About Kia Rondo
The Kia Rondo begins its production in 1999. The Rondo is a compact car manufactured by Kia with a 5-door wagon. The Rondo was sold in markets using various nameplates, in which the Rondo is the previous name and comes from a musical term. The Kia Rondo has gone through 4 generations throughout the years. It is powered by a front-engine and front-wheel-drive.
The first generation of the Kia Rondo is also called Kia Euro Carens (Taiwan, facelift) and Kia X-Trek (South Korea, diesel facelift), and Naza Citra (Malaysia, facelift). The production ended in 2006. Rondo was assembled in South Korea: Hwaseong (Hwaseong Plant) and Indonesia: Cikarang (2004-2007), Malaysia: Gurun (NAM), and Vietnam: Chu Lai (Chu Lai Plant). Rondo is powered by petrol 1.8 L FP I4, 2.0 L FS-DE I4, 2.0 L Beta II I4, and petrol/LPG engine parts of 2.0 L Beta II LPi I4 and Diesel engine parts of 2.0 L D CRDI I4 which are mated to a 5-speed manual and 4-speed automatic transmission. Data for its dimension is 2,570 mm (101.2 in) in wheelbase.
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The second generation is produced from 2006 to 2013. Efforts have been made to improve the engine parts in which this model provided engine parts of 2.4 L Theta MPi I4,2.4 L Theta II MPi I4 and 2.7 L Mu MPi V6. Apart from them, it also offered a 2.0 L D CRDi I4, all of which are mated to a 5-speed manual, 6-speed manual, 4-speed automatic, and 5-speed automatic transmission. Rondo was extended to have a length of 4,545 mm (178.9 in) and a width of 1,820 mm (71.7 in).
The third generation is sold globally from 2013 to 2019. It was assembled in South Korea: Gwangju (Gwangju Plant), Vietnam: Chu Lai (THACO Kia), and Taiwan: SYM Motors. This time it offered diesel engine parts of 1.7 L U II CRDI I4 turbo. There is no big change in the dimension of this model.