2026 Kia Stonic gets new look, overhauled cabin and keeps manual option

The Kia Stonic has received a large update, bringing caller exterior and interior styling and a prime of pure-petrol and mild-hybrid powertrains.

The Ford Puma and Nissan Juke launched successful 2017, and this is efficaciously a 2nd dense facelift for the compact crossover. 

The Stonic's makeover brings it successful enactment with Kia’s ‘Opposites United’ design, with a beforehand extremity look bringing it person to the EV3 and different caller models.

The dimensions stay mostly unchanged: the updated car is 4165mm agelong and 1760mm wide, with a 352-litre boot.

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The 2 powertrain options both usage the 1.0-litre three-cylinder turbo petrol motor that features successful the outgoing Stonic.

In modular form, it offers 99bhp and 127lb ft of torque, giving a 0-62mph clip of 11.0sec and authoritative CO2 emissions of 125-133g/km, depending connected specification. 

The electrically boosted mild hybrid offers and 113bhp and 127lb ft, trimming the 0-62mph time to 10.7sec and CO2 emissions to 120-129g/km.

Both powertrains are offered with a prime of a six-speed manual oregon seven-speed automatic gearbox. 

UK specifications, figures and pricing are yet to beryllium confirmed. The outgoing Stonic is disposable present with 2 versions of the 1.0 T-GDi engine, with varying forms of electrical assistance, some of which connection 98bhp. It presently starts from £22,085

Depending connected trim, 16in and 17in wheels are offered, some of which diagnostic caller alloy designs post-update.

Inside, the plan changes besides bring the Stonic person successful enactment with different Kia models, including a dashboard featuring duplicate 12.3in touchscreens and the multimode interaction controls that tin beryllium toggled betwixt heating and infotainment functions.

The Stonic besides present offers a scope of caller connected functions, including a integer cardinal option, and ADAS including blindspot monitoring, guardant collision avoidance and astute cruise control.