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Parkers overall rating: 4.2 out of 54.2
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Written by Keith Adams Updated: 28 September 2023

Should you buy one?

The Kia Niro starts at less than £24,000, is available with very competitive finance, and presents as an entirely companionable proposition. It’s quiet, practical and undeniably spacious, drives smoothly and handles reasonably tidily.

The all-electric E-Niro represents what we think is the best of the bunch, with a solid feel, peppy performance and low running costs.

However Kia struggles to offer promising finance and the E-Niro in particular is suffers relatively high APR on its PCP deals. This may in theory be mitigated by a deposit contribution but make sure you do your sums and find out exactly what you’re going to be in for each month.

Kia Niro

Parkers ratings

Performance

4 out of 54.0

Handling

3.5 out of 53.5

Behind the wheel

4 out of 54.0

Comfort

4 out of 54.0

Running costs

4.5 out of 54.5

Green credentials

4.5 out of 54.5

Reliability

4.8 out of 54.8

Equipment

4 out of 54.0

Safety

4 out of 54.0

Practicality

4 out of 54.0

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