Kia Niro

Kia
	Niro Hybrid
Stainless steel
Production period:	since 2016
Class :	SUV
Body versions :	Station wagon
Engines:	Otto engine : ; 1.6 liters (77 kW) ; + electric motor : ; 32–45 kW ; Electric motor: ; (100–150 kW)
Length:	4355-4375 mm
Width:	1805 mm
Height:	1545-1567 mm
Wheelbase :	2700 mm
Empty weight :	1490-1866 kg

The Kia Niro is a compact SUV from the South Korean car manufacturer Kia , which uses the gasoline / electric hybrid drive of the Hyundai Ioniq . The model is placed between the Kia Soul and the Kia Sportage . The stainless steel is produced in Hwaseong in South Korea. The plug-in hybrid with the same technology as the Hyundai Ioniq has also been on the market since August 2017 . The Kia Niro plug-in hybrid has an electric range of 58 kilometers. Since summer 2018 there has been a purely electric vehicle in South Korea with a range of up to 450 kilometers. The e-Niro has also been available in Europe since December 2018.

history

Kia Niro Concept at the festival automobile international 2018

Rear view

Stars in the Euro NCAP - crash test in the basic equipment

Stars in Euro-NCAP - crash test with the safety package

Rear view

inner space

Stainless steel plug-in hybrid

e-stainless steel

Rear view

At the International Motor Show in September 2013 in Frankfurt am Main , Kia showed the Niro Concept, a preview of a compact crossover model. The Niro Concept was designed by Peter Schreyer and has two scissor doors . The concept vehicle is powered by a 1.6-liter gasoline engine with 118 kW (160 PS) on the front axle and a 33 kW (45 PS) electric motor on the rear axle. When the Niro Concept was presented, it was not yet decided whether there would be a production vehicle .

The world premiere of the production model took place in February 2016 at the Chicago Auto Show . In South Korea, 2,440 units were already sold within two weeks (April 18-29, 2016). That is a sales record for a car in the green segment in South Korea. Of the hybrid model Hyundai Ioniq , which uses the same drive technology, only 755 units were sold in the same period. Sales started in France and the Netherlands in July 2016. In Germany, the car has been available since September 2016.

The Niro was presented as a plug-in hybrid at the 87th Geneva Motor Show in March 2017. Here, too, the drive from the Hyundai Ioniq is used, the manufacturer specifies the electric range as 58 kilometers. It has been on sale since August 2017 at prices starting at 32,350 euros.

As part of the CES in Las Vegas in January 2018 , Kia showed an electrically powered Niro concept vehicle. The series version Niro EV , which came on the market at the end of 2018, shares the technology with the electric version of the Hyundai Kona, also introduced in 2018, and the Kia e-Soul, which was introduced in spring 2019 .

safety

In 2016, the Kia Niro was tested for vehicle safety by Euro NCAP . In the basic version, the Niro received four out of five possible stars. However, since a safety package is optionally available for the model, the Niro was also tested with the safety package. In this test, it received five stars out of five.

Technical specifications

The vehicle is driven by the front wheels; an all-wheel drive variant is not provided. As with the Ioniq, special attention was paid to economical consumption behavior in the development phase. A large part of the body was made of light, but still stiffer special steel, the trunk lid and the bonnet of aluminum. Despite the design, the car has a drag coefficient of 0.29. The internal combustion engine works like in the Toyota Prius in the Atkinson cycle . The behavior criticized by some drivers when accelerating Toyota hybrid models with IVT transmission , which is expressed by briefly louder high engine speeds, does not apply to the Niro. It uses a dual clutch transmission so that gear changes are smoother and faster.

e-stainless steel

A battery-powered version has been offered under the name e-Niro since 2019 . In February 2019 it was announced that delivery times of one year must be expected for new orders. The model has a battery capacity of 39.2 kWh or 64 kWh and a WLTP range of 289 km or 455 km.

Parameters	Hybrid	Plug-in hybrid	e-stainless steel
Construction period	since 09/2016	since 08/2017	since 12/2018
Engine characteristics
Engine type	R4 petrol engine + electric motor		Permanent magnet synchronous machine
Displacement	1580 cc		-
Max. Power max. Power electric motor	77 kW (105 PS) at 5700 rpm		-
Max. Power max. Power electric motor	32 kW (44 hp) at 1798-2500 rpm	45 kW (61 hp) at 1798-2500 rpm	100 kW (136 hp) at 3800-8000 rpm	150 kW (204 hp) at 3800-8000 rpm
Overall system performance	104 kW (141 hp) at 5700 rpm		-
Max. Torque max. Torque electric motor	147 Nm at 4000 rpm		-
Max. Torque max. Torque electric motor	170 Nm at 0-1798 rpm		395 Nm at 0-3600 rpm
Total torque system	265 Nm at 1000-2400 rpm		-
Power transmission
Drive, as standard	Front wheel drive
Gearbox, as standard	6-speed dual clutch transmission		Single-stage reduction gear
Readings
Top speed	162 km / h	172 km / h	155 km / h	167 km / h
Acceleration, 0-100 km / h	11.5 s	10.8 s	9.8 s	7.8 s
Fuel / energy consumption over 100 km (combined)	3.7-4.4 l super	1.3 l super + 10.5 kWh	15.3 kWh	15.9 kWh
CO ₂ emissions (combined)	86-120 g / km	29-31 g / km	0 g / km
Tank capacity	45 l	43 l	-
Battery (lithium ion polymer)	1.56 kWh	8.9 kWh	39.2 kWh	64 kWh
electric range	-	58 km	289 km (WLTP)	455 km (WLTP)
Charging time AC 2.3 kW 100% Charging time AC 3.6 kW 100%	-	3 h 45 min 2 h 15 min
Emission standard according to EU classification	Euro 6 (since 06/2018: Euro 6d-TEMP)	Euro 6 (since 08/2018: Euro 6d-TEMP)	-
Trunk volume	436 l	324 l	451 l

Furnishing

The Niro is supplied in different equipment variants. The lists go from the simple to the maximum equipment:

Germany

Edition 7 (entry)
Vision (medium equipment)
Spirit (top equipment)

Switzerland

trend
Power 25
Style

Austria

titanium
silver
gold
platinum

Registration numbers

In the first sales year of 2016, 1,177 stainless steel were newly registered in Germany, at that time the vehicle was only available in the hybrid version. In the following year there were 4,367 vehicles, 706 of which were plug-in hybrids. Of the 4,178 Kia Niro newly registered in 2018, 2,705 vehicles were hybrid, 1,440 were plug-in hybrids and 33 vehicles were electric. In 2019, 450 of the total of 4,014 newly registered stainless steel were for the electrically powered version.