LoL. Kia.

**BB1_Luda** · 06-01-2009, 11:04 AM

What car does this resemble to you guys?

I can understand copying idea's but that front end looks too close to the 8th gen civic.

I was kind of shocked when I looked up the spec's though.
290hp/289tq turbo 2.0L 4-cylinder
6 speed manual. Looks like fwd though.

**Sammich** · 06-01-2009, 11:07 AM

ooooooooooooo snap...honda has a problem child...that is pretty epic right there...i think id rock that

**WannabeSpecV** · 06-01-2009, 11:08 AM

those are pretty sweet numbers, the wheels are hideous IMO but looks pretty sweet

Ed · 06-01-2009, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by Sammich

ooooooooooooo snap...honda has a problem child...that is pretty epic right there...i think id rock that

i think he meant an evo x, since he said 2.0 turbo awd.

i dont think it looks like anything though.

it doesnt look bad IMO but the wheels do have to go.

**Sammich** · 06-01-2009, 11:11 AM

^either way, i'd definitely drive it

**BB1_Luda** · 06-01-2009, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by Ed

i think he meant an evo x, since he said 2.0 turbo awd.

i dont think it looks like anything though.

it doesnt look bad IMO but the wheels do have to go.

yea nvm about that awd thing.

the concept was awd.
2010 production is Fwd.

Looks like SRT-4 gotta problem.

**aaronfelipe** · 06-01-2009, 11:17 AM

It resembles these..

**VooDooXII** · 06-01-2009, 11:21 AM

It shows what the 8th-gen Civic SHOULD look like. Kia's starting to impress me with their styling direction.

**BKgen®** · 06-01-2009, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by BB1_Luda

Looks like SRT-4 gotta problem.

Looks like someone doesn't know the SRT-4 was discontinued....

**FasTech** · 06-01-2009, 11:26 AM

Wasn't this topic covered on IA already?!

**VooDooXII** · 06-01-2009, 11:27 AM

SRT...what's that stand for? Some Retarded Thing?

**BB1_Luda** · 06-01-2009, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by GKtib®

Looks like someone doesn't know the SRT-4 was discontinued....

Yea? No shit.

I guess I should say chevy cobalt ss then.

**Sammich** · 06-01-2009, 11:37 AM

^TRUTH

**1SICKLEX** · 06-01-2009, 02:17 PM

Uhh OP, Honda copies all the time, mostly BMW....here is another example, the new Accord crossover fake BMW X6 ugly thing coming this fall.

**Ran** · 06-01-2009, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by VooDooXII

It shows what the 8th-gen Civic SHOULD look like. Kia's starting to impress me with their styling direction.

My thoughts exactly.

**VickNotic** · 06-01-2009, 02:46 PM

i'll rocK that thing!!!

**redblackfan** · 06-01-2009, 02:59 PM

so instead of trying to beat honda it copies it

**Ran** · 06-01-2009, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by redblackfan

so instead of trying to beat honda it copies it

Considering the improved exterior and performance, I'd say it is beating the Honda.

**redblackfan** · 06-01-2009, 04:26 PM

but they used honda's blueprints

**Ran** · 06-01-2009, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by redblackfan

but they used honda's blueprints

So what? Ever look at the cars of the 80's, or even the 60's? Everything copied everything else. It's nothing new. The fact that Kia took a popular design and improved upon it is a welcome addition in my book.

**redblackfan** · 06-01-2009, 05:14 PM

yeah i know the passport and rodeo, ranger and b-series

**BABY J** · 06-01-2009, 07:23 PM

http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/20...up-Concept.htm

**D3UC3S** · 06-01-2009, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by Sammich

ooooooooooooo snap...honda has a problem child...that is pretty epic right there...i think id rock that

EPIC????? I think someone hangs out in the interwebz too much..........

Its a KIA, it will be cool for like 6 months and then shit will start to fall off of it. Maybe the second gen of this car will be OK...they will have the bugs worked out by then.

As far as an "epic" kia???? uummm no.

