New Naza Picanto in Asian autos Market 2010 Review

This is the new Naza Picanto, aloof launched by Naza Kia Sdn Bhd a few canicule ago at The Curve. Yes, this is the CKD Picanto that was ahead alleged the Naza Suria, but now the Suria name has been alone and replaced by the Kia name, admitting the Naza brand remains. The Suria name was apparently aggressive by the Picanto’s Korean bazaar name, which is the Kia Morning.

The best accessible change is of advance the artful amend to the latest attending that has been accessible from Kia internationally. With the latest facelift in Korea, there were absolutely two altered advanced ends accessible but Naza has best the adaptation with the angled foglamps to advertise here. There is addition one with leaf-shaped attending foglamps and funkier admixture wheels, apparently some affectionate of appropriate edition.

On the inside, the autogenous has been adapted with orange backlighting for the controls and beat cluster. The beat array is complete with an RPM beat but there is no baptize acting meter. The arch assemblage provided is a 1-DIN architecture with USB abutment so you can apprehend your MP3 files off a USB thumbdrive and do abroad with accustomed CDs in your Picanto. The 1.1 liter agent revs up to 6k RPM and puts out a aiguille of 64 PS at 5,500rpm and 96Nm of torque at 2,800rpm. I like the actuality that aiguille torque is fabricated beneath 3,000rpm, which is usually the point an automated car would about-face apparatus if apprenticed gently. But in any case dispatch from 0 to 100km/h will booty a continued 15.1 seconds.

In agreement of safety, the advanced commuter and disciplinarian get two airbags – one each. The airbags are alone accessible on the added big-ticket EX model. None of the models accept ABS. There are four 3-point belts and a lap belt for the rear center. Auto are 14 inch steels for the LS and 15 inch alloys for the EX, captivated with 165/60R14 and 175/50R15 tyres respectively. The EX goes for RM46,800 while the LS goes for RM44,500. If you are in the bazaar for one I’d acclaim you aloof go for the EX back you get alloys and two airbags for the baby exceptional of RM1,300.

Also agenda that the Picanto is basically the aboriginal car that the Hyundai i10 was based on, and the i10 is awash at a college amount of RM48,888 in Malaysia. But the i10 comes with a 5-year assurance while from the Naza Kia website it appears the Picanto gets 2 years, admitting it looks like a (optional?) 2 year continued assurance affairs is additionally available. Also, the i10’s CKD packs appear from India, while the Picanto’s apparently appear from Korea.