Kia Rio

Car Hatchback ⭐ Popular pick Discontinued

1 production run · 4 variants · 10 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Kia Rio on record.

Netherlands: 2000–2024; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland: 2004–2026; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 10% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Australia Canada Finland Israel Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom United States

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Production history & variants

1 production run · 4 variants · 10 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/car/kia/rio/full

Registration history

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

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Netherlands
2000	6
2001	59
2002	140
2003	275
2004	423
2005	464
2006	927
2007	896
2008	780
2009	425
2010	80
2011	2,519
2012	7,597
2013	5,046
2014	3,708
2015	2,967
2016	2,387
2017	3,559
2018	2,300
2019	1,123
2020	920
2021	761
2022	765
2023	530
2024	11

Finland
2004	8
2005	102
2006	205
2007	150
2008	115
2009	47
2010	1
2011	323
2012	1,395
2013	1,625
2014	2,074
2015	2,188
2016	2,287
2017	2,033
2018	1,089
2019	1,227
2020	1,520
2021	1,848
2022	799
2023	760
2024	293
2025	53
2026	1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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{
  "id": "car/kia/rio",
  "name": "Rio",
  "make": {
    "id": "kia",
    "name": "Kia"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "hatchback",
  "availability": [
    "au",
    "ca",
    "ch",
    "es",
    "fi",
    "gb",
    "il",
    "lu",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz",
    "ua",
    "us"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "as",
    "eu",
    "na",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 1,
    "mass_decile": 1,
    "rarity": "common"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "car/kia/jb",
    "car/kia/rio-eco"
  ],
  "years": null,
  "era": "discontinued",
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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