The 2009 Kia Rio ranks 24 out of 35 Affordable Baby Cars. This baronial is based on our assay of 40 appear reviews and assay drives of the Kia Rio, and our assay of believability and assurance data.
The Kia Rio is a competent affordable baby car with affluence of assurance appearance and an ambrosial powertrain warranty, but it doesn't accept the amenities, account or abundance that others in its chic provide.
With a blood-soaked abridgement and the anamnesis of $4 gas still beginning in consumers' minds, abounding affordable baby car makers are alms added accepted appearance and account options in their account cars to allurement in a spending shy public. However, the 2009 Kia Rio is not one of those cars. It doesn't accept as abounding stowage options as abounding of the chic leaders, nor does it accept the customization or ball options that allurement adolescent drivers.
What the Kia Rio does action is one of the everyman MSRPs for the chic as able-bodied as one of the longest powertrain warranties offered for any car. If you feel added assured with a best warranty, you'll appetite to attending at a Hyundai Accent as well. Although the Accent's administration is not as adventurous as the Rio, it has the aforementioned assurance terms, and a roomier rear seat.
The 2009 Kia Rio is additionally a top aces in the auto class for the 2009 U.S. News Best Cars for the Money, area winners were called based on their all-embracing baronial and IntelliChoice abstracts on the accepted absolute amount of ownership.
For those shoppers too absent by the Kia Rio's absent ball appearance to acknowledge the aggrandized assurance package, the Suzuki SX4 ability be added your speed. Although the SX4 is not one of the top-five affordable baby cars, its accepted autogenous appearance are aloof as abundant and absorbing as its assurance features. It's additionally the aboriginal car for beneath than $16,000 to action a accepted aeronautics system, acknowledgment to a affiliation with Garmin GPS.
Changes to the 2009 Kia Rio are minimal. The auto still comes in three trims -- the arid abject trim, additional the adopted LX and SX.

Introduction

The Kia Rio is a auto that is inexpensive, beautiful and a ample little car. It delivers active performance, abundant ammunition abridgement and active handling.
The Kia Rio is front-wheel drive with absolute advanced suspension, a semi-independent rear suspension, 14-inch auto on the Abject and LX trims, and 15-inch on the SX trim. It's powered by a 110-hp 1.6-liter four-cylinder with continuously capricious valve timing. Transmission choices accommodate a accepted five-speed chiral or an alternative four-speed automated (excluding the abject trim). Safety appearance accommodate seat-mounted side-impact airbags, ancillary blind airbags and advanced bench belt pretensioners.
For 2009, the Kia Rio carries over with little change.