“It’s not a bad thing that if you’re stranded by the side of the freeway with a catastrophic engine failure and the odometer reads 98,600 miles, you know you’re not going to have to shell out thousands…”

And that is what will be the Rondo’s greatest kicker;the auto warranty.

“The fit and finish on the Rondo were fine — nothing extraordinary, but then I found no glaring gaps or odd-sized seams — and whoever designed this thing must have been really thirsty. Our seven-passenger car had 10 cupholders sprinkled about the cabin.

If you’re curious about this car, you should also look at the Mazda 5 and the Toyota Matrix, which fit in the same mold of squarish car-like SUVs … more car than truck.

What tips things toward the Kia, however, is its 10-year/100,000-mile power train warranty, a gift from its equally warranty-generous corporate parent, Hyundai Motor Group.”

But to hear this reviewer tell it, the Rondo does have some unexpected surprises.

“What is really stunning, however, given that the Rondo is only 179 inches long, is the amount of cargo room this thing has. With both rear-seat rows folded, you get about 74 cubic feet in the Rondo, a capacity that’s competitive with bigger SUVs.”
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2007 Kia Rondo EX Specs

• 2007 KIA RONDO EX
• Type: Front engine, front-wheel-drive SUV
• Base price: $20,195
• Price as tested: $23,495
• Power train: 2.7-liter, V6 182-horsepower engine; five-speed automatic transmission
• Curb weight: 3,511 pounds
• Seating capacity: Five to seven, depending on seat configuration
• Mileage: 20 city; 27 highway
• Fuel tank capacity: 15.8 gallons
• Dimensions: Length 179 inches; width 71.7 inches; height 65 inches; wheelbase 106.3 inches
• Warranty: Bumper-to-bumper, five years/60,000 miles; power train, 10 years/100,000 miles
• Source: Kia Motors America, Inc. (www.kia.com); U.S. EPA (www.fuel economy.gov)