Something were missing from the beginning on european Kia’s B-segment SUV, the Stonic, were the Full LED headlights, even has not xenon or bi-xenon headlights, so the ilumination were something critized by customers. But according to the leaked image you can see above Kia has fixed that, just that.
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The expansion of high-riding bodystyles at the Korean maker has recently been bolstered by the XCEED, a model that, Kia claims, could become the firm’s bestseller.
“What we are looking at is whether the market is going to split into low and high seating positions for SUVs and crossovers and whether we need five models to cover the market or four,” David Labrosse, Kia Europe’s head of product planning said, “and whether some should be electric or not.”
Kia classifies the SUV segments as B-high/Blow and C-high/C-low by differing seating positions. Currently, Kia covers the market with four models: the B-segment Stonic (B-low) and, in the C-segment, the Xceed (C-low) and Niro and Sportage (both C-high).
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Like with the Rio, the changes were expected to be minimum, and the latest spy picture confirmed that. The Stonic is a relatively new model and due a facelift in late 2020/2021, with a replacement arriving in around 2023/2024.
Although the Stonic has a crossover body, its seating position is set at the same height as the Rio hatch’s, which some insiders believe should change for the next model.
The next-generation Stonic could evolve into a more ‘formal’ SUV, or even substituted by the Seltos depending on sales level.
