Pamene tidapita patsogolo kumapeto kwa chaka chatha, 2017 ikuyimira Kia chida chake chachikulu kwambiri chomwe chidakhalapo. Kuphatikiza pakufika pamsika wa hybrid Niro komanso kusinthidwa kwa minivan ya Carens, Kia adayambitsa mu theka loyamba la chaka mibadwo yatsopano yagalimoto yamzinda wa Picanto ndi galimoto yapa Rio.
Monga momwe zinanenedweratu, mndandanda wa zinthu zatsopano ukutsatira SUV yatsopano ya B-segment, yomwe dzina lake silinatsimikizidwebe - mpaka pano. Dzina lake ndi Kia Stonic ndipo ifika kumisika yaku Europe (kuphatikiza Portugal) chaka chino.
Dzina lakuti "Stonic" limaphatikiza mawu oti "Speedy" ndi "Tonic" ponena za mawu awiri omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito mu masikelo oimba.
Kutengera mawonekedwe ndi magwiridwe antchito a ma SUV okulirapo pamndandanda, malinga ndi Kia iyi ikhala mtundu womwe mungasinthirepo makonda, mkati ndi kunja. Zojambula zomwe mukuwona pansipa, zowululidwa ndi Kia, yembekezerani mtundu wopanga.
Mzere wa denga loyenda mozungulira ma bodywork, pamodzi ndi mipiringidzo yakuda yakuda yokhala ndi mapangidwe apachiyambi, chizindikiro chaunyamata ndi masewera, monganso ma LED optics kutsogolo ndi kumbuyo. Ndichitsanzo chadala cha ku Ulaya: "mizere yopingasa yomveka bwino, miyeso yaying'ono komanso malo otsika a mphamvu yokoka".
Kanyumba, kumbali ina, imasonyeza maonekedwe akunja, ndi "mizere yowongoka, malo osalala ndi mawonekedwe a geometric". Apanso, teknoloji ndi ergonomics zinali pamtima pa zodandaula za opanga Kia, zomwe zikuwonetsedwa muzokambirana zamkati.
Ntchito yapadziko lonse ya Kia Stonic ikuyembekezeka kuchitika m'nyengo yachilimwe, ndi holo ya Frankfurt, yomwe ikuchitika mu Seputembala, malo omwe angachitike pagulu.