2025 Kia Picanto price and specs

The Kia Picanto has become slightly more expensive for model year 2025, but it’s entering the new year comfortably holding onto the title of Australia’s cheapest car.

The Korean city-car range opens with the Sport manual at $18,290 before on-road costs, or $21,190 drive-away.

List pricing is up by $400 across the range, with drive-away pricing up by $500. We’ve contacted Kia Australia to confirm the reason for the price increase.

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Technically, the Picanto is undercut by the previous-generation MG 3, though it’s currently in runout mode with stock only expected to last to the end of the year. Its base price is between $20,330 and $20,836 drive-away, depending on your state or territory.

The new-generation MG 3 is considerably more expensive, with a base drive-away price of over $25,000 in every state and territory.

The Picanto is classified as a micro-car, which technically means it sits in a segment below the likes of the MG 3, Mazda 2 and Suzuki Swift, and alongside the much more expensive old Fiat 500, new battery-electric 500e and their hotter Abarth derivatives.

It received a substantial facelift for 2024, which brought EV9-inspired exterior styling.

This also brought a raft of extra standard equipment including safety kit such as blind-spot assist, lane centring and rear cross-traffic assist, plus comfort features like a leatherette-wrapped steering wheel and shifter, though there were naturally price rises to go with this.

The base drive-away price climbed by close to $3000, while the top-spec GT with its turbocharged engine was axed.

Pricing

Drivetrains and Efficiency

Dimensions

Servicing and Warranty

Safety

The Kia Picanto no longer has an ANCAP safety rating, as its four-star rating from 2017 expired at the beginning of this year.

Standard safety equipment across the range includes:

• Autonomous emergency braking (AEB)
• Blind-spot assist
• Lane-keep assist
• Lane Following Assist (lane centring)
• Rear cross-traffic assist
• Safe exit warning
• Leading vehicle departure alert
• Rear occupant alert
• Reversing camera
• Rear parking sensors
• Front, front-side and curtain airbags

Standard Equipment

There are just two trim levels in the local Picanto lineup.

The base Picanto Sport comes standard with the following equipment:

• 14-inch alloy wheels
• Space-saver spare
• Automatic halogen headlights
• Automatic high-beam
• Halogen daytime running lights
• Power-folding exterior mirrors
• 4.2-inch instrument cluster screen
• 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system
• Wireless Apple CarPlay
• Wireless and wired Android Auto
• 4-speaker sound system
• Air-conditioning
• Cloth upholstery
• 6-way manual driver’s seat
• Height-adjustable headrests
• 60:40 split/fold rear seats
• Leatherette-wrapped steering wheel and shifter
• 1 x front USB-A outlet
• 1 x front USB-C outlet

The Picanto GT-Line adds:

• 16-inch alloy wheels
• Reflector LED headlights
• LED daytime running lights
• LED front light bar
• LED rear combination light
• Gloss black grille, badging
• Chrome beltline trim
• Heated exterior mirrors
• ‘Premium’ upholstery
• Soft-touch centre armrest
• Height-adjustable front seats
• Alloy pedals
• ‘D-Cut’ steering wheel
• Gloss black interior trim
• 1 x USB-C port (behind centre console)

Colours

All models have a black interior, though GT-Line models feature black seat trim with grey accents.

Clear White exterior paint is standard, with the following finishes costing an extra $520:

• Sparkling Silver
• Astro Grey
• Aurora Black Pearl
• Signal Red
• Sporty Blue
• Adventurous Green

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