Since the Rio is pretty forgettable, we’ll remind you it received a facelift for 2021 and features a 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine that produces 120 hp (89 kW / 121 PS) and 112 lb-ft (152 Nm ...

Hyundai and Kia also did a U.S. “product improvement campaign” covering 3.7 million vehicles to install software that will alert drivers of possible engine failures.

Yes, that Kia, the same South Korean automaker whose U.S. showrooms hawk $14K Rio econoboxes and $15K Soul crossovers.

Originally, in 2018, Kia started the product improvement campaign (PI 1803) for 624,460 Sorento, Sportage, and Optima models for certain years that needed a software update to protect their engines.

In addition, Hyundai and Kia are recalling 152,000 Tuscon SUVs from 2011 to 2013 and Sportage SUVs from 2011 and 2012 to fix an engine oil pan leak that also can cause fires.

After 18 months of chaperoning the limited-edition, manually shifted 2013 Kia Rio SX, I'm left intrigued. Read the rest of this 2013 Rio long-term verdict here.

North American powertrain details weren’t released at the Paris show, but Kia did say it will be powered by a turbo three-cylinder 1.0-litre engine and a diesel motor in other parts of the world ...

The Kia owner doesn’t mention a thing about horsepower or torque, but the Chevy 468 big-block engine is good for 600 horsepower and 600 lb-ft (813 Nm) without stretching its legs too much.

Ace of base Kia only had the top-tier EX trim available during our drive, but I'll quickly touch upon the two trims beneath it, LX and S. All Rio trims are available in both sedan or hatchback ...

I sulked about that when ordering our long-term Rio and apparently a few others people did, too. So for 2013 Kia is bringing a limited number of Rio SX five-doors with a manual transmission.