New cross-hatch Kia Picanto X-Line will be replenished in 2018 model line Korean company on the Russian market. World premiere subcompact hatchback Kia Picanto The X-line with a ground clearance increased by 15 mm compared to the regular version and a stylish off-road body kit around the perimeter of the body took place in the fall of 2017 as part of. And now, a few months later, in Russian representative office Kia companies announced the imminent start of sales of new items on the domestic market.

We bring to our readers a review of the new cross-hatch Kia Picanto X-Line 2018-2019 with photos and videos, price and trim levels, technical characteristics the second model in the X-Line line from Kia. Let us remind you that the first-born of all-terrain versions of cars Korean manufacturer stood on Russian market. The start of sales of the new cross-hatch Kia Picanto X-line in Russia is scheduled for February-March 2018. price from 850-870 thousand rubles, which is noticeably more expensive not only Kia prices Picanto GT Line, offered for 841 thousand rubles, but also the initial cost of KIA Rio X-Line at 750,000 rubles.

We would like to note that with such a price tag, it will most likely be very difficult for a new product to attract attention to its person. So the new Kia Picanto X-Line is clearly not going to become a bestseller, but the car will still find its buyers. Moreover, the new Korean mini cross-hatch simply has no competitors. Perhaps this is precisely the cunning plan of Kia. European sales Kia Picanto X-line, by the way, began in the fall of 2017, the mini cross-hatch is offered with two naturally aspirated gasoline engines 1.2 MPI (84 hp) in the company of a 5-speed manual transmission or an optional 4-speed automatic transmission and a turbocharged 1.0 T-GDI ( 100 hp) in tandem with 5 manual transmission. I would like to immediately note that on the European market the cost of the Kia Picanto X-Line versions exactly corresponds to the cost of the Picanto GT Line modifications, and also that the car will be available to Russian motorists only with a 1.2-liter naturally aspirated 84-horsepower engine, a modern There will be no turbo three, of course.

All-terrain Kia version Picanto X-line was created on the basis of the Picanto GT Line modification, and, frankly, it pleases with its stylish, charismatic and even aggressive appearance. Before us is a kind of sporty compact hatchback, stylized as a crossover, with powerful plastic protection around the perimeter of the body and a solid 156 mm ground clearance, resting on the road surface with large 16-inch wheels ( alloy wheels and tires 195/45 R16).

The raised baby Picanto in the X-Line version flaunts a massive front bumper with large air intakes and stylish foglights in organic boxes, a neat false radiator grille and compact headlights with optical lenses and LED daytime running lights.

The side view of the mini cross-hatch body is on display big wheels, located in arches with plastic extensions, solid protection for the body sills and neat inserts (plastic moldings) on the lower parts of the side doors. The body of the Korean super mini looks solid, collected and athletic.

The rear of the new X-Line line from Kia demonstrates chic side lights with 3-dimensional LED graphics and a stylish door luggage compartment with elaborate curves emphasizing the shape of the overall lighting equipment, and a powerful bumper complemented by large fog lights, metal-look insert and dual exhaust system nozzle.

• External dimensions Kia bodies The 2018-2019 Picanto X-Line is 3595 mm long, 1605 mm wide, 1510 mm high, with a 2400 mm wheelbase and 156 mm ground clearance.

We indicate the ground clearance dimensions and immediately remember that the ground clearance of regular versions of the Kia Picanto offered in Russia is 161 mm, that is, as much as 20 mm more than that of cars offered in Europe. Thus, if the road clearance Kia Picanto X-line for European market is 156 mm, then Russian versions models will receive 176 mm. If so, then that's a pretty decent ground clearance for a compact hatchback. If ground clearance turns out to be only 156 mm, then why is such an all-terrain vehicle needed when the clearance under the bottom is less than that of a regular Picanto in Russian specification.

Salon cross hatch Kia The Picanto X-Line almost exactly copies the interior design of the Kia Picanto GT Line versions, with the only difference being that it has a sports version steering wheel with the rim cut off at the bottom. Otherwise, high quality and stylish interior with a rich set modern equipment. There is a multifunction steering wheel with leather trim, a highly informative Supervision instrument panel with an LCD display, heated front seats and steering wheel rim, a multimedia system with a 7-inch color touch screen (Bluetooth, voice control, Apple Carplay and Android Auto, navigation, rear camera type), 6 airbags, climate control, cruise control, electric windows on all doors, aluminum pedals, bright inserts around the perimeter of the cabin to match the color of the stitching on the steering wheel, seats and door cards.

