KIA Picanto

The 2008 range of KIA Picanto has changes in appearance, equipment and supply of engines.

The most important equipment change is that the petrol engined version with more expensive equipment "Emotion" may have stability control, yet is still lacking that the cheaper versions and the diesel, to have this element. Another improvement is that the current Picanto has a new integrated radio much easier to handle than the previous model.

The engine range is composed of one petrol 1.1 liter 65 hp or a 1.1 liter diesel 75 hp. The spiciness of the new range and is not available with the 60 hp gasoline engine: partly because of this, the Picanto Gasoline is no longer the cheapest utility there.

From the standpoint of price, relative to the competition, the Picanto Diesel (from 9731 €) comes out better off than the petrol (from € 8871). There is no diesel car at a price similar to the Picanto that is so powerful (75 hp) that has more power the cars are larger and more expensive.

Picanto In the case of gasoline, if the main criterion for choosing is that the price is as low as possible, there are other alternatives: the most basic versions of the Fiat Panda, the Chevrolet Matiz, Citroen C1 3p of the Renault Twingo , is below € 8,000 (the Panda costs just over 7,000).

However, some of them have no power steering (the Panda and Twingo) and others have a three-door body, which can be inconvenient for some people (the Twingo and C2). The Chevrolet Matiz it meets these two requirements, but not at the level of a Picanto in different variables. The Panda 1.2, in addition to cost less than the Picanto, may have more equipment. In fact, no other utility that can be price stability control, browser, Bluetooth, six airbags and air conditioning. The Panda is not better than the Picanto in road, stability or performance.

Among the smaller cars with gasoline engine, five doors and steering, the Picanto it is the cheapest. Paying the costs a little more than Picanto Toyota Aygo about 5p or 5p a Citroen C1 with power steering, can compensate for the Picanto suspension is more comfortable and has a better driving position. The advantage that the small cars from Toyota, Peugeot and Citroën (Aygo, C1 and 107 respectively) with petrol engine 68 hp, is that they are faster than the Picanto to 65 hp, and its consumption is lower.

If no value is given to the fact that it has five doors, cars are larger than the Picanto which may be preferable and cost a similar amount of money, as the Citroen C2 1.1 Furio and Twingo 1.2 Authentique (both with 60 HP) . The larger size of their body to that of the Picanto is noticed mainly in the trunk size.

For use by city and surroundings, the Picanto with petrol engine gives better results than the Diesel. The Picanto Petrol is much more pleasant to drive because it has a more rapid, requires less space to rotate, the engine has a better response (the Picanto Diesel engine is a little lazy in town), and the suspension is a better fit (s more comfortable and stable). However, the Picanto Diesel of the new range is softer and vibrates less than the model launched in 2005.

Diesel can agree whether to use a lot of road-that's where you can take advantage of their greater power, and whether to make the mileage necessary to compensate economically compared to gasoline.

The gasoline Picanto (1.1 to 65 hp) is strong enough to travel by road easy to legal speeds. If there is long and steep slopes have to go down a gear to avoid losing much speed. If you have to overtake on a dual carriageway in the Picanto cars passed as in other less powerful: there is much difference between doing well or doing poorly. Doing well on the way out is to give more acceleration where (if a vehicle ahead of you at 80 km / h must be done through third) and start accelerating a few seconds before changing lanes to pass another vehicle.

The consumption that we found with gasoline Picanto traveling all types of roads at speeds close to the statutory maximum has been 6.2 l/100 km. He spent the same city and doing some ring to a big city at an easy pace.

Traveling highway at a rate slightly higher (120 km / h) spent about 7.0 l/100 km, which, though not much compared some other similar car (a Panda 1.2 60 HP does not spend less and is slower ), for a purpose and is not a particularly low cost per kilometer.

The new Picanto, changes have affected the body length, which is 40 mm longer (up to 3535 mm). Compared to the previous model, the wheelbase remains the same, but the length of the overhang is greater.

Now the range has electric power steering (just before the Diesel). This element contributes to consumption in the petrol versions is lower, as the Picanto does not pay registration tax in any of its versions.


The suspension is the same as in the previous range, but has some slightly different settings.