Kia Picanto 2023 News

Why the 2020s belongs to Korea and not China or Japan

By Byron Mathioudakis · 19 Aug 2025

Sorry, Swifties. While we appreciate the cultural phenomenon that is singer/songwriter, artist and philanthropist Taylor Swift, this is not a paean to a great pop star, but, rather, a reference to the year that marked Japan’s stellar ascension as the biggest threat to the established carmakers of that time. Their fear was existential as well as actual.

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Kia Picanto loses budget price crown to MG3!

By James Cleary · 21 Dec 2023

Kia Australia has confirmed pricing for its heavily updated third-generation Picanto city car, with cost-of-entry now higher than MG's light-car market-leading MG3 Auto hatch.Priced from $20,690 drive-away, the 1.2-litre, four-cylinder, entry-grade Picant

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Could this be the next cheapest EV in Oz?

By Tom White · 25 Sep 2023

The Kia Ray MPV is the sister car of Australia's most affordable new vehicle - the Kia Picanto.

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Kia officially reveals new Picanto

By Tung Nguyen · 04 Jul 2023

Kia Australia has confirmed the punchy turbo-petrol Picanto GT will be discontinued with the facelift of the micro hatchback coming later this year.

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Kia confirms cheap small cars to stay in Aus

By Byron Mathioudakis · 17 Jun 2023

Kia has confirmed that it will double-down on its passenger-car offerings over the next few years, releasing replacements for its Picanto supermini and Cerato small cars through to the next decade.

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Here's what the 2024 Kia Picanto looks like

By Tom White · 06 Jun 2023

Despite losing the Rio, the smaller Picanto will continue in Australia - and here's what it will look like next year!

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Why is Australia's road toll still so bad?

By Laura Berry · 30 Apr 2023

Why is the annual national road toll increasing despite cars being safer than ever before? CarsGuide spoke to road safety policy makers and accident experts who know why more people are losing their lives, and they have revealed new tech coming to cars that will force us to slow down.

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List of the last manuals!

By Laura Berry · 26 Mar 2023

Manual gearboxes are being killed off by the soulless, unromantic savages who want a car with an automatic transmission. Which is nearly everybody. So, the car manufacturers are making hardly any manual cars now. But for the few beacons of hope trying to save this rare animal from extinction we’ve made a list of new cars still with manuals that are for sale in Australia. But for how much longer?

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2024 Kia Picanto facelift: what we know

By Byron Mathioudakis · 19 Mar 2023

With the ageing MG3 likely to vanish and the Suzuki Ignis’ future up in the air, Kia is set to take the high ground by offering the lowest-priced new car in Australia with the next Picanto.

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Need a $30K new car, SUV or ute? Read on!

By Byron Mathioudakis · 24 Feb 2023

Congratulations. You’ve secured $30,000 and need a new car.

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