[big_boz]

Morning picanto Peeps,


I have a PicantoLoan car from the Kia garage in Leeds as they have my Rio in today for some work and its nice. The Wife needs a new car soon and i think one of these will do quite nicley but, i cant work out which model it is......



Its a '61 Plate new shape 5DR with alloys, Steering wheel Controls, its a Petrol but it feels like a 1.0l not a bigger engined car. I think its a "2" but do they come in a 1.0l? it dosent say Ecodynaics on the boot like my rio does, if it was a 1.25 Eco "2" would it say so on the back?



If it is and this is not a 1.0l then i think its too slow for her. It does sound alot like an Aygo that we used to own and that was a tripple......

 

[big_boz]

Worked it out, its a 1.0 "2"

 

[davy]

Worked it out, its a 1.0 "2"

Dont go breaking speed limits now

 

[big_boz]

Worked it out, its a 1.0 "2"

Dont go breaking speed limits now

No chance of that, its deadly slow above 40, quite torquey low down, fine for the city, but i wouldnt want to take it on a Motorway!

 

[Armac08]

Yeah big difference in engines 1.0 0-60 14secs / 1.25 0-60 11secs.

 

[gosco]

Unless you're exclusively going to be doing "city" driving, I'd strongly recommend the 1.25. We've used my wife's over the past 2 weekends instead of our larger car, and it's really impressed me, even on the motorway. The sharp brakes take a bit of getting used to, but it's easy to drive smoothly with a bit of practice. The size of the Picanto really is deceptive of driving something larger.