**MINI** · 06-01-2009, 07:32 PM

I would take that kia over any Civic.

**okra1981** · 06-01-2009, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by RoyalSilver

I would take that kia over any Civic.

And you will suffer from it until you sell it for half the amount you would have gotten from a car built with quality and reliability in mind. Yeah, go ahead and buy a disposable car.
I'd much rather have an Si, at least then I wouldn't have to deal with a flappy-paddle gearbox, annoying.

**SPOOLIN** · 06-01-2009, 10:29 PM

lol.

Kia, The NEW disposable vehicle. (now that saturn is about gone...lol)

**D3UC3S** · 06-01-2009, 10:45 PM

^^^lol. word

**Kaiser** · 06-01-2009, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by okra1981

And you will suffer from it until you sell it for half the amount you would have gotten from a car built with quality and reliability in mind. Yeah, go ahead and buy a disposable car.
I'd much rather have an Si, at least then I wouldn't have to deal with a flappy-paddle gearbox, annoying.

So amusing that these arguments still haunt us...except now Honda is the "Car of Quality" where just two decades before it WAS the "disposable" car...the car people said you bought and drove till it collapsed then bought a new one.

**DynamicSound** · 06-01-2009, 10:56 PM

The same as the Kia Soul...it is a copy of the Scion XB.

**hondachik** · 06-01-2009, 11:10 PM

Doesn't matter who Kia copies. They will never have the book value of a Honda. Kia's depreciate so damn quickly, I wouldn't buy it no matter how cool it looks. I mean I like the new styling approach Kia is doing, but I wouldn't dare look at one twice unless their resale value started to look a little better.

**hondachik** · 06-01-2009, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by Fast-Tech™

Wasn't this topic covered on IA already?!

And yes this topic was already covered. I originally posted this pic & said it looked just like a Civic over a month ago in the thread talking about the new Kia sedan.

**TypeRPersonality** · 06-01-2009, 11:18 PM

Can't believe people hate Honda (despite whatever reason) so much to say they'd take a Kia over a Honda.

**1SICKLEX** · 06-02-2009, 12:38 AM

Originally Posted by TypeRPersonality

Can't believe people hate Honda (despite whatever reason) so much to say they'd take a Kia over a Honda.

I can't believe the Honda "Smug" around here acting like Kia is somehow beneath them.

**SPOOLIN** · 06-02-2009, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX

I can't believe the Honda "Smug" around here acting like Kia is somehow beneath them.

they are.

Ed · 06-02-2009, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX

I can't believe the Honda "Smug" around here acting like Kia is somehow beneath them.

honda kids think hondas are a gift from God.

**okra1981** · 06-02-2009, 08:32 AM

I owned one Honda 12 years ago and it was old at that time, I put it through hell every day, it was a perfect little car until a Mustang hit me head on doing close to 100mph, I thank that car every day for me being here, it isn't smugness, it's appreciation. My girlfriend's Kia was only a few years old with half the miles of my Honda, it's A/C only worked a few months and it's transmission had to be replaced after it hit about 85k miles, if Kia is the next car of quality, then I think I'll start taking MARTA.

**JITB** · 06-02-2009, 08:42 AM

This reminds me of a hYundai argument from about 2 years ago...

Close minded people never see the light! Korea is on the rise, and have been owned by hyundai for years, hyundai has bounced back super strong in the last 5 years. Along with Kia, with styling and reliability. And a warranty so much better than any honda, and a hell of a lot cheaper.

Hondas break, just as much as any other car will break.

**BABY J** · 06-02-2009, 10:25 AM

FORD FUSION

HONDA PRELUDE

FORD FUSION:

HONDA PRELUDE:

**Ran** · 06-02-2009, 10:31 AM

lol Honda Insight

/thread

**JITB** · 06-02-2009, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by BABY J

FORD FUSION

HONDA PRELUDE

FORD FUSION:

HONDA PRELUDE:

im sure ford has always been a fan of the honda preludes styling!

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