I have a Suzuki Swift Sport 2019 and it's the best little hot hatch ever!

Just bought a Kia Rio 2021 hatchback and it's awesome! Tech features are stellar and it's so much fun to drive..great handling. And it doesn't LOOK like a compact car. It has a nice body shape and is not a tiny rollerskate-looking car.

Kia Rio GT-Line. Purchased one a few weeks ago. Great looking car. Fun to drive. Can be frugal in Eco mode.

My Yaris is 14 yrs old now never gave me problem at all. Thinking of upgrading to a new one this year.

It’s the Rio for me

Excellent review.

Thanks for the review

Lack of Push-Start ignition on the RIO is *NOT* a disadvantage. Push-Button Start is a solution to a problem that simply didn't exist. Plus, read the owner's manual. There are a number of utterly ridiculous reasons why a car equipped with it, won't recognize the key-fob assigned to it. _Translation ~_ Your car won't start. Thus leaving you stranded wherever you might be. (How lovely.) It's worse than useless. At least a useless feature can be ignored or switched off if it comes equipped as standard on a car a buyer wants. Push-Button Start is something you can't ignore. Comes with zero advantages over a traditional folding key on a car's fob, and comes with the HUGE disadvantage of not working at all. A very real possibility. But, that's not an issue on the RIO. Also, cars in this segment tend to be kept longer by their owners; since those owners are on a budget. Long-term reliability is important. So is a good, long warranty in case something breaks down. Again, the RIO has the clear advantage over these two competitors.

@alvinburr7332

2 жыл бұрын

Why do you hate keyless start so much? You say there are a number number of ridiculous reasons why a car won’t start with it but don’t mention any. I had the same opinion as you regarding keyless start until i bought my first car with keyless start some 10 years ago and since then I’ve had multiple keyless every cars and i have never been stranded anywhere. It does come with an advantage over a traditional key as it is very convenient not to have to grab the key about of your pocket.

Love this guys reviews

@carsguide Would I be able to have one of those demo bottles?

Suzuki swift sounds great!

Tom White is an excellent reviewer. Really thorough and interesting review!

How can you say the Yaris is the best looking. It ugly as sin.

@Drakmaster1337

3 жыл бұрын

They always have been ugly. This is probably the least ugliest out of all the models lol

Where is the Volkswagen polo or mg MG3 or Skoda fabia or Honda Jazz or Mazda 2 or Suzuki Baleno

Tom really does a great job with the reviews.

@carsguide

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks - we think he's doing alright, too! :D Cheers Matt

The Kia Rio gt is now $25,990 as of purchasing one yesterday

@SilverSteven

2 жыл бұрын

I got one down to $25,000 yesterday

10:07 Rio and Swift are swapped

I will honestly just go for the Suzuki Swift (But in the GL Navigator Plus trim), since your saving a few grand and close to the $20 grand mark. You might miss out on some performance feature (it a city car after all). However, you do get the same suite of safety features as present in the GLX Turbo. The only other subcompact that still retains the "Value for money" proposition but still has some active-safety gear is the Skoda Fabia.

@denero4735

3 жыл бұрын

The resale.on Toyota is 'no 1' trust me it is.

Rio, getting my new one very soon.

My Kia Rio Gt-line from 2018 has Sat-Nav, Keyless start, blind spot monitoring and rear cross traffic alert. How strange these are gone now??

@edenlevi9877

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe this is the low end version, mine kia rio 2019 has them too including auto cruise.

@aacob2

3 жыл бұрын

Are you from Australia? Because I dont think they ever had keyless start for rio gt in aus

@alanw4094

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah we don’t get those features in australia

The Kia Rio GT might be a good car, but 7 x $471 for annual servicing? No thanks. Suzuki Swift turbo $295 x 5yrs.

Great review, Tom! How tall are you, please?

@carsguide

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, Mitchell. Tom is about 182cm or 6'0". Thanks Matt

The thing about the Toyota Yaris is that it is too light: 2,315lbs, compared to the Rio: 2,762 lbs. You can feel this if you ride the cars on the highway. The lighter the car, the more motion sickness the riders are prone to. I've had this issue while driving the Yaris, but I've never had this issue driving the Rio.

