2024
Manual
54.3 mpg
Tax: £190
Mileage: 132
Petrol
2021
53.3 mpg
Mileage: 414
Mileage: 441
Mileage: 638
Automatic
52.3 mpg
Mileage: 650
Mileage: 867
2022
Mileage: 969
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Mileage: 1,371
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Mileage: 1,534
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Here's how we used to understand small car categorisation and the difference between Fiesta-sized superminis and their smaller, cheaper citycar counterparts. You paid extra for a supermini because it was slightly bigger, because it was better finished and more stylish and because it had more refined engines that made possible longer journeys. So where does that kind of thinking leave us with a product like this, the improved version of the third generation Kia Picanto? This design has been on sale in various forms since 2017 and competes with the kinds of models we'd see as citycars, yet boasts the kind of interior space a supposedly bigger Peugeot 208 or Vauxhall Corsa had until quite recently. It's very nicely built and acceptably stylish. And yes, it's quite at home attempting longer journeys. Here is the citycar, all grown-up. Where that leaves today's supermini sector is something we don't have to worry about here. Suffice it to say that most of what you'd pay up to £20,000 or more for in that class of car is delivered by this Kia. Other urban runabouts that have previously advanced that argument have either been expensive and/or three-door only, like say a Fiat 500, or have felt too cheap and noisy to really justify themselves as only-car transport, like a Suzuki Ignis or, perhaps, a Hyundai i10. We mention the Hyundai because that essentially is what this Picanto is underneath. Kia has used the underpinnings from this best-selling design, then refined them, improved the build quality and now added a sharp new suit of clothes on top. On paper, a pretty effective route to creating a class-leading contender. Let's see if it's worked.
So much of the motor industry today wants to tell you to buy an EV. We're here to tell you that if you need a small runabout and your budget is limited, you'd probably still be much better off with a combustion-powered citycar. And after trying this Kia, you might well think it should be this one. It's not uncommon for us to assess a vehicle and wonder why it's been launched. Some manufacturers get their product design cycles out of phase with economic conditions, while others launch into a once-fashionable market that's gone cold. But then there are those that arrive plum square with the right product at the right time; this improved version of the third generation Picanto is most definitely one of those. So many brands have pulled out of the sub-supermini segment in recent years, but there's still a strong demand for this affordable class of car and in this updated form, this JA-series Picanto will satisfy that more thoroughly than ever before. It doesn't do anything that's particularly fresh or radical, but its blend of affordability coupled with solid engineering, impressive build quality, generous equipment and clean styling builds upon its tiny ongoing running costs to form a convincing buying proposition. Back that up with a great warranty and this improved Kia Picanto emerges as one of the very best citycars we've seen in quite some time.
Borrow £6,000 with £1,000 deposit over 48 months with a representative APR of 18.1%, monthly payment would be £172.36, with a total cost of credit of £2,273.28 and a total amount payable of £9,273.28.
