2021 Kia Stonic detailed: Why Australia will get the new Mazda CX-3 rival and how Kia thinks it will add to its line-up
20 Dec 2020 • 4 min read
The Kia Stonic will be the latest all-new nameplate to join an expansive list of new light SUVs in Australia in the last two years, but with worldwide market forces, its arrival was far from originally guaranteed, according to Kia’s local product planning boss, Roland Rivero.
“There was a point where KMC (Kia Motors Corporation) said we could choose Stonic or Seltos,” he explained. “We couldn’t have both. We chose Seltos, it was the right product for our market.”