Kia Cerato 2019 News

Utes and SUVs dominate the sales charts these days, but Kia is determined to remain in the shrinking passenger car market - and it could be the key to its future growth.

With one quarter to go before the end of 2019, Australia's new car market continues to haemorrhage sales as September's figures reveal a drop of 6.9 per cent to 88,181 units compared to the same month last year.Only the SUV market managed to find growth l

Australia's best new cars are now one step closer to being announced, with judges finalising the Top 10 models for each 2019 CarsGuide Car of the Year award.

Toyota maintained its stranglehold on the Australian market in July, taking out most popular new vehicle and runner-up, and holding an unchallenged total market share.

Kia Motors Australia has bundled more safety equipment to its base Cerato S to create the Si variant, priced at $24,290 before on-road costs for hatchback or sedan body styles, which will target volume fleet buyers.

Toyota has lost a massive rental car fleet contract that has put an 1800-car dent in its annual sales and contributed to an 8.5 per cent slide in year-to-date results.

The Australian new vehicle market continued to fall in May, with an 8.1 percent slide across the market, matching an 8.1 percent decline year-to-date in 2019.

Australia’s declining new-vehicle market continued its slide in April, with Kia the only top-10 brand to record positive sales growth for the month, according to the latest VFACTS sales data.

Kia Motors Australia (KMAu) now offers a hatchback body style for its popular Cerato small car as well as sporty GT variants to top the sedan and hatch ranges.

Pricing and features for Kia’s top-of-the-range Cerato GT small hatch and sedan have been revealed on the company’s website ahead of the car’s Australian launch this week.The ‘build and price’ configurator on Kia Australia's website shows the new-generation Cerato GT in sedan and hatch form lists for $32,990, or $31,990 drive-away.Standard features include an 8.0-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, digital DAB+ radio, Bluetooth connectivity, sat nav, wireless phone charging, a 4.2-inch digital instrument cluster and an eight-speaker JBL sound system.As for comfort features there's dual-zone climate control, leather trim, heated and ventilated front sports seats with the driver’s being eight-way adjustable, a proximity key and push button start.The GT is the sporty Cerato in the line-up and while it’s not a hot hatch (or sedan) by any means it’s definitely warm with a 1.6-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine making 150kW and 265Nm.That’s the same output as Hyundai’s i30 N-Line, which is substantially the Cerato GT’s twin under the skin.Unlike the i30 N-Line the Cerato GT won’t give buyers the option of a manual gearbox, with the Kia only available with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. You’ll be able to read CarsGuide's full review of the Cerato GT later this week.Kia Cerato GT Pricing 2019Check out all Year Make Model price and spec info here.