The arsenal also includes electric adjustment of rear-view mirrors with heating and automatic folding function, 16-inch alloy wheels, rear parking sensors, LED daytime running lights, fog lights, side lights with LED filling, heated washer nozzles windshield.

Kia Picanto X-line is a typical representative of the European A-class with all the ensuing consequences. If in the first row in the driver's seat and front passenger people with a height of 180 cm can sit comfortably, then on rear seats The space is quite small. The luggage compartment can accommodate from 255 liters with the standard position of the second row backrests to 1010 liters when they are folded.

Specifications Kia Picanto X-Line 2018-2019.
For Russian car enthusiasts, the second model of the X-Line line, based on the platform of a subcompact five-door Kia hatchback The Picanto will be available with only one petrol four-cylinder naturally aspirated 1.2-liter engine (84 hp 121.6 Nm) with a choice of 5 manual transmissions or 4 automatic transmissions.
Front suspension: independent MacPherson strut, rear suspension: semi-independent torsion beam. The front wheel brakes are ventilated disc brakes, the rear wheels have conventional discs, and there is electric power steering.
Weight of the car in running order is 913-980 kg, full mass with a fuel reserve of 35 liters, the driver and passengers in the cabin do not exceed 1370 kg.

Kia Picanto X-Line 2018-2019 video test

In 2018, the new cross-hatch Kia Picanto X-Line will be replenished, which will also be available on the Russian market in next year. Subcompact hatchback Kia The Picanto X-line was presented back in the fall of 2017 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The model with the X-Line prefix differs from the regular version of the Kia Picanto by increased ground clearance by 15 mm and a stylish off-road body kit around the perimeter of the body. And recently Kia company announced the imminent release of a new model on the Russian market.

So it’s time for Russian fans of the brand to get acquainted with the technical characteristics, trim levels, price, photos and videos of the new 2018-2019 Kia Picanto X-Line cross-hatch, which is the second model in the X-Line line from Kia. The first-born of all-terrain versions of the Korean manufacturer on the Russian market was KIA Rio X-Line.

Start Kia sales Picanto X-line in Russia is planned for the spring of 2018 at a price of 850,000 rubles. It is worth noting that in comparison with Kia Picanto GT Line cars, costing 841,000 rubles and KIA Rio X-Line at a price of 750,000 rubles new cross hatch noticeably more expensive.
In addition, in Russia the car will be available only with a naturally aspirated 1.2-liter 84-horsepower engine, but unfortunately we won’t have a modern turbo three. So how well a sporty compact hatchback stylized as a crossover will sell in Russia, time will tell.
But the new product pleases with its stylish appearance with plastic protection around the perimeter of the body, a solid 156 mm ground clearance and large 16-inch alloy wheels with 195/45 R16 tires.

At the front, the raised cross-hatch Picanto X-Line boasts a neat radiator grille, compact headlights with lens optics with LED running lights, stylish foglights and a massive bumper with a large air intake.
Profile of a raised baby demonstrates wheel arches with plastic extensions and big wheels and plastic inserts at the bottom of the side doors.

At the rear of the car, the eye catches the eye with chic side lights with three-dimensional LED graphics, a stylish tailgate, a powerful bumper with large fog lights and a dual exhaust system.

The overall body dimensions of the 2018-2019 Kia Picanto X-Line are 3595 mm in length with a wheelbase of 2400 mm, 1605 mm in width and 1510 mm in height with a ground clearance of 156 mm.

The Kia Picanto X-Line interior is not much different from Kia salon Picanto GT Line. The only difference is that the X-Line has a sports steering wheel with a rim cut off at the bottom. Otherwise, it is the same high-quality and stylish interior, equipped with a lot of modern equipment.

There is a multi-steering wheel with a leather-trimmed rim, an informative Supervision instrument panel with an LCD display, climate control, cruise control, 6 airbags, power windows on all doors, bright inserts around the perimeter of the cabin to match the color of the stitching on the steering wheel , seats and door panels, aluminum pedal caps, 7-inch color touch screen multimedia system (navigation, rear view camera, voice control, Apple Carplay, Android Auto, Bluetooth), heated steering wheel rim and front seats, electric heated rear view mirrors with automatic folding function, rear parking sensors, heated windshield washer nozzles, LED daytime running lights, side lights with LED filling, fog lights and 16-inch alloy wheels.

