Njengoba sithuthuke ekupheleni konyaka odlule, u-2017 umele i-Kia umkhiqizo wayo omkhulu kunawo wonke owake wahlasela. Ngaphezu kokufika emakethe ye-hybrid Niro kanye nokuvuselelwa kweveni elincane leCarens, iKia yethula engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka izizukulwane ezintsha zemoto yedolobha iPicanto kanye nemoto yaseRio.
Njengoba kubikezelwe, uhlu lwezici ezintsha lulandela i-SUV entsha ye-B-segment, igama layo elingakaqinisekiswa - kuze kube manje. Igama layo yi-Kia Stonic futhi izofinyelela ezimakethe zase-Europe (kuhlanganise nePortugal) kulo nyaka.
Igama elithi “Stonic” lihlanganisa amagama athi “Speedy” nelithi “Tonic” kubhekiselwa kumagama amabili asetshenziswa esikalini somculo.
Igqugquzelwe indlela kanye nokusebenza kwamaSUV amakhulu kulolu hlobo, ngokusho kwabakwa Kia lena kuzoba imodeli yalolu hlobo eke yakwazi ukwenziwa ngendlela oyifisayo kakhulu, ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Imidwebo ongayibona ngezansi, evezwe ngabakwa-Kia, ilindele imodeli yokukhiqiza.
Ulayini ogelezayo ophahleni ohambisana nomsebenzi womzimba, kanye nezinsimbi zophahla ezinombala omnyama ezinomklamo wangempela, ziphawula iphrofayili yobusha nezemidlalo, njengoba kwenza ama-LED optics ngaphambili nangemuva. Kuyimodeli yaseYurophu ngamabomu: "imigqa evundlile ecacile, izilinganiso ezihlangene kanye nesikhungo esiphansi sokudonsela phansi".
Ikhabethe, ngakolunye uhlangothi, libonisa ukubukeka kwangaphandle, "nemigqa eqondile, izindawo ezibushelelezi kanye nokubunjwa kwejometri". Nakulokhu, ubuchwepheshe kanye ne-ergonomics bekusenhliziyweni yokukhathazeka kwabaklami bakwa-Kia, okubonakala kuzixazululo zangaphakathi.
I-Kia Stonic kulindeleke ukuthi idlale emhlabeni wonke ngesikhathi sasehlobo, kanti ihholo laseFrankfurt, elizoba ngoSepthemba, okuyindawo okungenzeka ukuthi idlale ngayo emphakathini.