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BC RioJul 2000

BC Rio

REMEMBER the first Mazda 121 hatchback from the latter 1980s? To jog any memories try a stint in the 2000-2005 Kia Rio generation.The BC Rio was a re-bodied Kia Avella, a car we know in Australia as the 1994-2000 WB-WF Ford Festiva.Since Ford and Mazda owned a 16.9 per cent share of Kia Motors before Hyundai bailed it from debt-related oblivion in 1998, most of Kia’s cars were ex-Mazda cast-offs. And sure enough, the Avella was built in the 1986 121 platform, although it used many of the hard points of the famous 1990 121 Bubble.With such a heritage the BC Rio might have been a pleasant little light car, except the heavy 21st Century body, combined with a low-cost focus build and engineering, made for a sub-standard light car.A version of the 121 Bubble’s 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine – mated to a slick four-speed automatic or rubbery five-speed manual gearbox – provided 74kW of power and 135Nm of torque.Air-conditioning was only standardised from September ’01, but most will have this, along with a driver’s side airbag, central locking, power steering and cloth trim.Two modern and interesting looking (and long for their class) body sizes were offered – a five-door hatchback or a pert four-door sedan.But there was nothing remotely contemporary about the way the BC Rio’s refinement, ride, dynamics or quality feel.

LC AccentJun 2000

LC Accent

This was the first baby Hyundai buyers might choose on merit as well as price.Compared to its popular Excel predecessor, the Accent is more spacious, refined and comfortable, and better built with tangible improvements to ride quality, engine performance and general "feel".The bigger, stronger body means improved safety and a driver's side airbag is standard too.And it’s fun to fling around.On the other hand, the 76kW/133Nm 1.5-litre DOHC 16V four-cylinder engine is too vocal when stretched, the manual gearshift is awful and the steering numb.Hyundai once again blanketed the light car segment with a car somewhat larger than the norm, in three-door base and GS and GL and GLS sedan and five-door hatchback.But several things worked against the Accent replicating the Excel’s success: the Excel’s poor quality reputation the sheer ubiquity of Hyundais on our roads quite ungainly styling and ever improving rivals like the Toyota Echo and Holden’s XC Barina.

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