Driving nowadays seems to be getting expensive.With the gas prices sky rocketing, all you can do is whine and can do nothing about it. Well, that may not be if you drive the Kia Picanto. The Kia Picanto is a Korean car made and designed by Kia motors as a low cost / budget car.It is a five door, compact car available in two engine variants, a 1.0 liter engine, and a 1.1 liter engine. The engines are petrol based. There is a 3 cylinder, turbocharged diesel variant but it is only sold in the European market.

The Kia Picanto is about 3495 mm long and sports a hatchback look with all the amenities one is looking for in a car. Power steering, air conditioning, electric door locks and electric front and rear windows. To add to the entertainment side of the car, Kia has added an MP3 player to the mix with the Kia Picanto.

The Kia Picanto seats four adult persons comfortably, five persons are possible but the comfort of it may be out of the question due to the fact that it is a compact car. The interior is classy with large gauges within the driver’s eye level and the seats are comfortable with nice upholstery work with 60/40 folding rear seats.

When driving a Kia Picanto, you will notice that you can get 20 km per liter of gasoline. Now that is big savings compared to other conventional cars. Due to the smaller displacement, the Kia Picanto can save us more money that we spend on gasoline. Of course, it is not a race car or a high performance car, but it gets you from point A to point B, after all, we are talking about saving fuel.

The Kia Picanto has been awarded as the most economical car last 2006 for two years in a row. The Kia Picanto is known as the Kia morning in some parts of the world, is truly the car for today’s consumers considering the gas prices going up. It is a convenient and economic car that is safe and reliable. The Kia Picanto earned three stars from the EuroNCAP crash test for all automobiles, which proves that no matter how small, it is still a safe car to ride on.

So if you are looking for a good, reliable, economical car, then the Kia Picanto might be what you are searching for. Aside from being economical and safe at the same time, the Kia Picanto is also a car that is very affordable for the everyday people.