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  1. 01-30-2010, 07:05 PM #1
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    Default Kia ripped Honda off!!

    Just scavenging the web and stumbled across this. And i was like holy crap honda should file a law suit for this crap or something.
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    imo the kia looks better
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2turbo4u View Post
    imo the kia looks better
    Yes it does. And as for ripping off... R&D's for every manufacture have been doing that forever

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    Welcome back. Look at ANY KIA or Hyundai and you'll see every other popular car in the styling...it's nothing new.
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    except the kia is actually uglier in person, the front end is almost perfectly flat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Starrfire View Post
    except the kia is actually uglier in person, the front end is almost perfectly flat.

    true dat cabover truck
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    i noticed it since the commercial for it came out lol

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    old news. they been doing it for years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by G.C View Post
    old news. they been doing it for years.
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    they both look good but id drive the civic over the kia
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    i honestly wonder if car companies sell designs to each other sometimes..

    i realized the other day at the shop while working a kia sedona is the same freaking thing as a honda odyssey
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    Quote Originally Posted by 5thgcelica View Post
    i honestly wonder if car companies sell designs to each other sometimes..

    i realized the other day at the shop while working a kia sedona is the same freaking thing as a honda odyssey
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    ill drive the kia over the civic. wont have to worry bout it gettin stolen lol..
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    ^ if there isnt a patent then the company can use the same design with out problems
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    Key difference: The Kia actually has torque.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BKgen® View Post
    Key difference: The Kia actually has torque.
    really lol
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    Actually I'm just being a dick. But yes, the Kia has more torque. And in my opinion (and the opinion of quite a few other IA members), looks much better.

    This is OLD ass news... The car has been out for a WHILE. Just goes to show how much the average Civic/Integra owner actually knows about the auto world outside of HondaTuning.
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    dam koreans.............

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    Quote Originally Posted by BKgen® View Post
    Actually I'm just being a dick. But yes, the Kia has more torque. And in my opinion (and the opinion of quite a few other IA members), looks much better.

    This is OLD ass news... The car has been out for a WHILE. Just goes to show how much the average Civic/Integra owner actually knows about the auto world outside of HondaTuning.
    You can suck it, I know a good bit about the world outside of honda, but you don't really see too many boosted Kias drivin around....I'm not really interested in mommy cars.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Genji-Sama View Post
    You can suck it, I know a good bit about the world outside of honda, but you don't really see too many boosted Kias drivin around....I'm not really interested in mommy cars.
    You don't seem to be interested in cars worth owning.
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    ^^^ I've seen some of the Koups. They look really funny to me if they're not in orange or red, but when they're the right color, and lowered quite the sight!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Genji-Sama View Post
    You can suck it, I know a good bit about the world outside of honda, but you don't really see too many boosted Kias drivin around....I'm not really interested in mommy cars.
    Defensive much? I don't think he was implicating you specifically.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sprix! View Post
    Defensive much? I don't think he was implicating you specifically.
    Maybe idk, he did however post that comment in the thread i started saying, "shows how much the average civic/integra owner knows outsided of honda" and did specifically mention the model of car i own, if he had have said honda, maybe. Idk, just to be safe, i retract my defensive comment.
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    i like the koup better


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    I am actually about to trade my truck for a Koup 6mt
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    The KIA looks 20x better so...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Genji-Sama View Post
    I'm not really interested in mommy cars.
    Says the Honda owner!

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    The KIA looks 20x better so...
    Indeed. Kia's doing big things right now, same with Hyundai.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Genji-Sama View Post
    I'm not really interested in mommy cars.
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    Says the Honda owner!

    lol.. Glad someone else caught that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by XanRules View Post
    Says the Honda owner!


    Indeed. Kia's doing big things right now, same with Hyundai.
    Apparently we have two different opinions of mommy cars. IMO, a mommy car has four doors and is not commonly seen on the tuning scene. I drive an integra hatch and they're pretty much everywhere so..
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    You're just mad the Kia looks way better.
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    which one come with a 10yr 100k waranty?
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    UHHH WHAT? I want to know who Kia has been stealing styling from because no one have cars as ugly as theirs.


    But stilll I <3 Kia and their torque
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    you cant tell me this doesnt look good......
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    KIA also has a new program this year.

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    I have been defending Kia since their 05 line up. Anything after that has pretty good quality. Not to mention the Koupe has better torque/hp than a Civic EX. The Koup platform has already proven to be reliable on boost and would easily compete with a boosted SI.

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    i think sometimes they do sell designs to each other but at times i think they copy them, not exact clones they have to switch it up a bit, that Hundai genesis sedan kinda looks like a benz, i still dont trust Korean engines, they have stepped their game way up, but i still dont trust them, and they look cheap inside....
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