2012 Kia Rio

[jpabuel2003]

kia rio 2012 owner din ako, fc ko light to moderate traffic (with some heavy traffic) 10kms/L. Pure heavy traffic 7-8kms/L. ODO 4,300+.
pero b4 2000 kms malakas FC ko... sabi sakin before after 1k kms mag nonormalize FC ko, pero after 2k kms saka palang gumanda FC ko... observed nyo nalang muna tas update nyo din dito.

[beckham07]

yung mga mababa FC bakit d nyo try ibalik sa casa. meron kse nakahb sa rio club fb na nagimprove FC nya nung dinala nya sa casa.....
MT rio 2012 ex ako 15 ang hiway ko, light to moderate 9-10, heavy 7-8. 2k odo.
i remember getting 6fc nung mga unang araw ng gamit ng car pero after a week it's like that na.

and yah, pagidle malakas sa gas.

[yapoy86]

break in pa yan.. pag nag change oil kayo magbabago pa yan.... ganyan talaga pag brandnew ang makina.... tsaka syempre excited pa kayo sa bago kotse.. madalas kasi medyo alalay pa kayo tumapak sa gas eh.. humahaba tuloy nag stay sa isang gear...

[b16sir_stock]

Had a short ride from la salle to robinsons manila on a new Rio 1.2 LX taxi last friday and here are my observations:

-ride is okay, quite similar to a Vios.
-very modern ang design and feel.
-in typical Hyundai-Kia fashion, yung rear window medyo maliit and mataas.
-rear visibility is not quite good for me.
-maganda yung dashboard and the optitron gauges look nice.
-the engine stalled twice. Di pa siguro gamay ni manong drayberz.

For the price of 588k? 599k? Lol I don't know. It definitely has more features than a Vios base (at 584k) and it looks better, too! (than the Vios base variant only ha) Wala nga lang airbags.

Meron na ba mga naka-1.2LX dito sa Tsikot? Share naman your FCs o. And how's the engine performance? Same engine kasi sila ng i10 and dun ok na ok sya. Yung FC nga lang ng A/T

Thanks!

kamusta kaya ang FC ng 1.2?

[RVRSSG2.0]

kamusta kaya ang FC ng 1.2?

Same question. Kamusta kaya yung 1.2 sa Rio na mas mabigat pero M/T. Yung i10 1.2 A/T namin kasi matakaw! Lately nakaka 9-10kms/l na lang kami sa city. (same sila ng engine ng Rio pero 1.25 yung Rio)

[RVRSSG2.0]

Found this hehe

The engine in the new Rio LX is one of the smallest ones in its class: a 1248cc twin cam, 16-valve inline-4 that produces 87 horsepower and 120 Newton meters of torque. As a drive, there's a decent amount of power transferred to the road through a smooth 5-speed manual transmission. Don't expect much performance or perhaps challenging the previous gen Accent CRDI taxicabs on stoplight dashes, as the Rio is best kept at casual speeds for maximum fuel efficiency. Going by the multi-info computer, I was doing 10.2 kilometers per liter in the city (with moderate to heavy traffic) and 15.5 on the highway (light to moderate traffic, 80-100 cruising).

- Vince ****elos (2012 Kia Rio 1.2 LX - Honest Car Reviews by AutoIndustriya.com)

[cyberian]

FC report update- 2012 Kia Rio5/Pride HB 1.4 A/T:

.........................................FULL TANK 1........FULL TANK 2.........FULL TANK
...........................Date:......June 4, 2012........June 14, 2012.......June 20, 2012 (that's today)
............................Fuel:......Petron XCS..........Petron XCS..........Shell V-Power Nitro+
..........................Liters:......34.6L...... ............33.7L..................34.9L

(Trip Computer Display):
..........Distance to Empty:......476km...............492km............. .....501km
...........Distance traveled:......204.9km............194km........... ........N/A
.......................AVG F.C.:.....15.5L/100km.......17.0L/100km..........N/A
...........................................or 6.45km/L.........or 5.88km/L........N/A

(Manual Computation
.............Full Tank (Liter):.......34.60L..............33.7L.......... .........34.9L
.......Odometer (traveled):.......204.9km............194km........ ..........N/A
......................AVG F.C.:......5.92km/L...........5.76km/L...............N/A

So far, the second full tank yielded no improvement on my fc in full A/T mode. City driving=140kms (est.), highway=54kms (est.). The combined fc of 5.76KM/L at this moment is quite high and deplorable. I’m still halfway to the 1st PMS (1,000kms) though and I’m still hoping of reaching the supposed 8-9km/L city fc as declared by Kia Sales agents.

Even if my fc improves by 20% (est.), which normally does after break-in on my experiences with brand new Corollas (1.3 & 1.6L), Sentra 1.6L and Optra 1.6L, my Rio5 should get an improvement of at least 40% to reach the magic number of 8-9km/L. Those cars I mentioned had better fc figures than this Rio5. Hopefully, Kia will improve the fc after PMS as the SA promised to look into this matter.

This afternoon I’m using a full tank of Shell’s V-Power Nitro+ to see if this fuel yields better fc over the Petron XCS. I will also going to try the Petron’s counterpart- Blaze, soon after.

