Kia Picanto Long Term Test: Nice design, shame about the consumption

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If the Picanto was a footballer, it would be an agile and surprisingly stylish player that impresses the fans – and only the manager would know about the drink problem.

Anyone who drives one in London must feel a twinge of conscience every time they drive a congestion-charge free Picanto into the central area. It has an official CO2 figure of 99 g/km (and 67.3 mpg), but our example has managed 39.6 mpg overall, and rather less than that in town. 39.6 mpg in petrol car equates to 167 g/km of CO2, which is no-one's idea of environmental awareness.

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