Kia Australia has increased the recommended retail pricing and/or national drive-away pricing on around half the models it sells in Australia as of January 1, 2023.
All the vehicles affected in this particular price adjustment had their before on-road costs and/or national drive-away price increased by between $300 and $1500, depending on the model and variant.
These models include the Picanto, Rio, Cerato, Stinger, Stonic, and Sportage.
A Kia Australia spokesperson confirmed this price adjustment came into effect on January 1 this year, citing “cost of business reasons”. This likely includes rising inflation and shipping costs as factors.
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Sportage
The spokesperson also confirmed there have been no specification changes to the affected models.
The Kia models that didn’t receive a price increase in this latest round are the Seltos, Sorento, Carnival, Niro and EV6, as well as the fleet-focused Niro Plus.
This latest price increase follows a very similar rise across almost the entire range that was conducted early last year. It also bumped the pricing of the EV6 up by $4600 in the middle of 2022.
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Picanto
One of the smaller price rises for this round is the Picanto. The entry-level S manual has received a before on-road costs price increase of $300, meaning the range now starts at $16,290 before on-road costs.
The vehicle with the largest price increase is the soon-to-be-discontinued Stinger, with a price rise of $1500. It now starts at $52,750 before on-road costs for the 200S, and extends to $66,490 before on-roads for the GT.
Kia isn’t alone in upping its prices in Australia. Many brands, including BMW, Volkswagen, and Audi recently announced almost range-wide price increases from January 1, 2023.
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Stinger
The updated 2023 pricing for the affected Kia models is as follows:
Picanto
- Picanto S manual: $16,290 (+$300), $18,890 D/A (+$400)
- Picanto S automatic: $17,890 (+$300), $19,890 D/A (+$400)
- Picanto GT-Line manual: $17,740 (+$300), $20,390 D/A (+$400)
- Picanto GT-Line automatic: $19,340 (+$300), $21,390 D/A (+$400)
- Picanto GT manual: $20,790 (+$300), $22,890 D/A (+$400)
Rio
- Rio S manual: $19,690 (unchanged), $21,990 D/A (+$500)
- Rio Sport manual: $21,190 (unchanged), $23,590 D/A (+$500)
- Rio S automatic: $21,990 (unchanged), $23,590 D/A (+$600)
- Rio Sport automatic: $23,490 (unchanged), $23,490 D/A (+$600)
Cerato
- Cerato S: $26,290 (+$300), $27,890 D/A (+$400)
- Cerato S with Safety Pack: $27,290 (+$300), $29,390 D/A (+$400)
- Cerato Sport: $28,390 (+$300), $29,890 D/A (+$400)
- Cerato Sport with Safety Pack: $29,390 (+$300), $31,390 D/A (+$400)
- Cerato Sport+: $31,440 (+$300), $33,590 D/A (+$400)
- Cerato GT: $36,090 (+$300), $38,390 D/A (+$400)
Hatch and sedan models are offered at the same price.
Stinger
- Stinger 200S: $52,750 (+$1500), $56,990 D/A (+$1500)
- Stinger 330S: $56,530 (+$1500), $61,090 D/A (+$1500)
- Stinger GT-Line: $60,430 (+$1500), $64,590 D/A (+$1500)
- Stinger GT: $66,460 (+$1500), $71,390 D/A (+$1500)
Stonic
- Stonic S manual: $22,290 (+$300), $24,990 D/A (+$300)
- Stonic S automatic: $23,790 (+$300), $25,990 D/A (+$300)
- Stonic Sport manual: $25,290 (+$300), $26,990 D/A (+$300)
- Stonic Sport automatic: $26,790 (+$300), $28,490 D/A (+$300)
- Stonic GT-Line: $30,790 (+$300), $32,490 D/A (+$300)
Sportage
- Sportage S 2.0 FWD manual: $32,795 (+$350)
- Sportage S 2.0 FWD automatic: $34,795 (+$350)
- Sportage SX 2.0 FWD manual: $35,350 (+$350)
- Sportage SX 2.0 FWD automatic: $37,350 (+$350)
- Sportage S 2.0D AWD automatic: $40,195 (+$350)
- Sportage SX+ 2.0 FWD automatic: $41,850 (+$350)
- Sportage SX 2.0D AWD automatic: $42,750 (+$350)
- Sportage SX+ 1.6T AWD automatic: $43,850 (+$350)
- Sportage SX+ 2.0D AWD automatic: $47,250 (+$350)
- Sportage GT-Line 1.6T AWD automatic: $49,720 (+$350)
- Sportage GT-Line 2.0D AWD automatic: $52,720 (+$350)
Drive-away pricing for the MY23 Sportage varies from state-to-state.
All prices exclude on-road costs unless specified otherwise.
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