Competes with: Ford Fiesta, Honda Fit, Hyundai Accent, Nissan Versa, Toyota Yaris Looks like: A classier and sleeker and much more horizontal Rio Drivetrains: 130-horsepower, 1.6-liter four-cylinder ...

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The Kia Rio, now in its fourth incarnation, is the Korean automaker’s best-seller with sales close to 475,000 a year. While it is overshadowed in the UK by the European-built Sportage crossover and ...

It may be hard to find a really bad car these days, but it might be even more difficult to find a car that’s attractively affordable. We have two cars here that swing in under $20,000 and it’s weirdly ...

The 2015 Kia Rio's only engine is a 1.6-liter I-4 rated at 138 hp and 123 lb-ft of torque that's mated to a six-speed manual or automatic transmission. Fuel economy is OK for the class at 27/37 mpg ...

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