Can someone scan the review from Autoblog? Want to see how local reviewers rate the Forte... stupid Australian motorcar magazines are useless... keep on harping about crazy 6L V8 Commodores/Falcons.

In real life settings, all these 0-100 times or top speed are unimportant as most people are not buying a car for racing. What's more important is comfort, handling, interior space, safety, built quality, and of course value for money; although the final point may be very subjective.

Civics may be recognised as the benchmark for C-segment cars by many (quite debatable esp by Mazda 3 owners), but honestly speaking for the price of a 2.0L Civic here in Aust I'd rather spend it on a 118TSI Golf.

Very ganas driving eh? Mine for the past two weeks was 9.6L/100km with 100% urban (plus some speeding ), best ever since I went back to city driving as previously it was around 11L/100km.

Still miss my highway driving days where I travelled nearly 80km daily... 6-7L/100km every week.

Tyre kena bua today onto kerb... small piece of rubber chipped off but luckily no puncture... maybe should swap it with the spare.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jul 17 2010, 12:07 AM

Honestly speaking the Koup bumper looks too fierce for the sedan. I prefer the original sedan version which looks more sleek, although if I were driving the Koup I would want the ganas look.

Tail lamps... don't even bother... it's totally different; in fact the Koup and sedan only shares the bonnet and the other parts are pretty much different.

I'll say it's more of a cost saving measure, which like the absence of the auto-up window function, should not be excluded.
But since I'm always in the driver seat, I couldn't care less.

The 2.4L Koup (and Forte sedan) is for the North American market.

If Naza decides to bring in the Koup it's likely to be the 1.6 and 2.0.

All new generation Kias will have the Schreyer grill... so no need to change MFC's logo loh...

Anyway, for those "racist" people I never liked huge wings but this looks brilliant


More: http://www.forteforums.com/forums/members/...ds-my-koup.html

Love to, if we have enough Malaysians here in Melbourne who own Fortes

http://www.caradvice.com.au/76268/2010-kia...imited-edition/
Damn... leather seats and sun roof... plus subtle body kit too...

Not too fond of the rear spoiler, nor the asking 28KAUD price; although a bit of haggling should be able to shave 1K off.

And it seems that we'll get the hatch by October.... 6 speed box... T_T for Cera.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jul 29 2010, 07:01 PM

Nope, still no push-start button but I am content with the normal key.

Drove alongside a white Koup today... blonde chick driver, at least it looked like one but night time too dark to be sure... Such a sexy butt... I mean the Koup.

Anyway I realised that Cera's FC for the past couple of weeks have been around 9L/100km (mainly city driving) despite me being more aggressive on the pedal, eg shifting from 2nd to 3rd at 60-80kmh... Maybe it's because I reach the cruising speed of 80-90kmh earlier and hence can roll at lower rpms for longer times; or maybe our Fortes just like to be driven hard.

You can also unlock-lock the car to deactivate the panic mode... at least mine does.

Since we're being poisoned with Koup...

Why didn't I buy Cera's hot little sister instead...


JPJ sure come cari pasal with you...

It's a subjective matter. For me I would have preferred an additional 2cm length to the rear bench but for people shorter than 175cm it should be adequate. But seriously, I'm always in the driver seat so it doesn't bother me.

As a comparison to the Latio, the Forte is wide enough to fit 3 adults in the rear without feeling uncomfortable whereas the Latio would.

Having said that, the legroom for the Latio beats every other C segment (let alone B). In the Forte, my knees are almost touching the rear of the front seats whereas in the Latio I have much more space (at least 5cm) when the front seat is at distance suited for my preferred driving position.

To be fair, the Corolla is a pretty decent car despite all the flak that people love to give it. It's just how expensive Japanese cars are in Malaysia that makes it a poor deal compared to Korean makes. My friend drives a base model Corolla Hatch (Auris) and it's even more quiet than Forte... Spec wise Cera wins hands down although the Corolla comes with bluetooth integration for mobile phones, but I'd take the USB port thank you very much.

