My first encounter with the new-for-2017 Kia Niro came at last November’s Los Angeles auto show. Plopped into a static display of outdoorsy accommodation, it looked fresh, neatly drawn and ecologically primed. The 2017 Kia Niro is a crossover vehicle, one of the most popular segments today. Looking like a modern station wagon (without that dastardly name), Niro is also a hybrid, using a gas/electric/battery propulsion system that’s intended to garner exceptional economy. The real world doesn’t … [Read more...]