I know what you're thinking what kind of family is gonna fit in this tiny Kia
Picanto well it depends on the family and it also depends how you're going to
use the car because as a second car it's pretty easy to run around in I'm in the
Kia Picanto X line AO which is the special
Australian Open Edition and it starts at 17 nine ninety for the automatic main
competitors include the suzuki Ignis Fiat 500 and Mitsubishi Mirage let's see
how it did with my family over a whole week of driving firstly let's talk size
because it is small and when I first saw it I wasn't sure that my family would
fit in but we did fit snugly my husband and I closed it up in the front seats
like we were snuggled up on the couch together but he still had enough
Headroom surprisingly enough so it did fit us we're two girls aged five and
seven didn't really like this car from the outset purely because of the size
and they were very vocal about what they fought but they did fit yes they were
more squash than normal their legs could easily touch the seat in front of them I
could fit back here remember I'm quite little I'm 161 centimeters so I can
normally fit most places and I can easily fit behind my driving position
but with my husband's driving position even I was quite squashed it just feels
really compact in here that's for a family of four if your family is just
you and one child who is able to go in the front seat then you might look at
this car completely differently and I think that's important to note because
not all families look the same
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space in the boot is actually remarkably deep because I was able to fit the giant
bulky pram that we have in here which is pretty miraculous because it doesn't
even fit into a Mazda CX-3 which is a small SUV so the fact that it fits in
here is pretty great having a deep boot though is not super practical because
groceries will have to go on top of each other but it's a good space for
suitcases and it's a bigger boot than the Mitsubishi Mirage or Fiat 500s and I
mean it's so cute from the outside the color is adorable the size feels like
it's gonna fit in my back pocket and everything about it screams tiny Isla
Fisher you know how you just feel like hugging
her every time you see her on TV that's how the Picanto exterior makes me feel
inside is quite basic but because I'm in the X line you do get a few extra features
like alloy foot pedals you get red trim faux leather seats a premium steering
wheel and some glossy accents there's a lot of plastic on the dash and on the
doors and look the interiors are not gonna blow you away but this is a budget
priced car and the styling reflects that you'll get two cupholders up front plus
a spot to stash phone and keys you'll get a bottle holder in the front doors
plus rear passengers will get a pocket on the back of the front seats
driving in the Picanto is fine for what it is there's a 1.25 liter engine
so it's fairly slow going up hills and you are not going to win any races
zooming out at the traffic lights if it were an insect it would be a bumble bee
not a super-fast zippy dragonfly it works perfectly fine
as a second car to run around and do errands in it's a great city car but if
it were up to me I wouldn't take it on the open road I just don't feel super
comfortable with my kids in that back seat I don't really want them in there
for long distances but it does have great fuel consumption acclaimed four
point eight liters per 100 ks the big upside is that it's so easy to park I
have been nipping into parking spots that I would never even normally attempt
to get into and doing u-turns all over the place actually felt like a bit of a
cheat this week so that was great the steering turns nice and easily and that
whole thing is hard to beat for a second run around car it's also got a clear
reverse parking camera so you can see out back when you're parking as far as
safety goes the Picanto does have auto emergency braking but that's it for
advanced safety features still that's the most important one and that comes
standard so that's good you'll also get airbags for driver and front passenger
plus side curtain airbags that extend to the back row but this whole week I've
just felt really quite unsafe with my kids in the back seat all I can think
about if somebody running it up to the back of us and hitting the kids from
behind which really is not an ideal thought while you're driving
there are two ISOFIX points plus three top tether points for kids car seats but
you're never going to fit a third child seat back in the middle there so that won't
be used way you will however get apple carplay
and android auto as standard which just means that you can plug your phone into
the USB point and your phone's main apps come up onto the seven-inch touchscreen
so you can use maps to navigate or Spotify to listen to music plus make
calls and send text with voice control
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look the Kia Picanto really didn't suit me and my family because I was just so
paranoid about having them in such a small back seat position and I worried
they weren't safe back there that's just me I'm just one of those paranoid moms
if you're more relaxed than me or you've got one child who can fit in the front
seat you might enjoy this car more because it is super fun to drive so easy
to park and it has all your standard safety and technology
I gave it a family rating of six and a half out of ten do note that is a family
rating not a general driving experience rating my children gave it six they
really didn't like the size
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