General Comments:

This is a good running car. Very cute, small, and comfy. Was afraid to buy a Kia, but it has proven me wrong and I would definitely buy another one.

Also has great gas mileage.

Faults:

Slow gear shift on the automatic transmission from reverse to drive, and vice versa.

Knock on the tin that this car is made of, no problems as of yet, but reading the review forums, I am a bit scared of the lack of warranty upholding on the part of the manufacturer.

To be frank, I have been trying to sell this car for 5 months now, and I have not had one bite yet. I am fairly priced, and I have only had auto brokers try to buy it for far below the true market value.

General Comments:

I replaced a '02 Hyundai Elantra with manual, with my '08 Kia Rio LX, automatic with the power package. Although a bit smaller, the Rio out performs the Hyundai ten fold.

I drive my Rio 140 miles round trip to work, and besides the uncomfortable seats, the car is not so bad.

The radio is a plus with the power package, upgraded 6 speaker with a sub woofer built in.

The car is a lot bigger inside than it appears. I am 6 foot tall and I have no problems getting in and out.

I have a lot of stuff in and out of this car, and it does not ever stop. I am on the go 24/7, and besides the recommended oil changes, spark plugs and transmission fluid services, normal wear, the car has been going strong since I drove off the lot.

The lot is another story, but we will not go there.

Faults:

None so far.

General Comments:

The Kia Rio runs stable at 150kph, and the engine is not noisy even at this speed.

The aircon can't provide enough coolness when the whole family is in the car and the sun shines brightly.

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

I had a 1997 Hyundai Excel that I was using for work. It was difficult for me to drive long distance as I'm 6'4".

In the Rio I have heaps of leg room & head room.

I found the economy is good, but will improve as the Rio is broken in.

I found that the dealer was very helpful.

I bought a Rio LX green manual. I thought about the EX version, but decided against it as it really only gave me an arm rest, extra airbags & ABS brakes.

I had decided against the Rio, and maybe getting a Cerato or Hyundai i30, as the Rio has no cruise control option. The dealer advised me of an after market cruise that they can fit, which I did as well as tinting the windows. I found it works great; the car cruises at 60 - 100 kms easily. Better than the standard cruise control that my wife has on her Hyundai Elantra.

Overall very happy. Highly recommend anyone to buy a Rio or any Kia model.

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

I bought my Kia Rio in June of 2008. It is Gold in color.

So far, I've had nothing go wrong with the car. The windshield had to be replaced at 3,000 miles due to getting cracked with a stone on the highway, but other than that it's a good little car for the money.

Faults:

Nothing as of this writing.

General Comments:

I bought my New Kia Rio about a month ago to replace my 99 Civic. I was looking for a Chevy Aveo, but I could not find any in my area so I choose the Kia.

So far I don't have anything bad to say about it. I had an 04 Camry that was a rattle trap (last new car I bought), and by this time I had it back to the dealer a couple times, but so far no problems with this Kia Rio. I think I got a winner this time.

The seats are very comfortable, decent trunk size. The radio picks up radio station nicely. It's awesome that at 4$ a gallon gas that you can put 20$ in and it fills it up a good share of the way.

Only downfall I would say is that, trying to merge onto a busy freeway can be tricky for a second or 2, but other than that the car has ample power.