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Driving In My Rio

Advantages: Relatively inexpensive new, 7 year warranty, good build quality, full automatic gearbox available
Disadvantages: Cheap looking dashboard, have to use Kia garages to maintain warranty

My beloved Toyota Corolla's slow demise began in 2009 and with hindsight I should have bought a new car long before I finally realised the Corolla had given up the ghost. It had become a money pit for me over the final year I owned it with exhaust issues, ...

rosebud2001 13.10.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Kia Rio 1.4 Domino

Kia Rio - Great Car!

Advantages: Cheap to run, great car for a family.
Disadvantages: Interior, tyres

I bought mine last September one previous owner from new and it's only done 25,000 on the clock. When I bought it hasn't done much more since. It's a 1.5 diesel 5 door hatchback very cheap to run, tax is only £125 per year and insurance £232 per year. I ...

chocolatefudge36 17.05.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Kia Rio Graphite 1.5 CRDi

A focus for the price of a fiesta

Advantages: Excellent value, good performance, superb levels of extras
Disadvantages: Hard ride, poor fuel economy

...and I recently had our first baby, we knew that my wife's aging Japanese coupe would have to go. So I searched various websites to find a 5 door hatchback in our price range. I found the Kia Rio and at first it was the base variant that ca ...

timboreeves 24.01.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Kia Rio 1.5

Overall opinion on the Kia Rio SE 1.5

Advantages: the insurance is very cheap,smooth runner,reliable
Disadvantages: its expensive on fuel

Because I own this car, I can tell you that it has very cheap insurance. This could be because of the fact that it has an alarm and an imobiliser, which improves the security of the car dramatically. I think it is necessary for me to emphasise the fact ...

arfanfaruok 24.04.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Kia Rio 1.5

  Her name is Rio

Advantages: Cheap, reliable, comfy
Disadvantages: Name, quality

I started to take driving lessons as soon as I was seventeen. Unfortunately I had a accident which prevented me from continuing, I didn't have any lessons for a few months and then when I turned eighteen I decided to book my test. I failed my test first t ...

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Review of Kia Rio 1.3