With the subcompact market growing more crowded with the arrival of the Ford Fiesta, the Chevrolet Sonic, the Mazda 2 and the new Hyundai Accent, the timing couldn't be better for Kia to roll out ...

The platform of the 2018 Kia Rio 5-Door is all-new and firmed up by the use of lighter, more rigid steel. Kia, like Hyundai, is proud to point out whenever it can that it has its own steel mills ...

The Rio is Kia's smallest and most affordable ... including body-colored door handles, side mirrors, 15-inch steel wheels, and steering wheel-mounted controls. Bump up one notch to the EX model ...

What’s more, the 2018 Kia Rio 5 doors will be one of the safest cars in its class thanks to 32% more advanced high-strength steel than the previous generation, Kia says. Believe it or not ...

When a car company actually listens to feedback and responds. Case in point is this 2013 Kia Rio 5-door SX equipped with a six-speed manual transmission. When the latest generation Rio arrived for ...

It makes one wonder why Kia would even bother with a redesign of the 2018 Rio sedan and 5-door hatch ... from an increased use of high-strength steel. The Rio now has multiple structural paths ...

Earlier in the day, Orth Hedrick, Kia's VP of product planning, told us how the Rio's structure makes use of high strength steel to help ... while the Rio 5­-door is now 160.0 inches long ...

The Kia Rio S 5-Door is a thought experiment. How much car do you really need? After a few days with one, $20,200, 38 MPG and all, I'm not sure there's much else on my end. Full Disclosure ...

The Rio is Kia's least-expensive entry in their lineup. Prices start at just above $15,000 for the sedan, while the 5-door adds about $1,100 to that price. Styling for this generation is clean and ...

1. Powered by a direct-injection 1.6L 4-cylinder the Rio makes 138-hp and gets 30/40-mpg. 2. Models equipped with Kia’s Idle, Stop and Go (ISG) start-stop system will get a 1-mpg improvement in ...

The Rio is Kia's least-expensive entry in their lineup. Prices start at just above $15,000 for the sedan, while the 5-door adds about $300 to that price. Styling for this generation is clean and ...