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Here Comes The Hotstepper — And By “Hotstepper” We Mean “Manual-Transmission Kia Rio With Additional Features”

By Jack Baruth on September 11, 2012

In my fawning review of the Kia Rio 5-door, I noted that the six-speed manual transmission was only available with the base model. When the B&B complained, I commented that

Loaded manual-transmission subcompacts are nearly as rare as unicorns. You may want to shift for yourself, but the market does not, and the market buys cars.

Kia’s about to try to prove me wrong.

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