Why on earth would you want a diesel living on Malta?

The max speed limit is 50 mph.

The island is about 17 miles x 9 miles, about the size of the Isle of Wight.

Running a diesel in such a place is guaranteed to give you DPF issues. Its doubtful any single trip will be long enough for a full regen to take place and eventually you will be faced with a very expensive replacement.

In such a small place your annual mileage cannot be great, surely no more than 5000 miles a year. The difference in gallons used between 50 mpg in a diesel and 40 mpg in a petrol is only about 25 gallons a year and with a modern more efficient petrol probably less. And remember that with such short trips a diesel will not be working in its most efficient environment.

You will never recoup the extra cost of the diesel car and with the threat of big bills for a DPF issue I would suggest you only buy petrol (or a hybrid).

To be honest DPF issues here in malta are mostly common on Renault Captur / Nissan qashqai and Diesel 1.6 Golf Cars,rest of the cars rare have any issues of DPF,my E90 *Touch wood* never gave me any DPF issues in 3 years of ownership.

At the end of the day, it is your choice. But i'm just a bit confused as to why you'd post a question asking for advice on whether to get petrol, hybrid or another diesel, when you clearly seem to have made up your mind to get another diese.

You might get lucky buying another diesel, but if it does go wrong, the bills will be much higher than anything likely to happen in a n/a petrol with t/c auto.

In this country, Kia's come with a 7 year warranty. If it is the same in Malta, and the choice has to be diesel, that is what i'd get. But also a word of warning, again, if it is the same as the UK, Kia will do everything they can to worm their way out of the warranty obligations. So with that in mind, only buy with full Kia history.