2012 Kia Rio

[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?

[Mark Ilagan]

updating fc on my 2012 rio 1.4 a/t...pure city driving (top speed 20kph at any given time) 7 to 7.5 km/l
long travel (Lucena city/Makati back and forth) over 200km travelled 12km/liter... odometer reading 2,000 km

[nimasreb]

I bought my rio ex mt last april 17 sa kia pasig. excited kasi after 7 years of driving an suv, finally makakapag drive rin ako ng sedan. first time i rode it, sobrang sarap dalhin, ang tahimik ng makina kala mo di siya umaandar. fast forward june, may napansin ako na ingay sa makina sa may bandang passenger side. mejo naalarma ako kasi before i decided to buy the unit, bumibisita na ako dito sa tsikot forum. im very much aware sa maraming issue ng hyundai accent, which was actually my first choice because mas mura siya. during that time di pa kasi lumalabas ang 2012 kia rio. nung lumabas ang kia rio, sobrang nagandahan ako although i still had my reservations kasi accdng sa mga owners ng hyundai accent, parehas lang ang makina ng rio and accent so ibig sabihin prone din siya sa katok. tanong ko lang sa mga fellow rio owners, meron din ba kayo naririnig na ingay sa makina especially dun sa mga new rio models.im planning na dalhin ito sa casa sa saturday to have it check. pero gusto ko malaman sana kung normal ba ito sa mga fellow kia rio owners lalo na yung mga nakabili ng latest model. thanks.

[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.

[reuelc]

I bought my rio ex mt last april 17 sa kia pasig. excited kasi after 7 years of driving an suv, finally makakapag drive rin ako ng sedan. first time i rode it, sobrang sarap dalhin, ang tahimik ng makina kala mo di siya umaandar. fast forward june, may napansin ako na ingay sa makina sa may bandang passenger side. mejo naalarma ako kasi before i decided to buy the unit, bumibisita na ako dito sa tsikot forum. im very much aware sa maraming issue ng hyundai accent, which was actually my first choice because mas mura siya. during that time di pa kasi lumalabas ang 2012 kia rio. nung lumabas ang kia rio, sobrang nagandahan ako although i still had my reservations kasi accdng sa mga owners ng hyundai accent, parehas lang ang makina ng rio and accent so ibig sabihin prone din siya sa katok. tanong ko lang sa mga fellow rio owners, meron din ba kayo naririnig na ingay sa makina especially dun sa mga new rio models.im planning na dalhin ito sa casa sa saturday to have it check. pero gusto ko malaman sana kung normal ba ito sa mga fellow kia rio owners lalo na yung mga nakabili ng latest model. thanks.

care to share fuel consumption and performance?


I have a Toyota Vios 1.5mt. I also experience slight engine knock 2x on the 2nd year then everytime dinala ko sa casa naayos naman agad. 2nd time i brought it di na bumalik. Difference lang siguro sa hyundai/kia service e hindi pa nila kabisado ang engine, whereas in toyota they can easily correct the problem.

Sana mag improve ang service ng hyundai at kia, sayang ganda pa naman ng lineup. I heard from on one of Hyundai insider that there are news that Hyundai Corp is planning to take over operations in Ph, sana matuloy para naman, hopefully, mag improve ang service dito.

[reuelc]

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.

have you tried turning off the eco mode? if so ang lakas talaga if you're averaging 6km/l. di kaya nagkamali ng install ng engine baka 1.2 ang nalagay im sure you can still do better.. i hope.

[RVRSSG2.0]

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.

Oh my, not to burst your bubble or anything but kung ganyan yung FC prior to 1000th km PMS, I think it's really quite matakaw. I mean mag iimprove sya pero konti na nga lang siguro. But who knows, diba? Sana mag improve pa nga sir

[eido]

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.

sir ano avg speed mo nyan? nakakatakot yung FC na yan a

[cyberian]

sir ano avg speed mo nyan? nakakatakot yung FC na yan a

City = 20-50km/hr
highway = max. 70km/hr.

Easy on the gas pedal, ECO always ON. I expect the fc will be even worst if I drive it harder on the pedal in pure sport/manual mode- fast overtakes and acceleration on stop & go. Indeed, this car is "small but terrible"... on the fc.

The engine is tuned for economy not power, given the displacement. You'll know this when accelerating on the second & third gear during overtaking and uphills. A/T is slow and doesn't seem to get on the right gear on uphill accelerations forcing me to engage sport/manual mode on several occasions. Power is adequate but not great, generally an understandable performance on an "economy" sub-compact car. Not that I'm complaining but just an observation that requires adjustment about my perception on this car that consumes fuel like a 1.6L or 1.8L.

I am still happy with this car, the family does. Fit and finish is great, quality materials and design. This top of the line model has standard features I desired for a car this size and budget from Start/Stop button, factory alarm, all-power including the folding side mirrors, factory 3M tint, concept style rims and low profile 17" tires, projector headlights and LED strips on the rear, projector fog lights, cruise control, steering wheel remotes, climate control air-con & clean-air filter, head unit with the ability to copy & store approx. 150 mp3 songs, comfortable and quiet cabin, and the full size spare tire, among others. Needs improvement is the crappy sound, factory pathetic horn and although subjective to taste, seat surface material changed to leather.

[c_cube]

medyo malakas nga ang FC mo ha

my first full tank shows from the trip computer that my distance to empty was 567KMS.

hindi pa ako nagpapafull tank ulit kaya hindi ko pa nako-compute yun manual computation.

Im using Caltex GOLD on my first full tank and ECO OFF since i got the unit

[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.

[basti08]

Wow! Ang lakas pala sa gasolina nyan! hehehe

[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