Just a few months after the all-new Kia Picanto was released, it was honoured by receiving the highly coveted IF product design award for the year 2012. Kia Motors has actually received three such recognitions in the last few years including the Venga B-segment MPV in 2010 as well as the Optima mid-size sedan and the Sportage compact SUV in 2011. The renowned red dot design award was also granted to Kia Motors multiple times in the last couple of years. The IF design award is based on three scored categories for automobiles including technical ingenuity, professional expertise and eco-friendliness.
Cars such as the Kia Picanto are doing exceptionally well in today’s market because of increasing gas prices on major parts of the globe. Because the Picanto is able to get more than 65 mpg, most consumers cannot resist saving the extra monthly cash from driving a car with fantastic gas mileage. In addition, those who drive the Kia Picanto can do so knowing they are doing a great service to the environment; CO2 release is only 95g/km. Perhaps one of the most attractive characteristics of purchasing the Picanto is the owner’s guarantee which lasts for 150,000 kilometers or seven years – whichever comes first.
Although the three-door Picanto can only be purchased in European nations, the five-door model is widely available throughout the global market. In 2011 alone, nearly 180,000 Kia Picantos were purchased around the world. Regardless of whether you choose the five-door model or the three-door model, you will be driving in style while enjoying all the benefits of modern technology gadgets on your journey. One wouldn’t imagine that one car could have both great gas mileage and sufficient space in the interior, but the Kia Picanto actually provides a roomier front seat, back seat and boot than its earlier form.
When you trade in a big luxury car for a smaller one with better gas mileage, you usually have to give up a variety of comforts, but the Kia Picanto fortunately comes with an incredible technology package that takes travel to a greater level of expediency than ever before. For your entertainment, there are connections for AUX, iPod as well as a CD Player and MP3 facilities. Bluetooth connection enables you to speak on your cell phone hands-free. Not only can you drive economically with the Kia Picanto, but you can now ride extravagantly with access to retractable cup holders, mounted audio controls on your steering wheel, heated seats and an automatic AC unit to maintain your preferred temperature.
Kia Motors has proven its continual commitment to innovativeness by winning the IF product design award not only once but now four times. After the Kia Picanto was recently awarded, Peter Shreyer, the Design Officer for Kia Motors said, “Receiving the IF product design award for the new Kia Picanto is a great success for our design team, and it is welcome recognition of our brand’s design-oriented strategy. The second generation of the Picanto displays a very purposeful, self-assured design, and its sportiness is particularly underscored by the three-door version.” This distinction is certainly only a sample of Kia Motors constant development in today’s global auto market.
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