Their numbers may be on the decline, but there are still plenty of petrol-powered small cars out there – the budget-focused Dacia Sandero , for example, or the Hyundai i20 . Or if you fancy a used model, there is no shortage of Ford Fiestas . Smaller, shorter and lighter than most of its small...

At face value, the Hyundai i10 sits at the higher end of city car prices, when compared models such as the Volkswagen Up, Toyota Aygo and Peugeot 108 . Mid-spec models with a couple of optional extras easily exceed £14,000. But you do at least get a lot for your money with the Hyundai i10, both...

Kia has facelifted the Picanto for 2024, and while a lot has stayed the same, the most obvious difference compared to the earlier incarnation of the car is the front end. Borrowing some of the design cues of the Kia EV9 , the new Picanto has a much more distinctive look. Elsewhere, Kia's opted to streamline...

The original Hyundai i10 proved a big hit, with its practical nature and excellent value for money ticking a lot of boxes for UK buyers. But Hyundai isn’t a company to rest on its laurels and for the second-generation model in 2014, it started with a clean sheet of paper. In the process, the firm...

The Kia Picanto was the South Korean firm’s best-selling car in the seven years prior to the launch of this second-generation model in 2011. So there was a lot riding on the newcomer. Luckily, the city car arrived with a sleeker style, more space and a higher quality interior, and these qualities...

Like so many reality television stars, Kia has been on a journey over the past few years and the Rio that arrived in 2017 throws this into sharp relief. Where so many of Kia’s cars are now among the sharpest-suited in their classes and unafraid to break with convention – Stinger, XCeed, ProCeed anyone?...