I think it looks way better than the civic. The new civic looks like **** inside and the kia looks half decent. Either way I won't be buying any of this 2 vehicles in a 1000 decades so don't really matter to me.
I think it looks way better than the civic. The new civic looks like **** inside and the kia looks half decent. Either way I won't be buying any of this 2 vehicles in a 1000 decades so don't really matter to me.
"If you want peace, prepare for war"
by the way, The Kia Rio earned top subcompact car from J.D. Power and Associates in its 2007 Initial Quality Study.
And enjoy this quality ranking list from 2007. Maybe not in the top 5, but 12th and 13th certainly don't deserve to be called sh*t cars.
Better than Nissan, Acura, Mitsubishi, GM (to be expected though lol), among others as far as problems per 100 vehicles.
Look... I acknowledge that Honda makes good cars, and they always will, but you can't sit here and say Hyundai/Kia will always be sh*t just because they've been cheaply built in the past. As Ran has already said, back in the day when Honda was a fledgling company, people shunned them just like people are shunning Hyundai now. Look at Honda now.
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Last edited by BKgen®; 04-18-2008 at 11:20 AM.
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To prove that nothing is sacred. Chinese mini ripoff.
i love the last Tib and cant cant wait for the new one......and whoever said toyota was far inferior to honda in performace is on crack
Kia's aint that bad at least for the price and a LIFETIME warranty hell that would make me think twice for a daily driver
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The sad part is if you buy one of those Chinese vehicle you better be wearing a crash proof helmet and a flame suit. Might as well have an ambulnace follow you around.
Originally Posted by Crazy Asian
Their crash test ratings are better than a lot of car manufacturers:
Kia:Hyundai:Chery QQ made by MVM did rather well:Although the Chery A15/Amulet, not so good...
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ch...est/1798417186
However, it seems that we can't go by this scary video that's being put out all over the web:"One of Chery's earlier sedans fared badly in a crash test done this year by a car magazine in Russia. Chery says that the test was biased, and that the car performed better in a follow-up test in China."Ref The Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/public/article...677508444.html
Last edited by psycho_freke; 04-19-2008 at 10:08 AM.
funny thread
08 IP Infiniti G37S
hey i think this car is actually going to come out...when i worked at kia a couple of guys in the shop went to a convention to look at this. its supposed to be a serious competitor...still a kia tho...DONT TRUST EM! first day i worked there I watched a spectra set on fire in the service lane lol
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can anyone tell me what else Hyundai and Kia ripped off other brands??
can you operate Google? dumbass.
Have you not been looking at my sig? Does that look like a concept car shell with no running drivetrain? Hyundai has already started marketing the Genesis sedan, which will be seeing production... and it only makes sense that the Genesis coupe should follow suit.
You're such a genuinely nice guy to the noobs. Nobody would ever guess that you were 20/21 with such a pleasant disposition.
Didn't you read my last post? I didn't say it was a shell with no running drivetrain. Also, most concept cars do having a "running drivetrain". I only said that it isn't in production. Also, I didn't say it won't see production, I only said it may not happen when they said it would.
Last edited by psycho_freke; 04-19-2008 at 05:09 PM.
I don't discriminate against noobs -- only dumbasses.
You're not one of them. I appreciate some of the things you've said in this thread. What really pisses me off are these misinformed "JDM" (i use that term lightly -- i should just say "ricers") nutswingers that go around shooting their mouth off about Hyundai/Kia without doing research.
^ the genesis sure looks a lot like the g35/g37
08 IP Infiniti G37S
Hyundi (thumbs up) Kia (needs to merge with playschool for better parts)
Zombie panda BACK IN BLUE
well id have to say... pretty much anyone could kick my ass in a drag race... BUT i have no shame in that because by the end of the year... they will have paid 2x' as much to repair the kia to bone stock spec as i would have putting performance parts in my car LOLs
and im sure its "turbo" is maid of plastic and leftover chewing gum...
Zombie panda BACK IN BLUE
I am by no means a kia or hyundai nutswinger but this post is pretty ignorant. In fact on a lot of them i have looked at, they often use many parts that are produced by mitsubishi, denso or other common parts mfgs! i dont see where you could get off by saying they are unreliable unless you are making an uninformed leap thinking that less expensive = not reliable.
x2
im a honda guy but i love what hyundai has been doing the past few years! my uncle bought a Santa Fe (SUV) when they first came out for like 16k and it now has over 200,00 miles on it and its still running perfect! hyundai has come along way just like honda did! i think kia has a LONG way to go though!
Now that's impressive coming from Hyundai!
the good thing is that it looks good. the bad thing is that it is a KIA! Wow!! But the questions are; does it perform as well as the civic? can it handle the long term abuse of us tuner nuts? and will they start manufacturing GReddy kits and all other kinds of aftermarket parts for it?? Beats me....
Hyundai is for real and KUDOS to them. Do yall realize Hyundai now OWNSZ Acura!?!?!
Hyundai now offers a 380 hp V-8 with RWD car, the Genesis. They will now offer a RWD coupe with optional LSD and Brembos.
Acura are all FWD or AWD with FWD bias. They offer no V-8.
A damn shame HYUNDAI now is more luxurious than Acura.
Kudos to Hyundai!!!
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