[eido]

Sir kung 20-50 km/h city mo tapos nasa 6 km/l lang fc mo may problema na yang kotse mo. Turn off mo na Eco mo. Sayang pera mo sa pag test mo

[pop3corn]

Sir kung 20-50 km/h city mo tapos nasa 6 km/l lang fc mo may problema na yang kotse mo. Turn off mo na Eco mo. Sayang pera mo sa pag test mo

balewala fuel saving technology ng kahit ano man klase bago car na ilalabas dito basta Manila City Driving ang katapat. so yan na yun, walang problema kia rio nya. you guys rely too much on on board trip computers eh hindi naman AI yun, ang nag-program nyan ng mga engineers binase sa road environment nila like for example sa Korea

since 2003 and 2005, may onbaord trip computers na ang Chevy Venture and Ford explorer namin, kung puwede lang mag-strike yun trip computer sa kung anu-ano nilalabas nya sa daily compute nya hahaha..

that Kia Rio HB is a gas guzzler for 4 reasons:

- it's A/T with 1.4L engine
- it has 17" inch rims
- it's big body na din comparable in size na nga yan sa prev gen Civic.
- it's gurgling dirty gasoline from our "honest" fuel stations lol

kaya nga enjoy nyo na lang exteriors nya dun na lang kayo bumawi.

if Kia releases the manual version with lower diameter rims, baka dun pa mag-improve FC nya.

ganun din yun sa Econ button ng Honda na walang silbi sa present setting natin


so here are my gathered facts from 3 thread here:

Kia Rio HB - 6km/liter (from this thread)
Kia Soul - 6km/liter (from soul thread)
Kia Sportage - 6km/liter (from *SG's sportage)


pass Kia na. let's wait for the figures of Skyactive and Ecoboost engines.

[Starex_Gold]

Kia Sportage - 6km/liter (from *SG's sportage)

Sorry I average 7.4km/L now. ;)

Pumapalo lang ako ng 6km/L pag mabigat talaga paa ko. Inaantok ako pag mabagal, e'.

[pop3corn]

Sorry I average 7.4km/L now. ;)

Pumapalo lang ako ng 6km/L pag mabigat talaga paa ko. Inaantok ako pag mabagal, e'.

grabeh hanggang 7.4km/liter *SG. 99 CRV ko consistent sa 8km/liter (pure city rush hour9 13 years old na yun 4wD pa. ano ba talaga pinaglalabas ng mga bago car ngaun, walang man lang ka-impru-improvement lol

intayin ko na lang kaya yun Ford Ecosport hehe

[Starex_Gold]

Oo nga eh medyo malakas parin kahit 7.4km/L.

Besides the hell I care kung mas matipid yung luma mong CR-V, eh manual yan.

[eido]

balewala fuel saving technology ng kahit ano man klase bago car na ilalabas dito basta Manila City Driving ang katapat. so yan na yun, walang problema kia rio nya. you guys rely too much on on board trip computers eh hindi naman AI yun, ang nag-program nyan ng mga engineers binase sa road environment nila like for example sa Korea

since 2003 and 2005, may onbaord trip computers na ang Chevy Venture and Ford explorer namin, kung puwede lang mag-strike yun trip computer sa kung anu-ano nilalabas nya sa daily compute nya hahaha..

that Kia Rio HB is a gas guzzler for 4 reasons:

- it's A/T with 1.4L engine
- it has 17" inch rims
- it's big body na din comparable in size na nga yan sa prev gen Civic.
- it's gurgling dirty gasoline from our "honest" fuel stations lol

kaya nga enjoy nyo na lang exteriors nya dun na lang kayo bumawi.

if Kia releases the manual version with lower diameter rims, baka dun pa mag-improve FC nya.

ganun din yun sa Econ button ng Honda na walang silbi sa present setting natin


so here are my gathered facts from 3 thread here:

Kia Rio HB - 6km/liter (from this thread)
Kia Soul - 6km/liter (from soul thread)
Kia Sportage - 6km/liter (from *SG's sportage)


pass Kia na. let's wait for the figures of Skyactive and Ecoboost engines.

lagay ko lang ulit 20 - 50 km/h avg speed nya tapos 6km/l fc.

kotse ko 10km/h avg speed, fc ko 7.5km/l. ayala ave makati rush hour yan. 2.2 kotse ko

tingin mo wala problema kotse nya?

[chua_allan]

*cyberian

I think I have to agree with you... fc ng hatch in city is around 6-7L/km only. Last sunday, pumunta ako ng Angeles, at 100kph driving I was only able to lower down the consumption upto 15km/l based on the computer reading.. di ko na nasubukan mag 80kph kasi medyo gahol kami sa oras.. but 80kph is the optimal/most efficient.

Ito napansin ko sa engine ng hatch... matagal sa 1st gear bago lumipat ng 2nd.. which a big factor sa consumption ng gas..