Rio by far

Ya I like Rio handling, but my rio 2019 type EX here hv keyless n sunroof.. hehe

Surprised that you like the styling of the yaris .

There's obvious bias towards the yaris here. Kinda takes away from the whole point of watching a comparison review

@Parabloop3r

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao, that's what I thought when they showed the Yaris during the 'exterior design' segment. Dry heaved when they said "I think the Yaris is the best looking here"

@rashad500

3 жыл бұрын

The Rio interior looks way better and more modern

@jaliyaudagama2752

3 жыл бұрын

@@Parabloop3r yes. The yaris has always been ugly, and this one looks awful. The tester is having weird taste indeed.

Will pick the Rio but a bit worried about the noise entering the cabin

@UltraJaff

3 жыл бұрын

It’s quite quiet when my auntie drove one

So want & been waiting for the Yaris as love Toyota but am going to have a long think before I pay that price.

@denero4735

3 жыл бұрын

Your resale will repay you I guarantee you, no other car Brand holds its value at all.

@cherylvardy4073

3 жыл бұрын

@@denero4735 I know as love & always have had Toyota cars. However ... actually went to a yard the other day to check out this new Yaris Cross, sat inside, thought it pretty basic to say the least. Salesman appeared asked is this the basic version, he said no this is the top of the range. I replied this is $32,000 worth, pretty plain considering all the hype. His reply well it is only a Yaris & it's already $34,000. Just wasn't impressed. Think I may wait 6 months & then re visit. 8 months have been driving a European car as my Toyota Echo was hail damaged. The comfort & finish of the 12 year old car in presently driving leaves Toyota for dead.

@denero4735

3 жыл бұрын

@@cherylvardy4073 have you ever heard of 'too much of a good thing' some people (alot) prefer it simple, I'd they want a technical dash go BMW or Audi and spend Double, simple

Nice cars

Suzuki Swift is the best.

Kia 👍🙆

You must have parked the Rio on the harbour bridge for 3 weeks to get that economy.

Kia should have used the old 1.6 na eng they use to use in the Rio use to punch out about 100kw or better still should have used the 1.6 Cerato gt eng at 150kw Sur would have cost a few thousand more but what fun it would be

@jay_b..

3 ай бұрын

But then higher insurance for those new drivers

Awesome cars no doubt, but spending 25-26k for small hatch in this era seems bit more coz you can but a small suv for that price like Seltos or used Outlander (excellent option) 💁‍♂️ just a thought

@Jamboraama

3 жыл бұрын

Still dont understand why people buy suvs.. I mean no no no no no 😂 Ill promise here that i will Never buy one..

@user-tb3iz2yz7o

2 жыл бұрын

Too big

In the design section you just talk about styling, I lost interest right there.

Luckily MG Still make the MG3’s which are under 20k.

Whatever happened to the $19900 Pulsar type car? Pretty disappointing to see how little you get for the price

@jonleong22

3 жыл бұрын

Same thing that happened to the $799 iPhone. Cars can no longer be made at that price because of all the safety and emission R&D investment.

@robertceroli3512

3 жыл бұрын

That was 20y ago the pulser plus pack $19990 driveway

@franzchong5889

3 жыл бұрын

Cars a size bigger not to mention safer.I just picked up a used Mazda 3 2008 Maxx for a fraction of the price of these pretend wanna be cars the modern younger generation go for thanks to easyauto123.108kw from a 2.0l and just over 1200kg.just over 7 grand once the alarm was factored in and registration and other things after the down payment was done.I am aware it's 13 years old with 201,000km but not having to worry about turbo insurance(as opposed to the Kia)or not having enough power to escape in an emergency(as opposed to any of them)and the rest speaks for itself.I would rather personally give an older proven small car a second life of 5 to 7 years(to match the newcomers here on the warranty)then repeat the process on a later model.

I like the comfort of RIO but probably Swift drives is better. I dont know

Thanks for that. Yaris it is 😀

Uh oh, someone else says the Rio rides good, you say it doesn't 🤔

Swift!!

Kia rio 👍👍👍

Swift!

