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Tweaked MY26 Kia K4 adds a hatchback body style and ditches entry grade six-speed auto for new CVT paired with fuel-efficient 2.0-litre four
Kia Australia has priced its updated MY26 K4, set to arrive by the end of November 2025. The revised model will finally offer a hatchback body, available across all trim grades, some 12 months after the sedan locally debuted.
The K4 range sees a range-wide price increase of $1500, now starting from $32,090 before on-road costs for the base ‘S’. Note the range topping Sport+, now $39,090 (up $1600), and GT-Line, now $43,790 (up $800), are the exceptions to this blanket change.
Kia’s K4 hatch will be available across all trim grades, with price parity to the sedan versions.
Introducing a hatch-bodied K4 should help the Korean compact better rival the (from $32,110) Toyota Corolla and (from $31,310 Mazda 3). Both competitors already offer the choice of sedan or hatchback.
The revised K4 debuts a new ‘Atkinson Cycle’ 2.0-litre petrol, which also exchanges the outgoing six-speed automatic for a CVT design.
While the fuel economy claim improves from 7.4L/100km to 6.0L/100km, maximum outputs drop slightly, from 112kW/192Nm to 110kW/180Nm.
The range-topping GT-Line will continue to offer a 142kW/265Nm 1.6-litre turbo-petrol mated to a conventional eight-speed automatic. All Kia K4’s are front-drive only.
THe K4 hatchback is around 300mm shorter than its sedan counterpart, measuring 4440mm long, 1850mm wide, and 1435mm tall. Both bodies ride on a 2720mm wheelbase.
Aside from a new body shape, there are no external or internal changes planned for the Kia K4 for 2026. Further details on existing equipment between grades can be found here.
All prices listed are before on-road costs
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