Sir favor po, paobserve po sa hatch niyo kung same din ba... ito yung scenario..
At flat road and 4th gear speed.. around 70kph.. release niyo po yung gas(free wheeling?) hayaan niyo bumagal magisa(so bababa yung rpm)... to the point na magddownshift siya to 3rd then 2nd magisa.. at the point na nagdownshift siya, bigla ba tataas rpm niyo ng konti tapos kung meron kayong mararadaman na biglang self accelerate siya ng konti(parang binanga ka sa likod?) same goes sa 3rd gear to 2nd.. from my point of view hindi dapat ganyan ang pagdownshift

[cyberian]

*cyberian

I think I have to agree with you... fc ng hatch in city is around 6-7L/km only. Last sunday, pumunta ako ng Angeles, at 100kph driving I was only able to lower down the consumption upto 15km/l based on the computer reading.. di ko na nasubukan mag 80kph kasi medyo gahol kami sa oras.. but 80kph is the optimal/most efficient.

Ito napansin ko sa engine ng hatch... matagal sa 1st gear bago lumipat ng 2nd.. which a big factor sa consumption ng gas..

Sir favor po, paobserve po sa hatch niyo kung same din ba... ito yung scenario..
At flat road and 4th gear speed.. around 70kph.. release niyo po yung gas(free wheeling?) hayaan niyo bumagal magisa(so bababa yung rpm)... to the point na magddownshift siya to 3rd then 2nd magisa.. at the point na nagdownshift siya, bigla ba tataas rpm niyo ng konti tapos kung meron kayong mararadaman na biglang self accelerate siya ng konti(parang binanga ka sa likod?) same goes sa 3rd gear to 2nd.. from my point of view hindi dapat ganyan ang pagdownshift

Your city figure is what I suspect the real average fc for our Rio5, way lower than Kia's claim of 8-9km/L. I have no qualm on Rio5 true fc if Kia SA just informed me of the actual fc numbers. Unrealistic fc by SA would just make me fuming mad coz it makes me think I'm a jackass.

I'll try running the car according to the scenario you mentioned if I got the chance to drive sa higway. I'll post my observation soon after.

[cyberian]

lagay ko lang ulit 20 - 50 km/h avg speed nya tapos 6km/l fc.

kotse ko 10km/h avg speed, fc ko 7.5km/l. ayala ave makati rush hour yan. 2.2 kotse ko

tingin mo wala problema kotse nya?

20-50km/h average city speed based on regular tachometer display on the move not based on trip computer at 16 avg speed.

Just been to car wash this morning and the guy next to me grumbled on his Civic 1.8S' high fc of 8km/L around the city. His normal route usually include moderate to heavy traffic from home, office and school trips. His eyes got wide and jaw dropped in disbelief upon hearing my fc. His highway fc yield is at 15km/L. Now his smiling... at my expense if I say so myself.

At present my city fc is closed to or about the same to Camry, Accord, Cr-v 2.4 4x4 and Fortuner gas. Seemed to me this sub-compact Rio5 is a gas guzzler for it's size.

[c_cube]

mukhang malakas nga FC ng rio. pansin ko sa fuel gauge ang 1/4 natatakbo ko around 70kms, mixed highway and city with heavy traffic in makati and edsa

but i'll wait for my next full tank to get the actual FC

[pop3corn]

so kung ganyan na talaga, then that makes it the worst of three worlds na, (1) less powerful engine (malamang hirap ito sa overtakean), (2) gas guzzler, and then (1) low ground clearance car (talo sa baha and potholes). parang sa lahat talo ka na. the only reason why i'm considering to buy again a sedan is bec. I thought newer sedans nowadays are thrifty and nimble, dahil na din sa improvements sa technology. it's been more than 10 years since I drove my last Civic, kaya hindi na ako sanay sa sedan.

oh well, siguro enjoy na lang nyo yun good looks nya and you got a car with start stop engine tech na less than 900K. if you buy the right colors nga lalo na yun red, you can convoy na nga with a Veloster with this beautiful exterior car.

pati nga yun sa Accent na M/T, sabi nila masama daw ang FC din. kasi malaki din ang body talaga ng Accent eh for a 1.4. eh dati yan 1.4 pang Picanto / Getz lang yan

wala pala talaga advantage ang mga new sedans nowadays, ang gastos pa sa pang-ilalim nyan mga yan lagi palit every 2-3 years. Vios lang siguro ang talagang matipid kasi yun taxi drivers na nakakauusap ko, they vouch for its thriftiness

[c_cube]

Sino may part number ng rear fog light switch para sa HB? wala ako makita sa net eh

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Banawe nalang kaya, pasabay ko na sa switch ng front fog light hahaha!

[cyberian]

Sir kung 20-50 km/h city mo tapos nasa 6 km/l lang fc mo may problema na yang kotse mo. Turn off mo na Eco mo. Sayang pera mo sa pag test mo

Either my fc problem is isolated or this is the actual fc for Rio5 early on it's mileage and may improved after a few thousands run. Even at 20% gain after break-in, a 7-7.5km/L may not be low for this car of this segment but I can live with it. The car is heavier by 30kgs, has wider & larger tires and rims compared to the sedan of same drive-train, which according to some feedback here the average fc is around 7-8km/L city at moderate traffic.