I love my little Rio, I would give it 5 stars on the looks alone. Has excellent power and high end speed for a little 4 cylinder the interior looks great and the added Bluetooth iPod connection are great. The downsides are as soon as you turn the a/c or headlights on it seems to suck up all the power from the performance of the car and it also chews through petrol when these are on otherwise it's normally very economical. luckily where I live it's cold most of the year and I do not drive much at night. Also has some bad blind spots and the dash is rather long so vision can sometimes be an issue but all in all great little new car for the price

Just got a 2013 Kia Rio auto and so far so good. It's a fun car to drive, the little 1.4L delivers surprisingly good power and the sports automatic gives it a racy feel. The boot is a bit small but usable and the back seats are a bit crammed if you are tall. It eats through the fuel faster than I was expecting as the fuel consumption rate is suppose to be 6L/100km. In terms of driver comfort the Rio is pretty good with a nice range of seat and steering column adjustments. It also has plenty of modern tech features such as auto headlights, Bluetooth, USB and Aux inputs, hill-start hold and a stylish interior. I have only had the Rio for a month so I can't comment on reliability but from what I've heard they are a pretty good car.

Purchased a clean example.
Did what it was purchased to do.
Everything works well.
The factory speakers sound so much better with an upgraded stereo system.

Easy to drive and maneuvre.

Unfortunately it uses ore petrol than it should. I was getting ~10L/100km for a 1.6L hatchback. On researching the issue, this seems to be the norm.

Since new the Rio has had an intermittent problem with missfirering. It has been back to the dealer 5 times and they have not been able to isolate a part that is causing the problem. Finally they have agreed to replace parts but they are on back order so they have had the car a week and it will be 2-3 more weeks without a car, very unhappy!!

This is an average small car for driving/comfort etc. However at about 100,000 km's the airbag warning light came on and would not turn off. Took it to Kia dealership, they said the passenger airbag was faulty, my problem-not theirs. Cost to me to repair $1200. Be very wary of lack of dealer assistance after warranty expires. In addition at 120,000 km's the speedometer stopped working. This is still a work in progress with the auto electrician. A search of the internet shows these are a common problem with the JB Kia Rio's. Kia would have been well aware of these problems but their silence is revealing. Remember, cheap comes with problems.

Brilliant little car, so comfortable, feels bigger than it is and plenty of head room for even taller people. My only hint would be change the original tyres to a more expensive one, like bridgestone pretenza for example to make it stick to the road and quieten the cabin noise to almost nothing!! brilliant car + the 5 year warranty, you wont go wrong!! They are not the KIA's of old, they have come a long way sine the early days to be something fantastic

This little car has pretty good performance considering the size. Noise wise, it is quite quiet. Handling is smooth.
There is plenty of leg room. The dashboard is a nice height.
The car itself is quite cheap to fill up, around $45 a full tank.
Would recommend as a good first car.

THIS IS A MUST READ TOO THE END! I loved driving my Kia Rio 2015 model! It's amazing to drive, I can boost up the seat to see over the dash board because I am quiet short, cheap to run as well!
I absolutely loved it!
Until I had an accident!
Going 70ks an hour & was hit twice my air bags didn't deploy!
I am so let down!
I believe it does NOT had the 5 star safety rating that Kia claims it has!
i would not go out and buy another one anytime soon, whip lash & other injuries are not worth it!

Just reached 9,000 KM had KIA Rio since May 27th 2015 drove to Gold Coast and Brisbane from Leongatha area and 1 week driving around traffic 2165 KM 146.37 Liters, 14.79 Km per liter or 6.76 Lt-rs per 100 KM, but going back I used E10 for 1,000 KM of a 1,864 Km trip back and fuel economy changed to 7.4 Lt-rs per 100 KM changed back reg unleaded and dropped to 6.5 Lt-rs per 100, so I will never use E10 again proof in the pudding.
43 Lt tank E10 cost 2 cents a liter cheaper saving 86 cents cost in extra fuel 7 litres more fuel, cost $8.20 based on $1.20 a liter.

Brought this car in august 2015 beautiful looking and great to drive especially for zipping around town always easy to park in tight places everything in this car is great and it looks much more expensive than it actually is. It's very economical and reliable to drive great car!

have rio 1.6 si auto only paid $19,450 drive away so did not over pay now have 15,000 km on the clock all my driving has been done long distance last trip big run sunshine coast out to long reach 2,650 km in 5 days .car went wonderful .never looked under the bonnet .fuel got down to 6.1 /100 km when going hard got up to 8 km/100 .must say I think the rio top end is around 180 km hour revs around 4,500 rpm think it could give more kia controls that .my rio flew to be honest felt very good on the road near even got to many stone chips . my insurance is under $190 full comp very cheap to run. hope this helps people to know kia is a good car push for a good deal ......