for the 2010 model year, the models received a facelift in late 2009, adopting kia's new tiger nose grille. in addition, the steering wheel receives the same design as the kia soul and kia forte, featuring optional bluetooth hands-free phone operation, and the gauges cluster receives a new red backlit design. the headlights were modified slightly, with a darker appearance and parking lights and side-marker lights sharing the turn-signal housing. side mouldings on the car became narrower and body-colored. for the uk version, the rio looks exactly the same as the us version, except that only the hatchback variant is sold there. it has kia's new bowtie grille (for the 2010 model) and is powered by a 1.4 litre dohc four-cylinder 16-valve petrol engine, or a 1.5 litre dohc four-cylinder 16-valve diesel. they both have a five speed manual gearbox.