Kia Rio Wins 'Autobest' Award
A panel of 12 influential motoring journalists from Eastern Europe, voted the all new Kia Rio the '2006 Autobest' Award.
The award is presented to the car most suitable for the needs of the population of the region, thoroughly modern with new technology and affordable to buy. To be honest we have never heard of this award, but it shows how far Kia have come when 12 motoring writers recognise the Rio's undoubted potential.
Each judge from the 12-strong Autobest jury has up to 240 points they can allocate across 13 ‘criteria zones’ under which the candidate cars are assessed .The cars are rated for Interior, Exterior, Handling, Dynamics, Comfort, Technology, Versatility, Safety, Fuel Economy, Environment, Spare Parts, Distributors and Price.
With a score of 706 points, it was nice to see the Rio come out in front of the Renault Clio (599 points) which recently won the European Car Of The Year 2006 Award. The Clio is in our opinion, 'overrated', but is popular amongst the buying public and so the Rio still has a long way to go before the badge-conscious buyer puts it on thier shopping list.
But like we have said before that given time, the Rio will stand out as a fine example of a car where quality & value will eventually win over the UK car buying public.
Amongst the list of contenders were the following (in points order):
The award is presented to the car most suitable for the needs of the population of the region, thoroughly modern with new technology and affordable to buy. To be honest we have never heard of this award, but it shows how far Kia have come when 12 motoring writers recognise the Rio's undoubted potential.Each judge from the 12-strong Autobest jury has up to 240 points they can allocate across 13 ‘criteria zones’ under which the candidate cars are assessed .The cars are rated for Interior, Exterior, Handling, Dynamics, Comfort, Technology, Versatility, Safety, Fuel Economy, Environment, Spare Parts, Distributors and Price.
With a score of 706 points, it was nice to see the Rio come out in front of the Renault Clio (599 points) which recently won the European Car Of The Year 2006 Award. The Clio is in our opinion, 'overrated', but is popular amongst the buying public and so the Rio still has a long way to go before the badge-conscious buyer puts it on thier shopping list.
But like we have said before that given time, the Rio will stand out as a fine example of a car where quality & value will eventually win over the UK car buying public.
Amongst the list of contenders were the following (in points order):
- Ford Focus - 659 pts
- Renault Clio - 599 pts
- Chevrolet Spark (Matiz) - 467
- Suzuki Swift - 449
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