Real-world fuel economy

Kia Real MPG by model

Real-world fuel economy for 23 Kia models, reported by owners and set against the official figure engine by engine, from 8,359 submissions. Pick a model for the full engine table and to add your own figure.

Kia Carens

2006–2018 · 8 engines with real-world data

41.1mpg

198 submissions

Kia Cee'd

2007–2018 · 20 engines with real-world data

47.0mpg

1,359 submissions

Kia Cee'd Sportswagon

2012–2018 · 5 engines with real-world data

48.7mpg

154 submissions

Kia Ceed

2018–on · 10 engines with real-world data

47.7mpg

99 submissions

Kia Ceed Sportswagon

2018–on · 5 engines with real-world data

51.1mpg

23 submissions

Kia Magentis

2009–2011 · 3 engines with real-world data

33.7mpg

22 submissions

Kia Optima

2012–2019 · 6 engines with real-world data

49.0mpg

121 submissions

Kia Optima Sportswagon

2016–2019 · 5 engines with real-world data

51.1mpg

123 submissions

Kia Picanto

2004–on · 20 engines with real-world data

45.6mpg

998 submissions

Kia Pro_Cee'd

2008–2018 · 13 engines with real-world data

44.3mpg

171 submissions

Kia Proceed

2013–on · 6 engines with real-world data

42.3mpg

42 submissions

Kia Rio

2005–2023 · 19 engines with real-world data

48.9mpg

859 submissions

Kia Sorento

2003–on · 8 engines with real-world data

32.3mpg

428 submissions

Kia Soul

2009–2019 · 8 engines with real-world data

42.8mpg

234 submissions

Kia Sportage

2004–on · 45 engines with real-world data

37.8mpg

2,240 submissions

Kia Stinger

2017–on · 6 engines with real-world data

30.0mpg

73 submissions

Kia Stonic

2017–on · 6 engines with real-world data

41.7mpg

62 submissions

Kia Venga

2010–2019 · 6 engines with real-world data

38.0mpg

593 submissions

Kia XCeed

2019–on · 5 engines with real-world data

42.6mpg

74 submissions

Other Kia models

Models where too few engines have real-world figures for a page of their own. The data we hold is here rather than lost.

Kia cerato

2004–on

43.1mpg

18 submissions

Engines and official figures

Kia cerato (2004 - on) (2004–on)

1.5 CRDi: official 57.6 mpg, real 51.0 mpg (89%)
1.6: official 40.4–41.5 mpg, real 38.4 mpg (94%)
2.0: official 37.7 mpg

Kia e-Niro

2018–2022

–

official figures only

Engines and official figures

Kia e-Niro (2018–2022)

64kWh: official 168.0 mpg

Kia Niro

2016–2021

58.8mpg

421 submissions

Engines and official figures

Kia Niro (2016–2021)

1.6 GDI 168 PHEV: official 282.5–353.1 mpg
1.6 GDI 180 PHEV: official 282.5–353.1 mpg
1.6 GDI Hybrid: official 53.3–61.4 mpg, real 56.9 mpg (99%*)
1.6 GDI PHEV: official 201.8 mpg, real 78.0 mpg (39%*)

Kia Sedona

2006–2012

29.5mpg

47 submissions

Engines and official figures

Kia Sedona (2006–2012)

2.2 CRDi Automatic: official 37.7 mpg, real 29.6 mpg (78%)
2.7 V6: official 26.4 mpg
2.9 CRDi: official 36.2 mpg, real 27.7 mpg (77%)

Where the Kia figures come from

Rebuilt from the archived Honest John Real MPG dataset after the site closed in 2026, with the official NEDC and WLTP figures kept alongside the owner-reported averages, plus new submissions from CarAdCheck readers. Each model page links to the archived page it was built from.

CarAdCheck is not affiliated with Honest John or Volkswagen Financial Services. How we rebuilt Real MPG.

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