erhmmmmmm one of the picture shown above comes with sunroof?

the one with the sunroof is the 2.0SX model in s'pore. most high end model.

lol....... so we're definitely wont be seeing that in here lorr
1.6 one varient only they gonna bring in? hopefully it comes with safety spec

hey guys, actually i'm in love with this car when i saw it. but a lot of my frens against from buying kia cars. the major concerns are the realibility of the car, expensive spare parts & maintenance costs especially the bad service of NAZA....what do u guys think?

by the way, from the forte cerato singapore forum, noticed that a lot of problems mentioned...new car also got windscreen cracked..quite a no. of the owners are facing this

ur rite a lot of my friends also anti kia becoz of their resale value and expensive spare parts. but what the heck the design is definitely better than vios, persona, waja and even altis. regarding the problems mention in the forum, heck even our national car also have lots of problem but still u see many people buying it. i myself also waiting to test drive the real thing then i will definitely order the white color. damn chun

try show this to yr friends who are anti kia. world car of the year nominees 2010 nomineeseven the kia forte is listed but can u find vios and city

This post has been edited by skybar: Aug 6 2009, 01:06 AM

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~

new car got 3 yrs warranty. if this forte always having problems after 3 yrs heck just sell it off no choice. nowadays many car owners won't drive the same car for more than 5yrs. many car manufacturers in future will try the best hard to improve and always design new models to capture market.

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

if u worry about the car maintenance i what i can tell u is toyota and honda their service aint cheap. no need worry for the spare parts, if take good care of ur car i don't think it can spoil easily. furthermore 3yrs is quite a long time anything can happen. so just enjoy ur ride first then only worry about the spare parts. heck who knows in 3 yrs time u might get rich and bought a merz or camry.

will naza bring ceed too?



http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/07/kia-c...in-new-spy.html

This post has been edited by xshiro: Aug 8 2009, 03:25 AM

ceed is only for european market. but naza will bring in soul. watch this commercial very funny
kia soul

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

is this car local assemble ?

what i found out from the SA is 65k CKD 75k CBU.

will the soul be sold in malaysia?

yes...
soul will be here as well...

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Added on August 8, 2009, 12:28 pmbasically they just bring in the car...
assemble small parts locally then they call it a CKD...
WTF... why don't mazda follow the same way to avoid stupid tax?

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Added on August 8, 2009, 12:48 pmUS is going to launch the Kia Forte at September 6, 2009...
maybe Malaysia will launch it around that date... hoho..

This post has been edited by phelix: Aug 8 2009, 12:48 PM

soul coming in ??!!
When?? When??

If the rumoured 65K is true, then Naza/Kia must having some tricks up their sleeves. It'll probably give the Persona a big kick in the butt and I'm not sure whether our government will allow this. Even at 75K it may sway some people from getting a Proton.

The Forte is a competitor to Civic/3/Corolla/Lancer but if the 1.6 is the sole model that was brought in it'll only be regarded as City/Vios/Latio class. Not sure whether it's good or bad for Naza/Kia - On one hand it might just nick some sales from potential City/Vios buyers as the Forte will give more space with less buck; yet on the other hand Kia might lose out on an opportunity to attack the C-segment market.

A full spec 2.0SX at say 100K would probably worry Honda and Toyota as you pay 15-20K more for a mere 1.8L car with less equipment. But would people be willing to spend 100K on a Korean make? Badge snobbery is still something that's very prevalent in our market.

I presume you mean the Koup.

The Forte sedan was already on sale in North America for some time.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Aug 9 2009, 11:36 AM

Singapore also already have this car.

I know resale value is low but after 8 year my iswara also cant sale more than 15 k.

so.. any latest news?
cant wait to have this beauty on our road.
gonna buy one but cannot wait for long time also.

sigh...

I have much interest with the new forte over the common favours like vios/city. But seeing Naza's infamous reputation of bad aftersales and horrid discounting which leads to very bad deprecciation, i really have doubts to own a forte here