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For locomotion Kia presents two aluminum-block powertrain options.
The base engine is a dual-cam 2.4-liter in-line-four plant with CVVT (continuously variable valve timing) for high-tech metering of the fuel burn.
BOB - According to the Kia press information I picked up from its website, Kia has ongoing contacts with some heavy-hitters like Lotus Engineering, Rover and Bosch. These European inputs no doubt had a lot to do with the Spectra's strong points.
The engine will make 138 horsepower, and Kia predicts that the Rio can get up to 30/40 mpg city/highway. For 2012, the Rio gets optional ISG technology, which turns the car off when it’s stopped to conserve fuel.
My car is a kia pride CD5, I engine swap it for a mazda Z5 efi engine.
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In the company's lineup, it replaced the Kia Pride, whose production ceased in 2000. Other cars occupying a similar market niche as the Rio include the Toyota Vitz (Toyota Yaris or Echo in some markets), Chevrolet Aveo, and the Hyundai Accent.
Overshadowed by minority owner Hyundai, Kia products were for the most part, functional but unexciting.
Average: A giant leap for Kia - and for the Kia price list. It is better than you would expect, but also much more expensive.
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3 million square meters and total Kia production capacity has soared to more than 1.15 million vehicles a year. Today, there are more than two million Kia vehicles in service on the roads of more than 160 countries around the world.
Each front occupant gets their own mobile toy charger. Nice. It's a small, but thoughtful detail that suggests Kia product planners were considering drivers and passengers living in the 21st century.
Initially, all 2011 Sportage models will be powered by the beefy 2.4 liter four cylinder making 176 horsepower. Due later in the model year is a turbocharged, 2.0 liter four cylinder Kia promises will pump out more that 270 horsepower.
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Jaguars are known to have begun life as motorcycle sidecars. The classy Shogun Sport was once a humble pick-up. And the latest reincarnation of the Mazda Demio is directly descended from a supermarket trolley, or before that, from the Kia Pride.
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With some minor updates, the car got a second breath of life. Once that run was exhausted, the production line and tooling was shipped out to South Korea where Kia produced a slightly modified version.
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