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JANUARY 18 - 24 | 2019
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NOT TOO HOT: Sporty, without being over the top in appearance, the new Kia Rio GT-Line is a neat little performance machine.
2019 Kia Rio GT-Line By EWAN KENNEDY looks to be timeless rather than ground breaking, it’s very much a nod to the European marques. It has the latest evolution of Kia’s ‘tigernose’ grille introduced late in 2018. Its grille is thinner and wider and gives the Rio a positive appearance. The GT-Line features a relatively subtle body kit with black mirror caps and black details in the sills and around the rear lights. It rides on attractive 17-inch alloys. INSIDE The cabin is nicely styled and to our eyes has a somewhat upmarket look. The straight lines running the width of the dashboard increase the sense of space.
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The GT-Line gets a sporty flat-bottom steering wheel with simple-to-use infotainment controls. Also sporty carbonlook details. There are bottle holders in every door, these take 1.5-litre bottles in the front and half-litre bottles in the rear. Large drink holders in the front were much appreciated. INFOTAINMENT At the centre of the dashboard is a reasonably sized 7.0-inch touchscreen with a high-resolution display. There’s a sixspeaker sound system, Bluetooth, Apple Carplay and Android Auto. POWERTRAINS Kia Rio GT-Line has a sporty 1.0-litre threecylinder turbo-petrol with 88 kW of power and 172 Nm of torque. Thus it’s following
the European route where virtually every late model car now uses a smaller capacity unit with turbocharging. The Rio GT-Line’s engine drives the front wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch automated manual. A full-manual gearbox isn’t on offer, shame but that’s the way of the future. Indeed it’s the way of the present as you can no longer buy a Ferrari with a manual ‘box. This turbo engine is unique to the Rio GTLine, a 1.4-litre naturally-aspirated petrol engine is used in the rest of the Rio range. SAFETY Standard features on all Kia Rio models include ABS, ESC, VSM, reverse parking sensors, rearview camera and six airbags.
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KIA’S fourth-generation Rio first arrived here in January 2017 and received a major upgrade in November 2018. The subject of this week’s road test is the sporting Rio GTLine. It sits in an interesting position in that it’s not a hot-hatch but rather provides added driving appeal and a bit more power than the standard models. It’s a warm-hatch rather than a hot-hatch, which leaves room for a hotter model at some time in the future. Kia Australia won’t comment on this, but stay tuned and we will bring you news when / if it comes to hand. In the meantime let’s look in detail at the Rio GT-Line. STYLING The design is neat and tidy and already
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