Category: City Cars 
Price Range: £5,995 to £8,095
Inexpensive, 1.0-litre's running costs.
1.1-litre exceeds 120g/km of CO2, tiny boot, poor ride.
Cheap, unassuming way of getting from A to B, but there are better, more-rounded city cars out there.
On the whole, the Kia Picanto should be one of the cheapest cars on the road to run. The 61bhp 1.0-litre engine averages 57.6mpg and emits 117g/km, meaning it comfortably slips in the VED Band B.
Not so impressive are the running costs for the bigger, more powerful, 1.1-litre. That car averages 53.3mpg and emits 126g/km of carbon dioxide - a disappointing figure since the Hyundai i10 with which it shares an engine slips comfortably into sub-120g/km emissions.
