2012 Kia Rio

**cyberian** · June 17th, 2012 01:33 AM

Originally Posted by Starex_Gold

Marami din kasi difference sa price. Tsaka sinadya ng CAC itapat ang price ng base Sportage sa old price ng base Tucson. Sila sila lang din nagpapatayan dito kasi magkaiba naman distributor eh.

Kia is an affordable quality brand for the masses and Hyundai as a more upscale brand to Hyundai Group. In other countries, Kia variants are about 20% cheaper than the Hyundai counterpart but our local Kias are very expensive that it priced itself out of competition. Look at Kia Forte- a civic, altis, masda3, elantra segment counterpart but priced at the level of an entry level sonata! The latest gen Sorento is more expensive than Hyundai counterpart Santa Fe. Top of the line Sorento 4x4 in the States tops around $34k (P1.5M-) but ours is around P2.1M! Isn't this one of the reasons that sales figures of the Sorentos is not quite the same as the last generation, eh?

It's a good thing the Rios are priced just right, affordable and full featured in this segment.

**Starex_Gold** · June 17th, 2012 01:36 AM

Noticed my mistake.

Should be "Marami ang difference sa features" pala. Sorry. The base model Sportage have the same features as the base model Tucson. Sa Sportage at Rio sumakto na pricing nila.

The rest, halatang overpriced.

**cyberian** · June 17th, 2012 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by Starex_Gold

Noticed my mistake.

Should be "Marami ang difference sa features" pala. Sorry. The base model Sportage have the same features as the base model Tucson. Sa Sportage at Rio sumakto na pricing nila.

The rest, halatang overpriced.

Your observation was on target. I raised these overprice issues to Kia a long time ago when they launched the all new Sorento and Kia Forte. To me the Forte pricing was a disaster, killing the sales of this beautiful car .

The Sportage Manual is priced at P1.020M here in Cagayan de Oro inclusive of shipping. Have I known the fc of the rio suck I should have grab the Sportage manual- having the same fc ng rio5 sa city.

**RVRSSG2.0** · June 18th, 2012 01:51 AM

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!

**pop3corn** · June 18th, 2012 01:29 PM

tsk tsk for a 1.4L tapos ganyan lang FC. mabagal na makina tapos lakas pa sa gasolina. parang worst of both worlds ah.

i guess enjoy na lang ng exterior lol

**jpabuel2003** · June 18th, 2012 03:12 PM

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.

**jpabuel2003** · June 18th, 2012 03:13 PM

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** · June 18th, 2012 03:51 PM

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** · June 18th, 2012 04:14 PM

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...

**pop3corn** · June 19th, 2012 02:25 AM

ganun ba tlaga kelangan i-break-in. hindi na ata uso ngaun ganyan. nun bago sta. Fe ko nag 10km/liter ako pero after 5000km naging 8km/liter for 5 years consistent.

anyways, i doubt if the Kia Rio sedan will improve its FC, kasi mas malaki pa body nyan sa accent eh. yun kia rio hb naman tingen ko talagang malakas sa gas kasi aside from A/T eh it has 17" rims.

yan na ang figures nyan. kung improve man yan baka +1km lang. ang masakit dyan sa rio wala knocking and low power problems, bad FC na.