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#1 of 1357 Kia Amanti by libertycat Jul 02, 2003 (5:49 pm)
I hope this is more luxurious than the XG350 (I don't have complaints about that even, though). I also hope it has a little more room and looks way different than the XG350 (as spy photos indicate it will).
#2 of 1357 by pzev Jul 04, 2003 (9:38 am)
Well I'm sure you've seen the pictures of the Kia Opirus. It looks quite a bit different from the XG350, although I think the Kia's interior looks a lot more luxurious. I've seen spy pics of the next Sonata that looked legit and the interior looked higher quality than the current Sonata, and in a way higher quality than the XG350, just there wasn't any fake wood in it. The plastic looked nice though, better quality in my opinion than what the domestic companies in the price class are putting out. The exterior looked nice as well. The XG350 and Opirus doesn't really appeal to me and probably handle as well as a Buick, but there's no doubt that Hyundai/Kia is on the way up. If the new Sonata's and Opirus's interiors are any sign of what kind of interior quality Hyundai/Kia will be using in all their cars then they will deserve a long look over the competition if their reliability is average and the warranty remains the way it is.
#3 of 1357 The main reason to get a Hyundai/Kia is because of their LOW prices by libertycat Jul 04, 2003 (4:33 pm)
and long warrenties. Also, I think the Sonata is the best styled sedan on the market. Did u know Hyundai owns Kia? And that DC owns a lot of Hyundai?
#4 of 1357 Liberty cat- ownership stuff by smulvey Jul 14, 2003 (11:30 am)
A good deal of this is posted and printed in the Detroit area industry magazines.   Do a google on " auto industry news" and you will be directed to periodicals in US , and even India that are english written , daily updates of the companies press releases. Since these firms have full time public relations firms they churn out favorable sounding press for theinvestment community. They want the stock brokers to think they are very busy , globally aware , and using the " cheapest " labor available anywhere. So they make purchases of stock in overseas firms and they announce " joint ventures" all the time.   Will these ventures bear sweet fruit? that varies doesn't it ?   Daewoo just had its manufacturing sold to General Motors who will bring the product back under the "Suzuki" nameplate!!
#5 of 1357 SMULVEY by libertycat Jul 14, 2003 (4:52 pm)
I know more than you and as much as any website would about car company ownership. I was asking somebody else if they knew the facts I stated. Replies to this message: ccornell (Jul 10, 2004 4:06 pm)
#6 of 1357 ownership/kia-hyundai by smulvey Jul 17, 2003 (5:42 pm)
Well, yes , the connection is clear. When I did my first oil change, the oil filter on the Kia Sedona was acutually a Hyundai unit. This led me to look into it.   The two firms merged during the economic crash suffered in Asia a few years back , and Kia was available cheap enough that Hyundai , a much larger firm , bought into them.   For a number of years Kia built two american models for the Ford Motor company , the Ford Aspire and the Ford Festiva. I presume when Ford decided to re-work the Escort into the Focus they decided to stop buying the Kia cars and re-lableing them.   This left Kia with a strong incentive to start a US line and also 10 years experience with building to the US govt specs. We alll have benefited with our purchases of Spectras and Sedonas.
#7 of 1357 TRENDS by contracoffin Aug 02, 2003 (4:19 am)
Am hoping Kia is doing this in response to other manufacturers trend to cut both head room and upward visibility. Most apparently think there is a glass shortage and are lowering the top end of the windshields. HELLO--people are getting taller not shorter!!!! The Amanti design looks good and SEEMS to indicate an appreciation that headroom AND upward visibility are needed in the marketplace. The last car show I attended I ruled out 98% due to coffin like interiors. Hopefully with Hyundai's ownership quality is improving.
#8 of 1357 Agree about the lack of glass... by csandste Aug 12, 2003 (3:50 pm)
new Chrysler designs look bizarre IMHO.
#9 of 1357 The Kia Amanti is nice looking but probably more car than this by iluvmysephia1 Aug 12, 2003 (5:16 pm)
Korean car-lover really needs. That is by no means a knock on the car-actually who even owns one yet in the U.S.? Fall '03 release in the U.S.? Someone remind all of us when this ample luxury car will hit the roads. I will do a few double ganders at this one when I first see one out there, for sure! That large grille up there looms oninously, the interior is receiving early praise from many and this looks to be the type of new car that I'll need to see in person to see if I'll like it or not. $25,000 price tag is nice, eh?
#10 of 1357 I took another look at the Amanti advertisement on by iluvmysephia1 Aug 17, 2003 (10:17 am)
Kia's American website and it will be released in the fall of 2003 with final pricing to be released just before on their website. One feature I found helpful(among many)on this car is that if you leave your keys in the ignition and get out it has an electronic backup sytem that won't allow the doors to lock on you. Very shagadelic, huh, spacecadets? Love it! Also, it has some very nice load-distribution and power-directive drivetrain features involving braking and distributing power to the best wheels for the circumstance at hand that I found to be outstanding for a vehicle in this price range. It's absolutely LOADED with airbags too! If Jim Carrey was driving an Amanti in 'Dumb and Dumber' when he gets involved in that fender-bender at the airport he would have been buffeted and gently bounced to-and-fro in a most humorous way! It's really an informative re-read to see all the features Kia's loading into their first luxury car.

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