Kia Picanto

The Kia Picanto is a city car that Kia has produced since 2003. It is sold in South Korea as the Kia Morning and was rebadged as the Naza Suria in Malaysia. It is built mainly at the Donghee joint-venture plant in Seosan, South Korea, while some countries assemble complete knock-down kits. The car was developed to meet the South Korean light car class, which gives tax incentives to vehicles under 3,600 mm long and 1,600 mm wide. The first generation, revealed at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show, was a five-door hatchback based on a shortened Hyundai Getz platform and offered two petrol engines, with a three-cylinder diesel in Europe. The name comes from the Spanish and Italian words meaning spicy.