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 Kia Forte, When will this beauty launch in MAS?

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post Aug 12 2009, 07:42 AM

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A few months back SA was telling, launching is in May than July and now they say Oct. Probably due to unsold Spectras?

And Yeah if you go to SG forum you will notice the car has some problems.
FC is quite high and if you can get 13Km/L is considered very good.(the car is really damn heavy)
And here those City owners who is averaging 13-14km/l making a big fuss of it..!

Forte in Pic look good but in flesh it looks even better.
Seen one in Red and another couple of Silvers.
Quite tempting but will hold on to see WaLa (waja+Lancer) first and if nothing fits a used FD2 or new Altis will be good for me.

This post has been edited by W.ROOK: Aug 12 2009, 08:15 AM
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post Sep 1 2009, 08:01 AM

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QUOTE(ryan man @ Aug 31 2009, 07:44 PM)
No news on this recently? cry.gif
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Perhaps it is delayed due to pending NAP announcement.
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post Oct 27 2009, 09:16 PM

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QUOTE(StarGhazzer @ Oct 27 2009, 07:34 PM)
Yup... that's the red-themed civic type R I mentioned. More fierce/crazy than the sedan... A bit ah beng-ish though.
But over here in Aust the Civic Type R costs about the same as a Golf GTi... The latter is probably a wiser choice.

Upload the magazine review ASAP tongue.gif
I don't really like One Shift's reviews to be honest. Most of them are too short and not detailed enough.
SGCarMart does a better job at this.

I might have posted this before, but CarAdvice has posted a comparison between the Cruze/Forte/City in the past. The two Koreans get thumbs up while the City's price pulls it down.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/33990/comparis...uze-kia-cerato/
It's Aussie spec (and price of course) but it gives some perspective into how well packaged the Forte is compared to the overpriced City.

Having said that, bear in mind that Aussie review websites sometimes tend to compare cars with different specs - eg manual vs auto. Same goes with their Wheels Magazine.
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Torque magazine rates Forte higher than Cruze and Avante(Elantra)
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post Nov 5 2009, 04:00 PM

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If the sales is poor(which I doubt for the first 6 months) how are they going to jack up the price?
Don't believe all the words thrown by the SA's.
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post Nov 5 2009, 06:04 PM

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I've seen in flesh too and it is really tempting.
But knowing Naza's way of after sales and services and the resale value of Korean Cars I am having a second thought
about this car.

And can someone tell Naza not to price Forte closer to T & H, cause the sales won't be good in the long run.
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post Nov 5 2009, 06:32 PM

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QUOTE(Burgerlim @ Nov 5 2009, 06:23 PM)
oh.. ok.. here my ride quick snaps.. camera not with me...
btw.. sorry phone cam.... see.. 100% stock..haaa.
will update these when i could get my cam... ya..  tongue.gif

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Sorry still cant see brand of compressor...
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How come I do not see any "Burger" in the car?....hehe sorry just joking.

Back to topic. It looks like The center control panel not in metallic color.

Anyway it is a good looking car!
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post Nov 8 2009, 08:43 PM

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QUOTE(jimmy.soo @ Nov 8 2009, 03:33 PM)
hahahah yeah i know lets pray hard laugh.gif
cause those old ppl mindset just wont change, when my parent heard im buying kia... they keep blah blah blah, said spare part expensive laaa etc etc... but i dont believe lar

still they scared the hell outta me eventho i did some research on it hehe sweat.gif
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Do check on their service packages, usually more expensive than T & H.
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post Nov 14 2009, 07:58 AM

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Wah, Forte is priced cheaper compare to City and Vios in Singapore.
But in here it is priced closer or slightly more.......... hmm.gif

according to a friend working in Kia, it seems Naza wanted to price it lower but the BN Gov asking to increase the
price in order to protect ...you know.
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post Nov 14 2009, 05:30 PM

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QUOTE(phelix @ Nov 14 2009, 04:23 PM)
no single cent discount from min le...
i've asked... just saying we are lucky cos book earlier... later on price will increase...
i don't know.. some say.. registration date makes the different...
and some say... manufacturing date makes the different.
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It is the year car manufactured that makes the difference.So getting a car made in 09 in 2010 is considered a loss of
one year of value. But what the heck, if you like the cbu unit just do it.....
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post Nov 14 2009, 05:39 PM

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I have set a four year target to pay off my housing loan but this Forte might derail my objective. sweat.gif
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post Nov 14 2009, 05:47 PM

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QUOTE(iluvena @ Nov 14 2009, 05:41 PM)
hahaha. just pour more money for the dpayment leh
housing loan u shouldnt worry much coz the house value appreciate

join the club, place your booking next monday lah
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wah really poisoning me...... icon_question.gif


By the way what is that "Rear parking assist system" ?
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post Nov 14 2009, 06:11 PM

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QUOTE(yhlee12 @ Nov 14 2009, 05:52 PM)
when you do reverse parking, the center console LCD will show distance before u bang something.
it's the same as the elantra / avante system, just that avante one is at the back, this one is at the center console.

ur house loan left so little only ar?
lagi need to place booking  biggrin.gif
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Still a lot but at the rate I'm going I will finish it of within 4 years time.


Centre Console LCD? Is it the one integrated with the ICE?
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post Nov 14 2009, 06:22 PM

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QUOTE(julz76 @ Nov 14 2009, 06:18 PM)
bro..min offering any freebie if no discount?

wah..lucky i didn't place my booking with the SA who offered me discount.
this morning called him also never answer.  shakehead.gif

btw..i managed to sell my car thru mudah.com.
thanks to you bros. suggestion.  thumbup.gif
hahaha...got extra RM2000-plus then trade-in price offered.
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what car did you sold?
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post Nov 14 2009, 07:16 PM

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The difference between 1.6sx and 2.0 spec :

The Engine
Side and Curtain Airbags
Leather Seats
and Motor Driven Power Steering
Price Difference RM12,000
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post Nov 23 2009, 04:14 PM

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leongwk15,

Fuel lid made of Plastic? Which part are you referring to?
And you are right from the Pic the interior of EX look cheap.
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post Nov 23 2009, 04:17 PM

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QUOTE(bomberman @ Nov 23 2009, 04:14 PM)
......... nvm...... anyhow, i will still stick with my choice of 2.0...

never owned a 2.0 car in my life yet (although i'm only 27, long time to go on), will wait for the 2.0 .......
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27 already "driving" Forte. Me at 27 was driving a 1999 Saga. heheh
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post Nov 23 2009, 05:13 PM

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Just stay cautious, If you are really desperate they might even push you Show unit after some time.
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post Nov 25 2009, 04:40 PM

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Saw the car just now.
SX look good inside but the EX really can make ppl to turn off.

Rear leg room is a bit tight compare to City. And there is no Back Pocket for the Driver's seat.
For rear passengers I think it will be a bit uncomfortable cause the degree of the seat is too forward just like Persona.
Other than that everything look pretty cool. I really enjoy looking at the instrument panels.

Really enthusiastic to book this car but after seeing,feel and touch, I think I will wait until WajaLancer to come in first.
and surprisingly the Branch I checked (up north) did not have any booking so far.
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post Nov 26 2009, 04:29 PM

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