Don't gamble on it. When the warning lamp lights up you'll have approximately 50km available. My threshold for topping up is 80-100km remaining.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Aug 4 2010, 04:14 AM

VG Concept... the concept car which eventually ended up as the Cadenza.

Note that both the Forte Koup, Venga, and the Cadenza ended up looking almost identical to their original concept designs in terms of exterior design.
Funny that the Optima didn't have one.

Depends on how much downpayment you can fork out, how much are you willing to pay every month, how long is your car loan.

Never say "no other commitments"... even though you may not have a family to support at this stage, you're better off putting money aside for future purposes eg buying property/getting married/raising kids/emergencies.

Not that it is any of my concern, but generally speaking it's not advisable to spend a huge chunk of one's salary on a car as cars are, unfortunately, assets that depreciate the very moment it rolls out of the showroom. In your case loan + fuel is already >50% of your salary... and that's not including things like maintenance and insurance etc.

Save for a rainy day, mate.

11.5L/100km... that's not particularly ideal but for 100% city driving it should be just around 10.5-11 (for 2.0). However the 1.6 may struggle a bit more as it's lugging a heavy C-segment car designed for 2.0 engines. In addition, it might be because you're flooring the accelerator too often that contributes towards poor FC?

For better acceleration, try the following:
1. Use shift-tronic and upshift at higher rpms. Eg 2nd to 3rd at 50kmh, 3rd to 4th at 60-70kmh. The auto mode is pretty laidback and tuned for good FC. Having said that, if you floor the pedal in full auto mode, it can shift aggressively at higher rpms too.

2. For even faster acceleration, make full use of the 2nd gear. Keep it in 2nd gear and rev all the way up 4K rpm... You should be reaching 80-90kmh at those revs. To keep accelerating, shift to 3rd at around 90-100kmh and keep on going; the moment you shift to 4th it'll drop down to cruising mode at ~2K rpm.

Peak torque for the 2.0 Theta II is at 4200rpm so keep your revs up, but the engine noise can be pretty deafening at those revs.

3. Buy a new car with larger displacement engines... something like a 530i

Through the roof? Nah...

It's just worth remembering not to spend excessively on a car. I could have gone for a Golf MKVI with an additional 10K AUD but that would mean much longer repayments, not forgetting higher servicing charges and parts.

Turn off the power bass boost. The door panels are a bit thin and tend to rattle whenever a bass-heavy song is being played.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Aug 11 2010, 06:39 PM

Front lip looks absolutely awesome, but rear lip looks meh. The fact that you have to turn the exhaust downwards makes it even more meh.
I like the black rear diffuser more.

Kiamsiap SA... don't buy from him/her
Give full tank mah... It'll only cost them RM50 more from their commission.

Another weird offer... it's like special offer wantanmee with extra wantan, but hawker decide to take away the charsiew instead...
wtfman.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Aug 24 2010, 09:24 PM

very much.... no good wantan mee in melbourne T_T

For 2.0,

2.3K for 100kmh;

2.4-2.5K for 110kmh



Engine noise at those speeds are virtually inaudible, although wind/road noise can be a bit loud but not any worse than other rivals.

?? What is purplish blue? New colour?

I've a feeling you're referring to light graphite which has a bluish hue under sunlight.

Wantan mee with extra wantan but no char siew...

I still think it's light graphite.


Available colours of Kia Forte worldwide:
White
Ebony Black
Racing Red (Koup)
Lime (Koup)
Orange
Santorini Blue
Cherry Red
Bright Silver
Titanium Silver
Metal Bronze
Light Graphite
Spicy Red

Yes that is Light Graphite.
It was the colour that I wanted to buy but 1)not available during the time when I bought the car 2)it really does seem a bit girly.

Santorini blue is bright blue.


And oh yeah I left one another colour for the Forte... Champagne Gold.

8.5 in full city driving? You really drive like ahpek

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Aug 30 2010, 07:21 PM

As guilty as charged.

Happy Merdeka everyone.... got Forte convoy?