Kia Picanto News

By Stephen Ottley · 21 Jan 2023

We wrote at the start of 2022 that it would be a pivotal year for the South Korean brand, testing whether all the work it had done in recent years would pay off in the sales charts. The answer was a resounding yes. Kia became Australia's third best-selling brand in 2022, capping (at least for now) the company's ascendancy from outsider to a key player in the market. As recently as 2017 Kia was on

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Time to downsize your house AND your car?

By Tony O'Kane · 06 Jan 2023

It seems that as society starts to shift toward smaller domiciles, so too should we be shifting to smaller cars – which is a bit of an issue given carmakers have been steadily subtracting light cars from their Australian showrooms, or pricing them deep into the $20K-plus region.

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Surprising brands top passenger car sales

By Tim Nicholson · 14 Oct 2022

We all know SUVs and dual-cab utes have taken over as the most popular types of vehicles in Australia.Of the one million new vehicles sold in Australia just 10 years ago in 2011, SUVs only made up a quarter of those sales, while utes captured 150,000 regi

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MG 3, VW Golf and more wait times revealed

By Tim Nicholson · 07 Jul 2022

Anyone in the market for a new car right now knows how challenging it can be to get into a new model immediately.A high number of variants of most top models are on backorder with customers facing lengthy wait times, in some cases more than a year.However

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Bargain bonanza: Kia Picanto life extended!

By Byron Mathioudakis · 17 Jun 2022

Kia has stated its intentions of remaining in the sub-$20,000 end of the new-car market in Australia indefinitely, with the confirmation that the current Picanto will live on and evolve at or near its $16,000 price point for a number of years to come.

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Are Kia's cheapest new cars cheap enough?

By Byron Mathioudakis · 09 Jun 2022

Like most carmakers fuelled by the heady mix of high demand and low stock, Kia is on a roll in Australia.

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RIP: Sub-$14K, RWD SUVs, cheap limos, coupes

By Byron Mathioudakis · 28 May 2022

Australians used to be spoiled for choice.

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Niche car models that aren't really necessary

By Tim Nicholson · 30 Apr 2022

Sometimes carmakers mess with the recipe when it comes to different vehicle niches with great success.Whoever rolled the dice on combining an SUV body style with a coupe is probably laughing now because they have become ubiquitous.

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Kia Picanto, Rio and Cerato safe in Oz

By Andrew Chesterton · 02 Mar 2022

Kia's push into the premium EV space is now officially underway with the launch of the EV6, but the shift to electric powertrains won't come at the cost of the Korean brand's cut-price petrol-powered models.

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New-car buyers left waiting four-plus months

By Justin Hilliard · 07 Feb 2022

Looking to buy a new car in Australia but struggling to find one with a reasonable delivery wait time? You’re not alone, as pandemic-related delays have gripped the automotive industry for the better part of two years. But now we have a better idea of exactly how patient you must be

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