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Replying to: backy (Nov 07, 2005 9:31 am) |
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Replying to: chuck1959 (Nov 07, 2005 8:04 am) The Korean carmakers, except Daewoo, have made great strides in quality, design and performance in a short amount of time. They've gone from bottom of the barrel barely twenty years ago to being competitive with domestic and most Japanese cars while still offering a greater value than just about anything on the market. I have tremendous respect for these guys. |
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who only buy Japanese cars. It's all part of the whole Asian car buying experience. Why would someone love Kia Motors so much? Good question! Here's one reason. I went in for a low-cost, foreign-built Japanese alternative and I left the Kia lot with a well-built 1999 Kia Sephia 4-door sedan for a grand total of $7995 after a $2,000 manufacturer rebate. Yikes! The car was great, too. Why would someone spend so much time talking about his car for years if there wasn't some truth to it? I know, that's not enough. Talk is cheap, you say. Well, I invite you to go test drive one. The thing is I loved my '99 Kia Sephia and it was one of the cars Kia built while they were in their so-called "weak-building" years. I don't think they were "weak-building" years. I got myself a great car for $7995. No A/C and no automatic windows and mirrors. But a more than competent little car that looked light years better than the Toyota Corolla and the Honda Civic. Ahh...you mean, it's actually important what a car looks like? Ya better believe it's important what a car looks like. I compared the skin design integrity of the '99 Kia Sephia I bought to the same on a Civic or Corolla and there was no comparison. End of search. Kia won without a fight. Smart, educated car-builders who did it right. BTW-there is no scientific research available on the Internet or even your local bookstore (or even your favorite local newspaper)that can substantiate any way that Kia Motors was improved by Hyundai Motors. Sure, they share some architecture now. Stop, for a second. I bought my '99 Sephia and it ran great. Perfect? Nope. Was the HYundai Elantra of 1999 perfect? Nope. Now, it is true that Kia had some serious financial difficulties in 1998 and it was cool that big bro Hyundai came to their rescue. But, then again, it could have been Ford, or Chrysler. Who can put anything together and publish it that details exactly what Hyundai has done that improved Kia so much? Technical, car building details, men. Not rhetoric. Ya ain't gonna find too much in them that hills. These guys are good and they know exactly what they're doing. Don't get me wrong, I like Hyundai a lot. The Hyundai Tiburon is the finest looking car made by any car manufacturer anywhere on earth. It absolutely rocks like the Guess Who and Foghat. So I'm not being antagonistic here. ASMOF it would only enlighten us all if anyone can come up with anything more than simple platform sharing. All in all there's no stoppping either Kia or Hyundai now. I knew back in 1998 that Kia would not sink like the Titianic. Too much talent and too much brawn and too much fine automobile to just shoo into the Nevada desert or the Ozark Mountains. Sit back, crack open a flavored, diet soda and watch the domestic makers flail and these two S.Korean automakers surge. After a brief look at Scion I am back in the Saddle again and into an extended jam with Kia. Rock on! 
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Nov 06, 2005 11:02 am) When i owned my 04 kia rio, my husband could not stretch his leg all the way out causing him to ride the clutch alot without meaning to. (hes 6'2) With this 06, (which was one of the reasons i really bought it) he can actually stretch his legs out. Not all the way still, but alot more and he has more room to move around. It seems like they're making the rios more of a family sedan than just an A-B car. which is great. As for the headroom i never really noticed having a problem with that in the 04 or 06. I mean, nowadays with the prices of cars, im really satisfied with the 06. specially since i only paid 12,000 for it. im sure if i would have went to buy a honda civic(which i have nothing against)with the same features, it probably would have been alot more.  As for the airbags, they also have a safety feature for children (or in my case my dog). If someone is sitting in the passenger seat under 70 lbs,a light comes up above the radio indicating that the passanger airbag is off. This is for if a child is sitting in the front, which they shouldnt be anyways, the airbag does not go off to cause further damage in case of an accident. 
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Yeah, I have a Kenwood stereo in my '01 Kia Sportage 4x4 and it's great. The '06 Kia Rio sounds great and when I go to shop for a car that may be the one I get. The black color looks good on the new Rio. The back seat is for our dogs so it looks like they'll get plenty of room plus they'll be able to look out the rear Rio windows just fine. Keep us up-to-date on any new happenings with your '06 Kia Rio sedan, OK? I really like the new Rio look. Kia has it nailed down well on the styling. I love that high beltline in the rear-it really has the European look to it. These Rio's are selling like hotcakes in Europe for Kia and so are the new Kia Picanto's, their new microcar. We'd have to decide on the larger Sportage or the smaller Rio but the better gas mileage of the Rio has me interested. 
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Nov 09, 2005 10:09 am)
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Replying to: chuck1959 (Nov 09, 2005 11:11 am) |
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Replying to: chuck1959 (Nov 09, 2005 11:11 am) |
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dealer just got a 2006 Kia Rio5, too, also in the orange-ish red color. It looks great. The car stands out and looks really sharp in comparison to the Kia Spectra5 that they park right by the Rio5. The Rio5 I saw is a 5-speed manual and it is loaded, the sticker says around $14,195. It has the 5-spoke alloys and that swoosh at the rear end of the Rio5 on both sides( taillights)looks really impressive. The Rio5 is fully loaded with airbag protection, too. I'll be checking their lot often for updates. |
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