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Production chronology1999–2023
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗25 years
← Kia
Kia / Model record
KiaRio
Production1999–2023
Recorded originSouth Korea
ClassSupermini
Background
The Kia Rio is a subcompact car manufactured by Kia from 1999 to 2023. It was discontinued due to declining popularity and broader economic factors. Body styles have included a three and five-door hatchback and four-door sedan, equipped with inline-four gasoline and diesel engines, and front-wheel drive.
Text adapted from “Kia Rio” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years2001–2023
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years2001–2023
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗23 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations2000–2008
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗9 years
EEA EU registration observations2025
EU passenger-car registration monitoring years; this is a market snapshot, not a worldwide production range.