Picanto News: Picanto Picks Up Second Award Of 2006

In the latest Auto Express awards, the Kia Picanto picked up its second title of 2006 winning the Used Car Honours 2006 Small Car category.

Having previously been voted top in Parkers Price Guide Residual Values Survey in February, this award goes a long way to proving definitively that buying a Picanto can only be a smart move in the value stakes.

This honour comes on the back of recent news that despite an expected year of consolidation by the Korean giants, Kia dealers throughout Europe, including the UK, delivered a total of 65,179 units, to record a solid 3% gain over 2005. Pretty impressive considering the shortage of product and older models being phased out.

Naturally the Picanto remained the best seller at (19,566 units) led from Sorento (10,721), Sportage (9,468), Rio (8,301) and Cerato (5,473) – to complete Kia’s Top 5 sellers table for the quarter. So the future's looking bright, especially with a new Sedona, Magentis and a revised Sorento due to hit the showrooms shortly.

The Auto Express Used Car Honours 2006 are based on depreciation, whole life costs, reliability, practicality, market sentiment, road test reports and driver feedback.