Kia’s subcompact since 1999, launched using Mazda engines under a technical partnership that predated Kia’s own Hyundai-derived powertrains, and sold at launch as the least expensive mass-produced car on the US market.[1] The nameplate has since split into genuinely different cars built for different regions: a global version built in Korea and Mexico, and a longer-wheelbase Russian/Chinese version sold as the Kia K2. They share a name more than a design. This catalogue covers the original DC and the fourth-generation global YB, whose production ended in December 2023.
Nameplate
Kia Rio
- Produced
- 1999–present
- Generations
- 2
Generations
Each generation is its own entry, with its own specifications and sources.
Sources & confidence
Every figure above carries a status. Nothing on this page is estimated without saying so, and nothing missing has been filled in with a guess.
- Last verified
- 2026-09-24
- Review status
- Compiled from cited sources
References
Every sourced figure and every cited claim on this page, numbered. Wikipedia articles record the revision they were read at, because the article will have changed by the time you check it.
- [1]
Kia Rio. Wikipedia · revision 1375987114 · read 2026-09-24
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Single article covering all generations (DC, JB, UB/QB, YB/FB) by section.