Why would you buy the Yaris at that price when you can get into and entry level VW golf for a similar price.

@reventonrowe6111

3 жыл бұрын

Golfs are overrated

@franzchong5889

3 жыл бұрын

@@reventonrowe6111 Forget Golf's.Current Generation Mazda 3's,Impreza's,Civics and Corolla's are the way to go.I swear to god the people who buy the European hatches only want it for the status reasons.I had a 323 Astina between 2002 and 2006 and it was six grand cheaper with more features.

Kio rio 😃

The Rio (Auto-corrected twice for Rip) doesn't fit in much in this comparison. Kia has a picanto which would suit better. The Suzuki Baleno or a corolla hatchback would be a good fit for comparison with the Rio. Anyway, my father's S-class would beat these three together.

@mercury683

Жыл бұрын

Snob, a Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut would beat your car any day

If it's not a S class I don't care what's happening at the back and how comfortable it is

Quite sure that the Japanese cars is of better real quality.

What a depressing selection of flawed and overpriced city cars. You'd have to be desperately low on garage space not to buy a Cerato or i30 over any of these.

@stendecstretcher4983

3 жыл бұрын

I agree you can buy the Cerato cheaper than than any of these too.

@carcharodoncarcharias3624

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly I test drove both the Rio GT and the Cerato Sport and the Rio felt just as spacious with the back seats down has almost 950L boot capacity and was nicer and more fun to drive so I bought it instead.

@rashad500

3 жыл бұрын

@@carcharodoncarcharias3624 glad you said this...looking at getting a Rio now and this is nice to know

@reventonrowe6111

3 жыл бұрын

But the Cerato and the i30 hatch are the dullest looking cars on the road.

Yaris by far the Best car, best resale, cheapest to service and run and lowest fuel costs can achieve 2.6 lph so no compromise on economic vehicle and Smart to Purchase

@carlosoliveira-rc2xt

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@TheMaleforce

3 жыл бұрын

The Yaris is also the most ugly, Kia for me.

@denero4735

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMaleforce I'm glad your opinions matter, that's why it's OUTSOLD more small cars than any other Brand lol and won COTY Award for 2020 in 7 Different countries for small car awards. Lol

@denero4735

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMaleforce don't touch what 'you can't afford. The Kia will be worth a touch over $2000 after 100kks. Kia has 'one of the Worst' Resale in the Industry. FACT.

@TheMaleforce

3 жыл бұрын

@@denero4735 Obviously you are in the USA, in the UK just about all cars lose 50% over 3 years so the more you pay the more you lose. Toyota are slightly better though maybe only losing 45%. About being able to afford trust an American to brag about what he can afford! My last car was a Wrangler but I moved to a city so no it is not the $$$.

Yaris by far the best car in this competition.

You look like Justin Bieber

@sinethembangundana8071

10 ай бұрын

Lol 😆 🤣 really?

Toyota is the best

@denero4735

3 жыл бұрын

100% agreed and Holds 50% Better RESALE.

@majedtube90

3 жыл бұрын

@@pt8333 You are talking about Yaris, the American version

@majedtube90

3 жыл бұрын

@@pt8333 That is because Toyota owns shares of the Mazda company, so there is cooperation between the two companies in some cars, such as the Mazda 2, the American version.

Hey look they're just fine if you're a twenty something breeder. Could save a heap on 'safety tech' if one simply learns to drive. Drive Away Price of $26+K for an 80 kW/t pram is getting what you pay for and not bad value really. Tip: Don't date let alone marry someone who buys one of these.

@franzchong5889

3 жыл бұрын

I was looking at the Kia not so long ago but found better value at a used car warehouse.the dealership tried to sway me away from used Pulsars,Corollas and Mazda's with no luck.$24500 for that piece of crap.Nope I decided I couldn't even with insurance payouts thanks to some truck driver who basically wrote off my 2017 holden spark recently afford it.at the end of the day I went with a 2008 Mazda 3 Maxx 201,000km for $7245 to be taken delivery of soon.three and a half times cheaper or thereabouts and even with regular services/wheel alignments at 10000km intervals way better value.