Kia Picanto Review // Cheap, reliable, better than a horse.

[@mikeshoults4155]

In 2014 i bought a 2008 kia rio, drove it everywhere through Canadian winters and gave it to mt friend when i moved to Japan in 2017. Its 2024 and the car is apparently still running

[@JJonCars]

Good, simple, reliable cars :)

[@Rjhs001]

Hi JJ. My daughter had the model after this one for her first car and I was always impressed with the build quality. Great little car and she loved it.

[@JJonCars]

The one after this one I believe is a good step up in perceived quality and refinement. I've driven the i10 of that generation and it was great

[@Beast_KISSER]

My 2007 Kia Picanto sitting at over 300k, not one day with any hassles. Love it. Won't replace it anytime soon.

[@JJonCars]

Brilliant :)

[@volt8684]

My daughter was a wedding rep in Cyprus. They had 2 picantos and both had done over 250k kilometres. She picked me up from the airport once. Engine fine, the suspension was like a roller skate

[@JJonCars]

Very impressive :) good to know they can do the miles!

[@keithjones7349]

I really should be driving something like your Picanto (cheap as chips, 50 mpg, £35 road tax!) but as a tall pensioner with a long-ish torso I find getting in and out of these little buggers quite an ordeal. So I guess I’ll stick with my standard 5 seater three box saloon a while longer eh?

[@safbeafbe]

Loving the content. Love a picanto! Such a good first car. Only car that have me an insurance quote under £1000 when I was looking

[@JJonCars]

Yeah definitely pretty much a perfect first car! Cheers :)

[@amirahmolutsi7031]

I'm using the 2004 model Kia Picanto. I love this car,very fuel efficient

[@JJonCars]

Great stuff. It's basically the same car as this one in the review :)

[@amirahmolutsi7031]

@JJonCars True, we've been using it in RSA since 2005 bought by my mom and now it's me, I travel long distances with it and is still up and running. I will never let it go😅

[@katthompson3852]

Great review! For those of us that drive bigger cars we forget why this little cars don't do well in 50 - 60 mph zones. Really vulnerable persons. Hopefully for those of us that live in countries with garbage bumpy narrow roads why these cars 'can't' perform. Great video JJ. Cracked up at your brother. 😅... ❤from NZ 🇳🇿

[@oliverstemp9132]

Kia Picanto - Better than a horse. Kia should use that in the marketing. 😂

[@JJonCars]

Haha I'm available to hire for marketing if they need help 😆

[@fredonline]

If I was honest, what more would I actually need in a car for my day-to-day needs - cheap to buy/run/insure, etc. I often think I should trade down to more basic transport, but then I think back to yesterday morning - stopped at traffic lights (two lanes that merge into one shortly after going through the lights) and a Citroen Picasso pulls up at the side of me - slightly over the stop line. Of course, I can guess his cunning plan - to get ahead of me and then cut in front! I know I shouldn't but can't resist winning that race - result = success! Now I wouldn't be able to do that in that Picanto! BTW, has your brother got a car yet, I seem to recall a while ago he was getting one?

[@JJonCars]

Hahaha yeah, you have to have a different way of life in these small slow cars. Let people drift on by. But they are the sort of car we should all be driving really. He still doesn't have a car, though he doesn't really have a need for one!

[@sayanpal9491]

What car does your brother drive !

[@JJonCars]

He doesn't have a car 😄 be interesting to see what he would go for though. Some small cars can actually be surprisingly good for tall drivers, but not the picanto 😄

[@mooncat1973]

what happened to Rufus?

[@JJonCars]

Rufus hasn't gone anywhere, and the plan is to sort him out at some point :)

[@deborahsithole-zt8se]

I have exactly the same 2008 thw best. Im just jealous now that my son is driving it.

[@j2w1_lub]

what do you think of the 2012 second gen picanto?

[@JJonCars]

I haven't driven one, but I have driven the equivalent i10 which is a sister car to it, and I was very impressed. I think they were much improved in their perceived quality and refinement as well as the all important safety rating too

[@j2w1_lub]

@@JJonCars do you believe the second 2012 gen is better than the first generation?

[@JJonCars]

@j2w1_lub yeah I do 👍

[@j2w1_lub]

@@JJonCars are you gonna review that too? lol

[@JJonCars]

@j2w1_lub If someone offers me one, for sure

[@Hali88]

A big horse is more like 400+kg not 900 but I don't come to you for horse facts to be fair

[@JJonCars]

Some of the big boys are 900kg! So I'm not completely BSing 😆 but yeah a bit of artistic license I guess as a regular horse is in the 400kg range

[@autoscribe2364]

Crushed Chili. I see what you did there…😂

[@SteveM-ly7oy]

Does this mean that you sold the Audi A2?

[@JJonCars]

No, don't worry :)

[@ellissamsontech]

never liked these but can see why people buy them

[@JJonCars]

Yeah, never really been on my radar, certainly never thought I'd own one 😄

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

😀

[@segapc1994]

Lol 0:11