I recently bought a 1.3 Kia Rio LX brand new from a local dealer. A friend of mine has used Kia for years so I paid them a visit. The name Kia means "out of Asia" and Kia have an alliance with Chrysler, so there's some good support and R&D there for a Korean manufacturer. The Rio LX comes with remote central locking, A/C, CD player, electric windows all round, colour coded mirrors and trim, great instrument display and loads of room inside. It is stylish and is an estate car, fitting five people and luggage easily. It has some neat features like 12v power supply in the boot so you can run portable appliances, neat eh!Unlike many cheaper cars it feels substantial and its fuel injected 1342 cc engine delivers a reasonable amount of power, 80 BHP and cruises all day at 80 mph. The Rio offers everything my Mondeo has but for half the price. It has a 3 years RAC European cover included along with a three year warranty and 5 years paintwork warranty. Service intervals are every 10k miles or 12 months and there are around 120 dealers across the UK. A full service is around £130 so it's good value. It is available on Kia finance at 10,2% APR, which isn't too bad and unlike some car companies they do not push all the extras down your throat. Overall I am extremely pleased with the car, it's looks, fuel economy (around 40mpg urban), it's power and the features. It is certainly a brand to watch. Visit www.kia.co.uk for more details.
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