For many in the UK, the Kia Niro is the compact crossover with it all, including affordable prices and a choice between a hybrid, plug-in hybrid and full electric powertrains. All that’s missing? Some style. Kia acknowledged that when its Niro TV ads used Hollywood megastar Robert de Niro to emphasise that what was needed was a “trendy version”. Well, here it is: the next Kia Niro. The South Korean automaker is only teasing us for now with glimpses of the new model, but they are glimpses nonetheless that point directly to the Kia Habaniro concept of 2019 – and you couldn’t accuse that of being untrendy.

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