New Kia Picanto with LPG drive

The new Kia Picanto is now available with LPG drive can be ordered. This will complete Kia line, the motorization of the new small car that has come onto the market in May 2011. Like the two available gasoline versions (1.0 and 1.2 liter) is also the Picanto 1.0 LPG from a highly efficient engine of the “Kappa” series driven. The three-cylinder engine develops 82 hp, a top speed of 156 kilometers per hour and allows, in combination with the optional start-stop system, a CO2 emission of 90 grams per kilometer (15-inch wheels: 95 g / km). Thus, the LPG engine, the most environmentally friendly engine for the new Picanto . It comes standard with a five-speed manual transmission. The starting price for the three-door Picanto 1.0 LPG is € 10 930, € 11 330 for the five-door model. Deliveries will start in October.

Picanto 1.0 LPG with start-stop system consumes an average of 5.6 liters per 100 kilometers LPG , which costs about half as much as gasoline. Thus, the LPG version is in fuel costs by up to 30 percent below the already highly economical 1.0-petrol (average consumption of 4.1 liters of gasoline per 100 km). The tax breaks for LPG – even gas car named – until the end of 2018 enshrined in law.

In Europe the environmentally friendly gasoline alternative is strong and there is now a very tight supply network. To take customer concerns, find in each country in time to a LPG filling station that owns the Picanto 1.0 LPG in addition to the 35 liter LPG tank in addition a 10-liter tank of gasoline. This allows the driver to travel another 150 miles, if the LPG runs out. The entire vehicle applies to the factory installed LPG system, the Kia’s comprehensive warranty of 7 years or 150,000 miles.

The new Picanto will be 3.60 meter long. In the front view, he conveys the same vitality as its bigger brothers Venga and Sportage.

The interior, stylish and functional, offers an unusually for this class high quality material and benefits from the larger dimensions of the second generation model: The driver and passenger legroom has grown by 36 millimeters, the much larger luggage compartment holds 200 liters now.

With its three equipment versions ATTRACT, VISION and SPIRIT, the new Picanto complete comfort, from daytime running lights, cruise control and comfort indicator (standard in ATTRACT) over central locking, electric front windows and height-adjustable driver’s seat (standard in VISION) to air conditioning, audio system, electric folding exterior door mirrors and 15-inch alloy wheels (standard in SPIRIT top version). Optional are also amenities such as heated front seats, automatic climate control and dusk sensor available.

The basis for the comprehensive occupant protection is the rigid body, which consists in large part from high-strength steel and has been specially reinforced in key areas. The standard six airbags and a knee airbag for the driver and active head restraints (both series in SPIRIT) will enjoy the maximum passive protection, while the effective brake system with standard brake assist and electronic stability control (standard in SPIRIT, optional for VISION) is a high active safety level.