Kia PICANTO ; Dedicated Discussion, Owner/ Fan Club Thread

[engineerjibran]

what difference full payment makes?

[saad.ikram.5688]

Full price does not guarantee that you wont have to pay additional if price increases.
And longer booking period is due to chip shortage. Cultus VXL Alto VXL Revo Fortuner so many cars with booking closed

Full/Partial payment is linked to delivery time. If more than 2 months they don't take full payment so that they don't have to pay the penalty

[pwuser153423031074]

Kia 3s dealerships in lahore are not generating Invoice for Picanto Manual variant. They claim that a new Quota system has been implemented and they have already exhausted the booking quota.
The pay order from alfalah bank is ready since last 5 days.

What should i do? Wait forever for Kia to generate pay order or get pay order cancelled to instead finance a used car before the price hike hits?

[harisjahangir25]

[harisjahangir25]

I went to the dealership yesterday and they said the booking of picanto will open till the next month or till december and the delievery time of the car would be till april the booking amount 0.4 miliion this time.

I was wondering if you guys could help me figure out whether to buy a manual picanto or not.
I currently own a blue vxl cultus manual which is tbh giving me 20.3 avg/km dropped down to 20.2 due to use of AC at parking.
Should I go for a manual picanto i went to the dealership and sat in the picanto the back seats has head rest to be honest it's a need these days and overall the inside car looked cool as well.
I'm not a fan of auto as i need to shift gears to get that kind of Avg.
Assist me guys should i go for a manual picanto?
Jazakallah

[yasirz_cm]

Any one from Rawalpindi/ISB waiting for their KIA AT delivery from first of November ? I called my dealer and he said he can't promise he is still waiting for his cars from August/September and said KIA did not assemble single Kia Picanto for last 2 months due to new car launch, not sure if its true, whats the news ?

[engineerjibran]

If you can afford to drop down from 20.2 to 14-15 then picanto is a better bet. Better finish quality and more comfortable , slightly less rear leg room but if you are 5 9 and under then it doesnt matter. Cultus got amazing fuel consumption advantage.

[ipkiji]

Generally speaking Manual car users tend to remain happy with manual transmission because in manual fuel mileage is under their own control and generally manual give better mileage than Auto, for Picanto as I know Auto is in more demand so have longer booking period, if I were at your place I would go for Manual

[harisjahangir25]

Thank you for the comment.
I was thinking the same thing that's why I'm planning to go with the manual picanto as well.
Booking amount is o ly 4 lac.
When i need to lay the rest of the amount I'm thinking of selling the cultus and paying the remainder.
Well it's all in the air right now. Let's see when the dealership calls that booking are opened grab the opportunity.
Jazakallah khaer

[eemmads514352]

If you really want to go for manual. Then go for cultus VXL.
And if you want to go for auto....then go for Kia Picanto Auto.

Avoid Manual in Picanto and AGS in cultus. Rule of thumb.

Rest everything is subjective

[engineerjibran]

is picanto manual transmission not good?

[disisfifty]

Avoid Manual in Picanto and AGS in cultus. Rule of thumb.

please elaborate, why it's a rule of thumb to avoid these two variants?

[eemmads514352]

Now speaking with experience. Kept manual cultus (new shape) and drove it everywhere for 2 years and used picanto on and off (auto version only).

Pros for cultus manual:
1. Economy. I was easily getting 19 to 20 within city with it. With AC and that too constant AC i was getting maximum 18.
2. The car pick is incredible.
3. Spare wheel is not a donut

Cons for cultus manual:
1. Suzuki finishing feels a little and that too very little: cheap incomparison to picanto.

Pros for manual picanto:
1. U feel like ur sitting in a well built small car. Gives the feeling of 4.5 grade auction sheet JDM

Thats it.

Bro AGS is not an automatic. Picanto is a proper automatic. AGS drive in alto is bearable but once u have drive cultus manual and u try to drive AGS you realise what kind of a shit it is.
When ur going towards automatic.....please go towards a proper automatic.

[harisjahangir25]

Emad i actually didn't got your point.
I already own a cultus vxl and it's a blast but on the long route i realized that the back seats are not comfortable enough.
Walking into Kia dealership i realized picanto much more comfy but.
Transmission only depends on drivers preference i think.
I want to opt for the manual one (Picanto) as already been use to driving stick. If there's some sort of issue in the manual variant of kia picanto do let me know.
Jazakallah brother

[eemmads514352]

110% agreed about the seating for longer routes on Cultus.....still get flash backs of the multan trip i made last year. :-/

Kia Picanto no doubt is comfortable and thats what i meant when i gave the reference of JDM.

My point was more on the lines of mileage and city driving. Plus points going for cultus are the extra wheel and alloys as well. But they can be negligible from person to person.

I havent heard or come across any known faults in the Kia Picanto manual version. But i would suggest again....when spending money on kia.....why not make ur life easier and get an auto.

Rest ur preference is king.

[arsalan399shah]

Hello everyone. I'm using picanto for almost 1 year now and 16k driven. I'm having a doubt of an issue. I've been using AC throughout the summers and even before summers. I have noticed that the AC does not trip no matter how cold the car gets. Does anyone face the same issue? If yes then is there any fix?

[pwuser153423031074]

Picanto does not have spare wheel?

[eemmads514352]

It does....

[mussabtiwana11]

hey should i currently have a vitz 2015 spyder shape for home use. it is unregistered so it will go for around 21 . should i upgrade to picanto A.T or stick with vitz
thanks

[engineerjibran]

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