2017 KIA Picanto 1.2L Petrol · PJ17 LMV

The 2017 Kia Picanto presents as roadworthy following a clean pass on 3 June 2025 at 48,995 miles, with the maintenance trend appearing stable across its recorded history. The vehicle carries no advisories or defects in any of its four passed tests, and the most recent entry shows the car in sound mechanical condition for its nine-year age. Annual mileage sits at roughly 5,444 miles per year against the recorded 48,995 miles, marking this as a low-use city car. The records show steady, light accumulation: 37,001 miles on 12 May 2023, 43,302 on 13 May 2024, and 48,989 by 30 May 2025. Two failed tests on 12 May 2023 and 30 May 2025 list no defects, indicating administrative or presentation issues at the testing station rather than mechanical faults, and the car passed cleanly days later on both occasions. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection of consumable items given the low standing mileage, as rubber suspension bushes, brake calipers, and tyres degrade with age and disuse as much as with distance. The absence of corrosion or structural advisories in the DVLA data is encouraging, but nine years of light running can mask perished seals or flat-spotted tyres unseen in the MOT record. Given the clean test lineage and minimal wear profile, the Picanto reads as a low-risk purchase for a buyer prioritising light urban use, provided an independent check confirms no age-related deterioration in brake discs, exhaust hangers, or underbody coating.