The Kia Picanto X-line is a typical representative of the European A-Class with all, as they say, the ensuing consequences. Due to the compactness of the car, the interior is quite cramped; while in the first row you can still sit comfortably, there is very little space in the back. The luggage compartment is not very large and its capacity in traveling condition is only 225 liters, but if necessary it can be increased to 1010 liters by folding the backrests of the second row.

Specifications Kia Picanto X-Line 2018-2019.
Subcompact for Russians five-door hatchback with a raised ride height will be offered with only one four-cylinder 1.2-liter naturally aspirated gasoline engine with recoil 84 horsepower and 121.6 Nm of torque, which is equipped with a choice of 5 manual transmissions or 4 automatic transmissions.

The weight of the car, depending on the equipment, varies from 913 to 980 kg. The front suspension is independent with MacPherson struts, and the rear is semi-independent with a torsion beam. All-round disc brakes (ventilated at the front), electric power steering.

KIA PICANTO X-LINE 2018-2019 VIDEO

IN modern world Any product on the supermarket shelf sells out faster if its colorful packaging has bright logos with words like “Eco”, “Non-GMO”, “Nature”. Moreover, such products, as a rule, are more expensive than conventional analogues.

A similar situation arises in automotive market. Today, any model can be sold at a higher price and in larger quantities if you add Cross, All, Offroad or the letters X, C, S to its name. Moreover, the differences between such cars and standard models will not be fundamental. The Kia Picanto X-Line is one of those. Myself hatch new generation has been sold on our market for more than a year, but the all-terrain version of the X-Line only recently acquired.

There are not many cars in the A-class with similar performance. For example, Ford has . But it is not sold on our market either. So X-Line turns out to be the only warrior in the field.

What is it distinctive feature such a Picanto? Firstly, this car is equipped only with an older 1.2 liter engine with an output of 84 hp, which can only be combined with an automatic transmission. Secondly, the lower edge of its body along the perimeter is protected by a edging made of unpainted plastic.

And thirdly, thanks to slightly elongated suspension springs and cast 14-inch rims The X-Line's ground clearance is 17 cm, which is 1 cm more than other versions of the younger Kia model.

Actually none fundamental difference There is practically no difference in the X-Line's behavior on the road compared to other older versions of the Picanto. The hatchback steers just as easily and easily fits into turns of any steepness. As for the driving sensations, they are also unchanged. Unless, when maneuvering in a parking lot, you approach the curbs a little more boldly.

But is it worth it? plastic body kit and pay more for an extra centimeter of ground clearance? After all, the Picanto X-Line is priced at a considerable 819,900 rubles. A question that cannot be answered definitively. Because Kia itself has allocated the X-Line not just as a modification, but as a separate package.

For example, the closest version of the Picanto Luxe is priced at 774,900 rubles. And then it turns out that the additional payment per centimeter of ground clearance is 45,000 rubles. However, the X-Line still has equipment that is not available in the luxury version. For example, electric folding mirrors, Apple CarPlay in multimedia and a couple of other options.

But there is also a Picanto Prestige, which is equipped in the same way as the X-Line and even a little richer (here, for example, 15-inch wheels). But the price of such a “prestigious Picanto” starts at 814,900 rubles. And it turns out that 5000 rubles. Not so much for the increased ground clearance and plastic all around.

Recently, Korean masters presented to the world a restyling of one of the most striking cross-hatches in the world – the Kia Picanto X-Line 2019. New model is even more stylish and aimed at youth, since its design contains a huge amount of different decor, thanks to which it will not be difficult to stand out in the crowd. Of course, the interior and characteristics were updated here, but they still cause less delight than the redesigned exterior.

Even from the photo it is clear that specialists spent a huge amount of time and effort on creating the design. New body perfectly combines various decorative details inherent in sports cars, as well as off-road elements, of which there are a lot. The result is a very vicious and capable fellow who will easily climb to the top of sales in his class.

The front part stands out especially strongly here, which, although short, is set quite high and overflowing with decorative elements. It all starts with a huge windshield, directly under which is located a small but strongly inclined hood lid with protrusions on the sides. Under the latter there are simply huge headlights, which have an unusual shape and will be filled with halogens. As always, the space between the main optics is filled with a proprietary radiator grille with a fine mesh and a chrome frame. Also at the junction of the main part of the bumper and the body kit there is another small air intake strip, which increases the cooling of the engine compartment.

