New Kia Stonic 2019 Review Interior Exterior

New Kia Stonic 2019 Review Interior Exterior.

The Kia Stonic is designed for those who want to experience a real adventure with every ride. Aerodynamic lines and a daring grill underline his individuality. Large air intakes and the perfectly designed underbody protection underline its urban character.

Designed and engineered for perfect handling, the Kia Stonic convinces with taut and direct steering. Convince yourself of the strength of the high-strength steel of the Chassi. This offers safety and pure driving pleasure in all your ways.

With the 1.0 T-GDi engine with 120 hp, the driving fun is really on. Take a seat and fasten your seatbelt. Let's go, let's go!

Make yourself comfortable. The interior of the Kia Stonic features innovative technologies. The standard 7 "display provides you with all the information you need - all controls are within reach, so you can always focus on the ride.

Sporty appearance can still be reconciled with spaciousness. The Kia Stonic will prove it to you. Due to the ample storage space, the luggage also has enough space for a weekend trip with friends. And should you ever need more space, you can easily fold the back seat in 60:40 Split.

The new Kia Stonic supports Android Auto ™ and Apple CarPlay ™. Stay connected and enjoy your favorite music from your smartphone.

With Kia Connected Services powered by TomTom you are always up to date in terms of traffic, traffic jams, weather, etc. Everything is displayed on the 7 "display.

Do you love technology? The Kia Stonic loves her too. Convince yourself of its standard 7 "display If you opt for the navigation device, even the Map Update is free for 7 years.

Discover the Kia driver assistance technologies. They are designed to increase safety on the roads. The modern systems support you in road traffic - so you can fully enjoy your ride.

The Stonic is based on the same platform and engines as the recently launched Kia Rio supermini, and while that means it wasn’t at the front of the queue when they were handing out personality, at least from a mechanical point of view it has some provenance. In an attempt to give it some funky, urban character Kia has created a chunky, square-ish body for the Stonic.

It’s a largely successful job, slightly reminiscent of a Skoda Yeti, making good use of Kia’s family ‘Tiger’ grille and slim lights, with the bulk and height of the front end rather well disguised. The back is quite tidy too, with a neat detail in that the C-pillar seems to wrap over the back of the roof. That’s more obvious when you have a contrasting roof colour, but choose carefully as some colour options (there’s a particularly bright yellow) will look better in the brochure than on the street. White looks too plain, but there are nice metallic grey and red options.

The B-SUV segment is not one that’s over-flowing with driving talent. If we say that the Fiat 500X is among the best cars in the class to drive, you’ll begin to understand what we mean. These cars are essentially superminis with stilts, and dynamic capability is generally a good way down the list of priorities compared to, say, styling, roof-rail fittings, or jazzy seat trim.

So if we say that the Stonic is one of the better small crossovers to drive, that may sound like damning with praise so faint you’d need an electron microscope to find it. To be fair to the Stonic, though, it’s none too shabby. The steering, as it is in the Rio, is too light and too devoid of feel to actually have any fun, but around city streets, on the open road and the motorway, the Stonic felt… fine.

Not exceptional, not especially engaging, but without serious vice, and with some quite good points. That light steering and the square-edged styling make it feel quite nimble through tight gaps and narrow twists, and while you do need the optional parking camera to help you see past that thick C-pillar, it’s easy on the nerves in confined urban agility tests.

We would raise one potential question mark over ride quality. With the standard-fit 17-inch alloy wheels, the Stonic did feel a touch firm on its German launch, occasionally bouncy. It may be that it’s a car that struggles to cope fluidly with British bumps and lumps. But that would make it far from unique in its class – choosing stylish wheels can compromise comfort.

Of the engines, the 1.0-litre three-cylinder turbo petrol engine is the undoubted star. It spools up quickly and smoothly, and has diesel-like economy and emissions figures. It’s not the cheapest engine by any means (the basic, but rather underwhelming 100hp 1.4-litre petrol fills that role), but it’s the one that feels best suited to the Stonic, and vice-versa.

You could go for the torquey 1.6 CRDi diesel, but while that’s refined at a steady cruise, it’s noisy when you ask for extra go, and for the Stonic’s in-town role, petrol is surely the better option these days.

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