2012 Kia Rio SX Video

2012 Kia Rio SX Video Transcript

An incredibly cutthroat sector of the automotive business here. Steel wheels the all new employees thirteen radios we've got the top trim the -- let's drive it. Check the -- Inside of the radio looks a -- Like they're upscale cars that got the Chrome tremendous forty shapes you definitely don't get downscale feeling -- remember -- Sex were the top -- that premium package also rolls in a rear camera though I think you get a rear camera optionally on the as for the -- itself we've seen this before it's a well rendered -- a little bit busy looking system. But it's got a nice easy to read instead of street names roads are pretty well displayed -- their clear this -- does not have the U though. Voice command system which is what they -- -- Microsoft. Instead -- preferred to jump here on the old fashioned buttons and just start entering things -- the touch screen which moves quite nicely. By the way this works while you're driving -- but I want you to -- doing that but your passenger can get on. And all your other ancillary buttons for doing things are nice and big and clear I like that about this system. Now in terms of drive electronics in this vehicle you've got a one choice only six speed automatic here -- double gate pretty garden variety stuff no panels even on this S exports addition overhear this buttons as active eco that takes you in or out of an economy -- -- really dials back throttle response and generally shapes the engine response curve to sip gas. What you don't have in this car is the auto start stop technology that doesn't come on the sport model this SX. -- get our audio sources being a key -- Hyundai you've got this guy here this aux USB right next to each other they use a special cable that can go into your IOS device or of course you can go. One or the other thumb drive or aux cable. I am and FM radio no HD radio on this guy satellite radio is serious that also powers the live traffic to the nav system. Three months complimentary when you buy a new one of these. Optical disk is up here for your CDs only you've got Bluetooth hands free but there is no Bluetooth streaming. Four speakers is standard in a -- and then you get these two guys in the pillar for a total of sixties tweeters RSX only. Couple other touches we have at a premium package which is what we got the navigation system brings you this power glass roof up here. This push button start stop. Believe it in your pocket wireless key and these hated literacy it's -- -- check -- -- Now under the hood here is a pretty good example of mainstream modern engine making circuits -- -- twelfth. A sub two liter engine one point six in this case in line for side saddle -- -- the front wheels of course direct injection. Allowing them to get a 138 horsepower 123 foot pounds of torque out of this got 2500 pound car. Gets up to sixty -- around -- seven's high seven's. And that while delivering 3040. MP EG forty is the magic number if you hit that -- a special club. By the way to get the lower trim versioning EX you're going to also have the auto start stop technology applied here. But only -- he was one MPG city sells it. How -- a single -- and -- Kia Rio. I try to cut was in line for what this car drives like. And I couldn't. It just drives fine there's nothing bad about is nothing notably good about it it's not terribly. Slightly it's not terribly sluggish and the Wright well he's not heart's -- -- not an amazingly nice. It's a very nice compact car and visibility is actually quite good news that matters to you gobble things I would call out that are interesting that. PG number and at what mid 31 is right there that's actually low what was on a trip over a lot of mountainous highways and shifting immediately a lot I was around 3334. I couldn't beat the thirties out of this thing it does really well. In actual driving fuel economy and that's a big part of what you buy this car. I did but they missed paddle shift register often considered to be a gimmick but on this car it rewards manual shifting when you need to get. -- really significant response out of it. The only other note I would make is that -- you drive this car and you don't get the feeling you're in as inexpensive car as it gears. Largely because of the interior appointments on this SX trim level -- -- a good job I think. The amount of money -- the extracting them your pockets but by the way taking off the -- button. They -- big difference in my estimation but -- behaves about the same way to be a little less sluggish lake. To get the high MPG that it does it have -- clings to the highest -- and -- possibly countenance. The -- Okay drives are cheap and cheerful 2013 -- their real -- -- the top trim car 185. Baht and -- -- by nodding -- On top of that you are going to get the premium package or you're an idiot it's an incredible value 2.3 fifty brings you navigation rear camera push button start wireless -- power glass roof. Heated leather seats are you kidding of course you wouldn't.