Articles about Kia Stonic

Kia’s newest addition to this crossover-crazy market

Kia made a splash this month with the launch of the new Stonic. It's the latest subcompact crossover in the market, and it looks ready to shake up its segment.It has the makings of an ideal and enticing starter car-

A new budget-friendly option is in town

For the longest time, the local subcompact crossover scene revolved mainly around a handful of names. Most of the time, you would hear people mention the Ford EcoSport, Suzuki Vitara, and maybe one or two other Japanese-made offerings. Times have changed,

See how the new Kia stacks up against its competitors in this three-way comparo

In case you missed it, there's a new crossover in town: the Kia Stonic. With its stylish design, tech-loaded cabin, and affordable price tag, it certainly looks like an interesting proposition in our market, especially for first-time car buyers.

The spec sheet promises good things

You know you're getting older as an automotive journalist when manufacturers start building cars for people younger than you. I was born in 1990, and it wasn't so long ago that I fell into the target age group for entry-

A few new introductions courtesy of the Beijing Motor Show

The official launch is now only a few weeks away

Kia Philippines is poised to shake up the crossover segment with the upcoming launch of an affordable and promising new offering, the Stonic. Now that the vehicle's official unveiling draws near, let's do a quick rundown of what we know

Carmakers got pretty busy this week

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If you've been waiting on the local launch of the Kia Stonic, you won't have to wait much longer. The subcompact crossover is being introduced to the market in October 2020, but Kia Philippines has decided to reveal the vehicle'

It was a pretty big week

It’s official

It looks like our guess was right: Kia Philippines is, in fact, launching the Stonic in our market.How soon, then? Well, in a previous meeting with Kia Philippines, we were told that the new vehicle was set to arrive in the

It was yet another busy week for Toyota

We’re keeping our fingers crossed

We previously reported that Kia Philippines will be launching a new vehicle in the fourth quarter of 2020, and we guessed that it could be the Stonic. The carmaker has yet to confirm this as of this writing, but we're definitely

What a week

We think so

Kia Philippines has announced that it will be bringing in a new model during the fourth quarter of 2020. While the company hasn't outright named the vehicle, we think we have a pretty good idea what it is.The news came

Hit or miss?

What's a Kia Stonic?It's Kia's attempt at a European-friendly small crossover. A rival to the aging Nissan Juke and, well, about eleventy-billion other jacked-up, tough-looking subcompact crossovers with color-contrast roofs, plastic wheelarches and

This will give the Nissan Juke some competition

OverviewWhat is it?What's a Stonic? Well, Kia says that it's a portmanteau word, meant to mix and match the vocal elements of speedy and tonic. Which sounds just a mite daft to these ears, but if Volkswagen can get

A Rio on tiptoes

This is the new Kia Stonic, and we reckon you know the story by now. Y'know how compact crossovers are rather big business? As in, Hyundai and Citroen have revealed their very own takes within the last week? Well, here's

A new small SUV

It follows the design and functional idioms of its bigger Kia SUV brothers, but packages it all up inside something that'll sit in the Ford Fiesta class of cars. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a cartoonish render of the all-new