the Kia Picanto is clearly inspired by European tastes and preferences. Designer Kang Lee has given the new small car a distinctive and attractive appearance with the people-carrying abilities of a mini-MPV.

     

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  • Versatility

    MPV-style utility in a mini-car package

    A key customer benefit, which Kia designers were determined to achieve during the Picanto´s development, was maximum versatility. Aiming to appeal to active drivers and families with young children, the goal was to ensure that Picanto answered the widest possible range of consumer wants and needs.

    Essentially, the goal was to provide MPV-style utility within a mini-car package. With that goal in mind, the Picanto was designed to provide the maximum amount of interior space - comfortably accommodating four large adults - and to make that space fully flexible for a wide range of uses.

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  • Engines Transmissions and Performance
    Lively, sporty and miserly with fuel

    At launch, the Picanto comes with a choice of gasoline engines - a 1.0-litre or a 1.1-litre SOHC (single overhead camshaft) powerplant - and either a five-speed manual or a four-speed automatic transmission (available on the 1.1-litre only). In 2005, a diesel engine will join the model line up.

    Both gasoline engines are compact, are using lightweight aluminium parts with 12-valve cylinder heads. Size-for-size, they offer an excellent blend of lively, sporty performance, outstanding fuel economy, and super-clean exhaust emissions. They are fitted with three-way catalytic converters and meet Euro 3 or 4 emissions standards, depending on countries´ regulations.
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  • Suspension & Running gear
    European-style ride and handling

    The Kia Picanto is fitted with independent suspension designed to deliver both agile handling and a supple, comfortable ride on European roads.

    At the front, a subframe beneath the engine bay supports the lower arms of the McPherson Strut suspension, and optimises wheel alignment and steering geometry. Following industry ´best practice´, the co-axial coil springs are offset for smooth operation. The shock absorber strut incorporates the anti-roll bar attachment point, to provide handling stability and improved ride without sacrificing mounting rigidity. A zero camber angle for the front wheels allows the Picanto to steer and maneuver with minimal effort and low tyre scrub.
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  • Equipment
    High-specification arrives in the A-Segment

    For a small car, the Picanto provides a great deal of comfort and practicality. The car also incorporates a range of technologies - some visible, some beneath the skin - to ensure the maximum in driving pleasure. Kia has a proud reputation for packing a lot of car into a value price range, and the Picanto takes that reputation a stage further.

    The Picanto´s impressive interior space and amazing fuel economy are aided significantly by the inclusion of a Tyre Mobility Kit (TMK) that obviates the need for a spare wheel and saves around 9 kg in weight.
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  • Safety & Security
    Sophisticated kit makes Picanto ´best-in-class´

    Kia is determined to offer its customers the highest levels of safety when travelling in one of the company´s products - from the smallest to the largest of its vehicles. Extensive research and development into structural design and vehicle behaviour in real-world accidents, has resulted in Picanto providing excellent occupant protection for an A-Segment car.
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  • Technical specifications
    Body & Chassis
    Four/five-seater, five-door hatchback, with all-steel unitary body-chassis construction. Choice of two transversely-mounted, front engines (gasoline or in 2005, diesel) driving the front wheels via a five-speed manual gearbox or four-speed automatic transmission (depending on model).
    Choice of two equipment levels - LX and EX.
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