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Re: backy... [iluvmysephia1] by backy
Dec 04, 2005 (10:01 am)
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Dec 04, 2005 9:47 am)

iluv, iluv, iluv... take the Merc! Sell it, buy a Kia and have enough left over for a nice down payment on a house!
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backy... by iluvmysephia1
Dec 04, 2005 (3:10 pm)
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now you're talkin'!
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Re: carlovermda.. [iluvmysephia1] by carlovermda
Dec 04, 2005 (7:03 pm)
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Nov 30, 2005 4:58 pm)

I have an automatic.
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R&T on Rio by backy
Dec 04, 2005 (7:20 pm)
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Road & Track has a short take on the Rio and Rio5 in their January issue. They were not exactly blown away by the car (remember they get to drive exotics all the time), but they had some favorable comments and noted the improvement over the prior generation. They summed up with "it does what it's designed to do" or something like that.
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And I never take what the by iluvmysephia1
Dec 05, 2005 (9:14 pm)
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mag writers say as dead-on accurate to what I like or want in a rig, either. I know that they spend time in the exotics and other-worldly types of cars that I would never be interested in. If one thinks about that that's bound to have an effect on how they view the "lower end" cars that I like and that I buy.
 
The 2006 Kia Rio/Rio5 are big improvements over the last generation, but, then again, I didn't think all that much was wrong with the last-gen Rio's!
 
One big improvement, IMO, is the car's wider and longer wheelbase and stance. It's got that muscular look to it and a nice style flair as well, and it has the CVVT motor that will generate better gas mileage and produce fewer emissions at the same time. A winning combo indeed!
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Re: And I never take what the [iluvmysephia1] by chuck1959
Dec 06, 2005 (2:30 am)
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Dec 05, 2005 9:14 pm)

The 2006 Kia Rio/Rio5 are big improvements over the last generation, but, then again, I didn't think all that much was wrong with the last-gen Rio's!
 
You are right, I have a 2004 Rio Cinco. It's been a great car. I had plans (before the pics came out) to replace it with a 2006 Rio Cinco now 5. But Kia had to screw it up by giving it a cheap "hatchback" look rather than the..IMO..better looking and more popular..again IMO.."station wagon" look.
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Re: And I never take what the [chuck1959] by backy
Dec 06, 2005 (5:58 am)
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Replying to: chuck1959 (Dec 06, 2005 2:30 am)

One of those "eye of the beholder" things I guess. I think the Rio5 is very sharp-looking, with a definite Euro flair, while the Cinco was kind of cute but very '90s in its rounded styling.
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Re: And I never take what the [backy] by chuck1959
Dec 06, 2005 (6:03 am)
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Replying to: backy (Dec 06, 2005 5:58 am)

Yeah you are right about that. I guess I'm just an old fashioned guy! IMO a hatchback denotes cheap. That's why you always see then in the lower car model lines. Tell me what luxury hathback has been or is out there?
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Re: And I never take what the [chuck1959] by backy
Dec 06, 2005 (6:17 am)
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Replying to: chuck1959 (Dec 06, 2005 6:03 am)

Times are a changing. Mercedes has a C-class hatchback and recently introduced a $50k crossover vehicle that has a hatch. The $30k Chrysler Pacifica has a hatch. The Audi A3 is a new $25k hatch. So hatches are moving upscale. They have always been very popular in Europe, of course.
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Re: And I never take what the [backy] by alpha01
Dec 06, 2005 (7:28 am)
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Replying to: backy (Dec 06, 2005 6:17 am)

Point well taken, but Mercedes cancelled the C-class Hatch/Coupe thinggie for 2006, and I dont really consider the Pacifica,Freestyle,R-class etc... hatchbacks as much as crossover wagonoids. Its a tricky classification with so much blurring of the lines.
 
~alpha

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