Length is the distance between the front and the rear of the car. It is measured from the front bumper to the rear bumper It is no surprise that length has a huge impact on the inner spaciousness of the Kia Rio.A hatchback can be any length depending on the make and model, but they tend to be smaller in size to other car body types.With it’s
wheelbase of 2580 mm,
the Kia Rio has a length of 4065 mm. The longest car you can find amongst similar vehicles has Mitsubishi Carisma 1.6 (DA2A ), which is 410 mm more than the Rio 1.2 -
4475 mm.For illustration, the difference in wheelbase between the Kia and the Mitsubishi is 30 mm in favor of the Kia. On the other hand, the shortest in the "medium hatchback" category is the Mercedes-Benz A 140 , which is 3776 mm - that makes it 289 mm shorter than the Kia in question.Wheelbase-wise, the Mercedes-Benz outperforms the rival by 13 mm.
The difference in length between first generation (DC) from 2000 and last generation (Rio YB (1. Facelift)) from 2020 is 15cm mm.
