Kia Motors America Unveils 2010 KONI Racing Program
November 3, 2009
Kia Motors and Kinetic Group team up to build and campaign race cars for the automaker's first-ever auto racing efforts on U.S. soil. Decorated drivers Nic Jönsson and Andy Lally to pilot No. 10 Infinity Kia Forte Koup race car...
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anything with andy behind the wheel should be fast.
I bet they will actually be pretty good. I think this may spark something for KIA in the tuner world. The Spectra 5 was a huge fail. I honestly would rock one of these if I could get a hold of a body kit like that.
Kia? Really? That's quite interesting.
Side Note: I saw a Forte Coupe on the road and those things look GOOD.
Originally Posted by Nerdsrock22
they have a hyundai that looks like a mercedes without the logo in the front, 4dr..kinda like it
With anything related to this type of racing, the manufacture is responsible for funds.
It is who they chose to build and run the cars that matters. In this case, it is Kinetic Group.
It looks remarkably like a new civic SI.
Kias are such low quality, poorly built pieces of garbage.
I predict that this will not go well.
I predict you're wrong and don't know what you're talking about.Kias are such low quality, poorly built pieces of garbage.
I predict that this will not go well.
X2 I have actually been impressed with the Kia Spectra EX, I bet that engine would woop the shit out of your integra if both were built to a fair race.I predict you're wrong and don't know what you're talking about.
X2 I have actually been impressed with the Kia Spectra EX, I bet that engine would woop the shit out of your integra if both were built to a fair race.
Nearly anything can be "built" to be quick. But until someone chooses to build one, its 138hp and 136 ft lb will not be enough to "woop the shit" out of my integra.lol
I predict you're wrong and don't know what you're talking about.
Lol.
I just know that my sister has a kia. optima I believe. It only has like 40,000 miles on it and the thing is falling apart. Interior trim pieces are chipping left and right, the steering wheel has damn near holes in it from where you place hands. The motor feels sooo underpowered for what I would expect from a v6. I cant even imagine what the 4 cylinder model feels like.
Also, my relatives bought a kia. Some small SUV; dont know what model exactly. They have the same complaints. Underpowered, and poor quality.
Just havent seen or heard a single good thing about them.
I wanted to see what your response was before i had input.
You are looking at this as out of the box racing. The Koni is incredibly close to production based racing compared to pretty much every single other series there is but even still, modifications are allowed and more importantly, prep and r&d on behalf of the team will get this project to move on.
I'm not saying it will win immediately but i am saying that this and a showroom Kia are not the same.
For another more stretched out example, look at the Chevy Lacetti used by RML in the WTCC and BTCC. Over in America, it was another simple Pacific Rim import branded as a Suzuki.
Over there, it was an over engineered piece of British perfection.
The KIA is not built to S2000 rules but again, this is NOT a stock Kia.
What year models? Kia stepped up their game big time back around 2006. Ive said this in countless other forums that anything before 2006 that ive seen sucks. Anything 2006 and up are pretty damn good, I dont know how they stepped it up so quickly but they did! You gotta remember that Kia though its Hyundai is still a relatively new company. They dont have all the years experiance as the Big Three of Japan. Koreans are just now getting closer to some great potential.
I keep saying that this is what the Civic should've looked like.
I just think it's interesting that Kia of all companies is getting into a racing program. First time for everything, I guess!
I thought this the first time I saw one.
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-2004 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V *boosted* (parting out)
I'll admit thats the first Forte coupe I can remember seeing and that looks pretty cool. I'd honestly buy one.
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Funny part is if something should happen to it (IE; wreck) crumple it up and throw it in the trash and build another one for like $50. I wish KIA luck, i think this will start a spark in the community.
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^ Yeah, those vehicles were complete shit. They had to bring someone new in to design and execute the newer vehicles bc they aren't bad at all. Its a 180 difference in thw quality.
maybe this will get people to buy kia's and mod them
^ thats pretty much what I was saying haha. I used to hate Kia's but then drive my fiances all the time and its grown on me. It wouldn't blow your doors off just saying that they are pretty close.
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