The Kia K4 is a 4-door sedan from Kia, built from 2014 to 2020, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Under the bonnet: 1.6 L Hyundai Gamma engine#G4FJ.
The story
The Kia K4 (Chinese: 起亚凯绅; pinyin: Qǐyà kǎi shēn) is a compact sedan produced by Dongfeng Yueda Kia from 2014 to 2020. It was designed exclusively for the Chinese market, and was positioned between the Kia K3 and Kia K5. The Kia K4 was previewed on the 2014 Beijing Auto Show by the Kia K4 Concept.
What is underneath
Power comes from 1.6 L Hyundai Gamma engine#G4FJ; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It shifts through a 6-speed manual transmission / manual / 6-speed automatic transmission / automatic / 7-speed Dual-clutch transmission / DCT. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2770 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at Yancheng (Yancheng Plant) (DYK), China. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Chevrolet Camaro, the Infiniti Q50, the Ford Escort — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Kia catalogue sit the Kia K5 (Optima) and the Kia Magentis.
What it costs now
The money question first: $19,700–$28,400 is the typical asking range today, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $2,745–$3,725 a year. Insurance sits around $1,510–$2,150 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.
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Kia K4 (2024)