Kia Picanto 2023– car dimensions: 3595 mm long, 1595 mm wide and 1485 mm high. Boot space with the seats up is 255 litres.
The cabin has an 8-inch floating touchscreen with standard Apple CarPlay and Android Auto plus a 4.2-inch driver display. Manual air conditioning is common with automatic climate on higher grades. Cruise control, rear parking sensors, reversing camera, lane keep assist, lane follow assist and forward collision-avoidance assist with pedestrian and cyclist detection come as standard. Blind-spot collision-avoidance assist appears on top grades only.
Boot holds 255 litres with the rear seats up and expands to 1010 litres when the 60:40 split rear seats fold flat.
The cabin is compact yet practical for five, with manual seat adjustment including driver height, cloth or artificial leather upholstery depending on grade, and 60:40 split-fold rear seats. Higher grades add heated front seats, a heated steering wheel, automatic climate control and a tilting/sliding sunroof. Front headroom and legroom suit most adults. the rear is tighter but usable for short trips. Boot holds 255 litres seats up.
35-litre petrol tank
Service every 12 months or 10,000 miles / 15,000 km
7-year / 150,000 km warranty
2017 Euro NCAP / ANCAP 4-star rating
Standard front, side and curtain airbags plus AEB, lane keep and rear camera
The Picanto runs on unleaded petrol with a 35-litre tank. Combined consumption figures sit in the mid-5 to low-6 L/100 km range on WLTP tests depending on engine and transmission.
Service is due every 12 months or 10,000 miles (UK) / 15,000 km (many markets), whichever comes first. Oil and filter changes follow the same interval under normal conditions. Kia covers the car with a 7-year or 150,000 km warranty.
Safety kit includes dual front, side and curtain airbags as standard, plus ABS, ESC, hill-start assist, tyre-pressure monitoring, forward collision avoidance, lane-keep assist, lane-follow assist, rear parking sensors and a reversing camera. Higher grades add blind-spot and rear cross-traffic systems. The 2017 crash tests gave four stars.
Keeping the car is straightforward: stick to the annual service, use the recommended petrol grade, and the long warranty plus simple mechanicals help with ownership costs and residual value.
Length 3595 mm, Width 1595 mm, Height 1485 mm, Wheelbase 2400 mm (Picanto 2023 - present)
Sources: manufacturer data, Kia Europe 2023 press kit, Kia brochures and Carexpert/autoevolution.