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SMALL SUV OFFERS BIG PROMISE

WEIRD NAME, isn’t it? Not that the badge on the back matters all that much (according to Kia Australia’s focus group, at least), but when you’re tardy launching an all-new model into a hotly contested segment you want to make sure you tick every box, and Kia is more than fashionably late to the small-SUV sector.

But this model, based on the Hyundai Kona’s platform, looks good in the metal; not over-the-top urbanite chic, but with the

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