resale value is not a prob to me actually. but scared of the realibility issues, i dun wan my car always visit garage lol. i'm driving hyundai now and on and off this car is giving me a lot of headache that's why i'm bit scared to commit myself to korean car now~

that's the problem - selling off the vehicle in a short period the depreciation loss is high especially for Korean Cars.
I am aiming for this car as well but something is bothering me:

- Service would it be expensive ? It must be done by Authorize center. This is also to make sure the 3 year warranty still valid
- After sales service is it good, and warranty claim as well is it smooth ?? Current owner of Kia vehicle please enlighten us
- after Warranty period for any change of parts is there alot of OEM parts ?
- 2nd hand value (but this one doesn't concern me much, as once buy gonna use it for long 5 years above)
- reliability of Korean cars ... due to the history is still short and we can't really compare with other country as their car tenure is shorter compare to Malaysia, in other words cars are cheap to buy in other country (Euro, US .... ) can be easily change. 

The reason above made me abit hesitate so far Korean car are doing well all around the world (US, Europe even singapore) they are increasing share market. FYI Toyota and Honda ori parts doesn't come cheap as well, what makes the maintenance cheap is the OEM parts which is available thought out the market, and there's alot of common parts so most Jap (Ring , seal, filter..... etc)

The Forte made me  well because of:
- Design
- The price Tag (less than 70 k can get such a car comparable to Civic , Mazda3 , Altis !! where these cars still cost around 100k if fitted with a 1.6/5 engine)
- ANCAP 4 star rating (Waja only 3 star - after crash door cannot open)

forget about the fuel consumption thingy so far the comparison given by users it sounds okay (10-15 km/l -), don't la go compare with your SLK (small little kancil) or any other 1000/13000 cc cars > lighter smaller engine capacity

75K is very very cheap event the hyudai I30 also cost u RM92K

is this car local assemble ?

i tot the price of forte is higher coz i saw review at cars.com mentioned that it's a direct competition to honda civic....so maybe the price shall be a bit lower than civic? i dunno liao...

forte is heavier than city by almost 200KG

i wonder how is the 0-60 and 0-100

emailed a sales guy of kiamalaysia, told me he got no idea abt the availability of this model in malaysia yet... r we still waiting for it?

great to hear this. any updates on the price?

oOoOo~
Sexy car....are you the dealer of that Kia Forte? 

From forums, looks like the forte got some quality issues. Lots of reported cracked windscreen for no reason. Due to its design and fitting.

Hi Skybar,

"This car is hard to maintain?"

Which sg forum are u referring to?

Would like to know what issue it has? Realiability? Spare parts? Service?

Thanks

anyone actually pay the deposit for forte?

the sales mentioned if the car price is higher u can choose to get full refund.

This car looks awesome! THe rear taillights remind me of Audi A4

Yes,this car looks good ! But really have to sit in the car and feel it .

And its still just a KIa,nowadays,ppl are very concerned about the important badge.You know,ppl feel proud owning a H or T or M badge.

So unless Kia or Naza can price this beauty at a super super price,I still dont see many people getting it.

the car havent launch yet ?
i think the price will be over 70K ...coz

when new RONDO( rm 80K +)  launched, citra 80K+ down to 65K

then now spectra5 rm 77K down to 60K ....i think FORTE might be around 75K

eh 75k? it's freaking cheap. what's the cubic capacity for this car?