The Kia Rio S 5-Door is a thought experiment ... that the car doesn't come in any particularly fun colors. You can get blue! It's blue. You can get red! It's a very plain red.

The platform of the 2018 Kia Rio 5-Door is all-new and firmed up by the use of lighter, more rigid steel. Kia, like Hyundai, is proud to point out whenever it can that it has its own steel mills ...

Case in point is this 2013 Kia Rio 5-door SX equipped with a six-speed manual ... The SX looks even better in red than our blue long-term car. I would trade ours for one with a manual in a heartbeat.

With the subcompact market growing more crowded with the arrival of the Ford Fiesta, the Chevrolet Sonic, the Mazda 2 and the new Hyundai Accent, the timing couldn't be better for Kia to roll out ...

The Rio is Kia's least-expensive entry in their lineup. Prices start at just above $15,000 for the sedan, while the 5-door adds about $300 to that price. Styling for this generation is clean and ...

Both the Rio sedan and the Rio 5-door also benefit from a revised spring and damper setup that Kia says will make the vehicle more compliant and comfortable. Advanced high-strength steel increases ...

But now, Kia has now announced a limited run of six-speed manual-equipped hatchbacks. Up until now, if you wanted the top-of-the-line version of the Kia Rio 5-Door, you could only get it with the ...

Kia has presented the 2016 model year Rio sedan with cosmetic tweaks today at the Chicago Auto Show. This global debut is joined in the home town of indie rock music by the Rio 5-door, which was ...

What’s more, the 2018 Kia Rio 5 doors will be one of the safest cars in its class thanks to 32% more advanced high-strength steel than the previous generation, Kia says. Believe it or not ...

It makes one wonder why Kia would even bother with a redesign of the 2018 Rio sedan and 5-door hatch ... from an increased use of high-strength steel. The Rio now has multiple structural paths ...

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Jan. 19, 2017 /CNW/ - Today at the Montreal International Auto Show, Kia took ... the new Rio 5-door is made up of a significant proportion of Advanced High Strength Steel ...