What is the Kia Mentor?
The Mentor was a compact family car in Kia’s UK range. It belongs to an earlier period of the brand’s European offering, when compact petrol cars formed part of its line-up.
The UK Mentor range used petrol engines. A separate European Union registration entry lists a diesel version in 2020.
Generation and engines
The first generation, code FA, is listed in the UK from 2000 to 2002. Its petrol engines ranged from 1.5 L to 1.6 L, across five versions.
The Mentor is part of Kia’s earlier history of making conventional compact passenger cars, before the brand’s range expanded into many different vehicle types.
How economical was the Kia Mentor?
The lowest listed consumption is 7.9 L/100 km on the NEDC test. The UK range was petrol-only. NEDC was the European test procedure used for this period; its results are not directly comparable with modern WLTP figures or US EPA and Canadian 5-cycle ratings.
European Union registration figures list a 1.6 L diesel Mentor in 2020, with 12 registrations.
Where was it sold?
UK VCA figures list five petrol versions from 2000 to 2002. European Union registration figures record 12 registrations of a 1.6 L diesel version in 2020.
Questions and answers
What engines were available in the UK Kia Mentor?
The UK petrol range ran from 1.5 L to 1.6 L.
What is the lowest listed Mentor fuel consumption?
It is 7.9 L/100 km on the NEDC test.
Was there a diesel Kia Mentor in Europe?
European Union registration figures list a 1.6 L diesel version in 2020, with 12 registrations.