Kia Picanto

Score: 8.2 / 10
“The new Kia Picanto is improved in all areas and remains a top contender in the city car market.”
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Model reviewed: Mk3
Score: 8 / 10
“The Kia Picanto Mk3 builds on the stylish design of the Picanto Mk2, but with a higher quality and better equipped interior, more space, a grown-up driving experience and extra personalisation.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Kia Picanto city car has plenty of kit and offers a grown-up drive to go with its sporty looks.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“While its compact dimensions, light controls and tight turning circle ensure it’s a doddle to drive around town and park in the tightest of spaces, the Kia Picanto is also an impressively stable car on the motorway, making it feel considerably more grown up than many of its rivals.”
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Model reviewed: 1.0 DPi AMT 2021
Score: 7 / 10
“The Kia Picanto is a pleasingly well-rounded and charming value offering.”
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Model reviewed: Range review
Score: 8 / 10
“The GT Line’s sports styling may be a bit over-the-top for more mature buyers but will more likely be approved of by the twenty-something clientele that Kia is directly courting.”
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Model reviewed: 1.0-litre T-GDI manual GT-Line
Score: 8 / 10
“Whether or not the racy aesthetics of this flagship model are enough for the Picanto to shake off its rather anodyne image remains to be seen. But its spacious and well-made interior, punchy engine and sorted driving dynamics mean that, cost aside, this is a very capable city car.”
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Model reviewed: 1.0-litre petrol manual 2
Score: 6 / 10
“The Kia Picanto has all the makings of an excellent city car. It’s small, nimble, cheap to run and punches well above its weight for refinement and standard equipment on higher-trim cars.”
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Model reviewed: 1.2-litre petrol manual GT-Line
Score: 8 / 10
“City-dwellers are spoiled for choice in the current small car market. Working in the Kia Picanto’s favour are an enjoyable driving experience, a practical, well-made interior and a strong ownership proposition.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8.4 / 10
“The Kia Picanto is a practical and polished city car, with great specs and infotainment options.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“The Kia Picanto looks great, costs peanuts to run and has a generous boot, but other city cars are better at carrying rear passengers and less strained on motorways.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“The Kia Picanto is a compact city car with a spicy attitude and styling, but a sensible approach to practicality and interior design. It’s available as a five-door hatch with space for five, and a line-up of little petrol engines. It’s a brilliant all-rounder and one of the best in its class.”
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Model reviewed: Range review
Score: 10 / 10
“If you want a small, fun, affordable car the Kia Picanto is probably the next best thing after a Volkswagen Up. The Picanto is fun to drive, affordably priced, cheap to run and does everything you’d hope a small car should do.”
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“The 2017 Kia Picanto is a bit special. So what have they done to make the car so good? Partly a new electric motor-assisted steering that replaces the rather dead and wooden system in the previous Picanto. And partly some clever rear suspension work.”
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Model reviewed: Range review
Score: 8.2 / 10
“Kia’s smallest car has big style and kit”
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Model reviewed: Range review
Score: 8 / 10
“With the latest Picanto, Kia has seriously closed the gap on the Hyundai i10 and Volkswagen Up.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“Another string to Kia’s ever more impressive bow, the Picanto is a fun and interesting city car.”
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Model reviewed: Range review
Score: 10 / 10
“The Kia Picanto is one of the very best city cars, with a smart interior, tidy handling and decent practicality.”
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Model reviewed: Range review
“Certain versions of the Kia Picanto only have a three-star Euro NCAP rating, so we can’t recommend them. Otherwise, the Picanto is a surprisingly good-to-drive little runabout with plenty of equipment and some sophisticated technology.” Rated a DON’T BUY.
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