May get as old as the picanto
The Kia Stonic Has Been Renewed. And how. The facelift that kia is implementing on the stonic is so thorough that, based on the photos, you might think it’s completely new down to the smallest utility, connector, and wire. But that’s not the case!
Kia HAS Injected its compact crossover in the segment of Cars like the Nissan Juke and Renault Captur with a dose of Fresh Vitality. It needed it too. The Kia Stonic was presented in mid-2017 and is now eight years old. In August 2020 – Already Five Years ago – The Kia Stonic was Already Facelifted Once. Now Kia is Doing It For A Second Time, But much more Significantly.
Kia Stonic: New Bumpers, New Lighting, and a New Tailgate. Looks completely new, but it isn’t.
At first glance, one might think they see a completely new model when looking at the photos of the renewed kia stonic, but that’s not the case. Those who look closely at the Window Line, the Roof, and the Shape of the Doors Will See This Is a Havily Updated Version of the Original. The Compact Crossover has brand New Lighting at Both the Front and Rear. With Those New Headlights and Taillights, The Stonic Visual Seamlesly Aligns With The Design of the Kia EV3, EV5, EV9, and the Facelifted Picanto and Sportage. To Properly Integrate Those New Lighting Elements, Kia also had to revise the Front and Rear Fenders. Of course, more is needed to give the stonic, originating from a completely different design era, a fresh face. Therefore, Kia Gives the Stonic Completely New Bumper Work at Both the Front and Rear, New Alloy Wheels, and a New Tailgate. But there’s more.
Also (Almost) Unrecognizable from the inside
Kia Tops Off the Stonic Party by Introducing New Safety Systems in Addition to New Colors and Fabrics. We Mention Blind-Spot Collision Avoidance Assist With Safe Exit Warning, Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist, Intelligent Adaptive Cruise Control, and Highway Driving Assist With Lane Following Assist. Try to remember that.
On the International Engine List, We Find A 100 HP 1.0 Three-Cylinder Gasoline Engine With Turbo (with Manual Transmission Or with DCT Automatic) and there are 115 HP Mild-hybrid Variants of the Same 1.0 With the Same Transmissions. Interesting: The Current Mild -Hybrid 1.0’s Are – At Least On Paper – 100 HP Strong.
The Thoroughly Renewed Kia Stonic Has Been presented in Seoul, But It Doesn’t Stay There. Kia Calls The Renewed Model A World Car; You can bet it’s coming our way. You’ll Have To Wait A Little Longer for the European Version. Despite its age, The Stonic Does QUITE Well in the Netherlands. A Total of 19.088 Copies Have Been Delivered, or which 2,641 Last Year. This Made 2024 The Best Dutch Year for the Stonic After 2019 (3.115 copies). In The First Eight Months of This Year, 1,731 Copies Were Delivered.