But the air intake grilles don’t end there either. Three more cutouts are located on the body kit - one in the center, which takes the shape of a trapezoid and includes foglights, as well as a pair on the sides, which are now in the shape of rectangles and supply air to the brakes. In addition to the grilles, you can also find a lot of relief here, as well as plastic and metal inserts, indicating the off-road purpose of the car.

The profile is a little less bright, but still stylish. There is no longer such madness of the relief here, but there are still plenty of all sorts of ledges and indentations. A lot of space is reserved for neat windows with chrome frames. Laconic mirrors flaunt here rectangular shape, who did not even receive rich equipment turn signals, extended wheel arches and unpainted plastic linings on the entire lower part of the body.

By aggression rear end The car is quite a bit inferior to the front one. And if the face was adorned with a bunch of air intakes, then there is a noticeable abundance of optics and relief. The tailgate, which takes up most of the whole free space, is decorated here with a visor with brake lights, a window and very unusual dimensions large sizes. The rest of the area is strewn with all sorts of recesses, and the largest of them contain triangular foglights and a platform for a license plate. At the end of the bumper there is a plastic-metal insert with a cutout for two exhaust pipes.

Salon

Like most inexpensive cars Kia, everything here is done inside very simply, but with high quality. New Kia Picanto X-Line 2019 model year stands out for its laconic interior, trimmed with fabrics and plastic, and also complemented by good multimedia system already in the base and with very comfortable chairs that can deliver high level comfort for any passenger.

The center console here is finished in the corporate style of the Korean automaker. There is nothing superfluous here at all - almost everything is controlled through a small monitor located at the top of the dashboard, which is regulated by buttons located around it. Next you can find wide range from the air ducts, and right below it there is a modest panel with settings air conditioning system and heated seats.

Everything is very simple and with a tunnel, which also carries only the most necessary things. These Koreans include a gear shift knob, a couple of fairly large cup holders, a panel with slots for additional multimedia equipment, hand brake and even an armrest with a refrigerator inside, but only in the most expensive configuration.

Despite its tiny size, the car boasts very comfortable seats, easily accommodating all five passengers. Of course, a set additional options here it is small - the front row is equipped only with lateral support, heating and adjustments, which can be mechanical or electrical, and the rear sofa boasts only headrests, but this is still enough to provide everyone with a comfortable ride over long distances.

There is, predictably, very little space in the trunk - only 255 liters. However, it can be increased by as much as 4 times if you fold the rear sofa.

Specifications

The hot cross-hatch Kia Picanto X-Line 2019 will come to our country with just one engine. It will be a gasoline 1.2-liter unit that is capable of producing 84 horsepower. But there is a choice of gearbox – four-speed automatic or five-speed manual. The drive is always front-wheel drive. Of course, you shouldn’t expect good dynamics from the car, even considering its size, however, as the test drive shows, positive thing is very low consumption fuel.

Options and prices

Price minimum set options provided for Kia Picanto X-Line 2019, will be 850 thousand rubles. The cost of the top has not been disclosed, but most likely it will be as close as possible to 1 million rubles.

Release date in Russia

The start of sales in Russia, as well as in many European countries, should begin in February – March 2019.

Competitors

Most main rival car - French. You can also highlight Smart Forfo and, which cost a little less, but are in no way inferior to the Korean in almost all key indicators.

Previously, the Picanto did not have a cross-version, but the growing popularity of SUVs in Europe prompted Kia marketers to launch their smallest model in a conventionally off-road wrapper. New modification called X-Line and will be available at European Kia dealers in the fourth quarter of this year. It’s clear that you shouldn’t even dream of driving through fields in such a car - crossover in in this case nothing more than a styling statement, although the X-Line's ground clearance was nevertheless increased, just in case, to 156 mm (15 mm more than the standard hatchback). The lower perimeter of the body and wheel arches are protected by plastic linings, thick plastic moldings have appeared on the doors, and in the bumpers there are silver linings that go under the bottom, simulating power protection (they are, of course, also made of plastic).

The interior is the same as that of ordinary hatchbacks in rich trim levels, but is complemented by original “cheerful” color inserts. Power unit so far only one has been announced - a petrol 1.0-liter T-GDI turbocharged engine (100 hp) combined with a 5-speed manual transmission. Drive is on the front wheels only.

Surely the X-Line version will appear on the Russian market, but when exactly is still unknown - “Behind the Wheel” correspondents will try to find out at the Frankfurt Motor Show, stay tuned.