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Bill Buys

Contributing Journalist

3 min read

The world's city car market is growing and will reach about 2.5 million a year within the next few years, and one of its top movers is the Kia Picanto a model still foreign to Australia.

The little A-segment hatch has been readily received in most markets across the globe for the past seven years and has now been totally revised in its second generation. Slightly longer and wider than before, the once cute hatch now has the distinctive Schreyer lines that give it a much classier look.

Its wide stance, 'tiger's nose' grille and 'eyes of the tiger' headlights with built in LED daytime running lights, make it a real head-turner. The longer wheelbase has also given it a bit more passenger space and a 27 per cent bigger boot, a full 200 litres. It's a smoother car too, with better aerodynamics than many vehicles in bigger categories.

Read the full Kia Picanto 2011 Review.