Nope. Only in Malaysia do we have crap distributers and servicing agents. Thats the deciding factor here in Malaysia. Improve on that and i dont see why Hyundai - Kia cannot be No 1 in Malaysia too. The change of mentality will come in time. It wont happen overnight. Dont forget that over the past 15 years Malaysia has probably seen about 15 Kia and Hyundai models introduced with mostly average quality and after sales standards. You cannot aspect 1 Forte model to change that overnight. It needs more effort and persistence but Kia has already started. Its up to them to continue and persist with great cars and competitive pricing.

LOL you guys still discussing about the crappy Forte?

Cant understand why you like Forte so much.

Oh,anyway just to let you guys know.Up to you to believe me or not.My frens 6 month Forte 1.6 now has some squeaking sound coming from absorber when go over bumps and when he turns his steering to the right.

Typical Korean quality.

Nice when New,Rubbish when OLD.

For Korean cars,OLD = 6 months!

Oh well,their parts all dont last long.My company deals with Korean medical equipment.My goodness,the reliability is horrible.So many breakdowns,so many hardware failure.I dont know why I am still in this company.

Obtw,this will be my last post here.

Have fun with your Korean Junk!

of course inspira.. forte so paria...

forte fuel sucker!

forte is no better than lancer, so how can it be better than inspira since inspira is an improved lancer?

ride and handling....... forte is nowhere near inspira/lancer...

but if feature list...
yes... forte has very good feature list... even the 1.6 spec list easily beats inspira/lancer....

and to the dude right above this post... u need to learn how to differentiate between body panel and chassis...

I can't say anything about Forte but for the record I did test drive Inspira and make comparison with Civic and I must say Inspira handling wise is as good as Civic.

The only Inspira lacks is starting acceleration from 0km-20km quite slow for 2.0cc.

Just want to give u some info. When a car bangs another car from behind, usually, the car kena hit , the butt will be minor damage. The car hitting the butt of the car will have more serious damage in front. (Unless maybe Benz bang Kancil lar..).

It doesn't mean ur Forte is super strong.

google is there for u to search.. go search why they said kemek is good

but have you ignore them first? 

Forte if possible maybe wait for the 2.0 Theta koup version, 6spd somemore

btw, sat on the inspira, sux big time. Not sure how they are praising this car as if godlike. No offence to anyone but is total ripoff (others than the engine)

ill comparing cars with the same price point, which is 79k inspira 1.8manual vs 78k 1.6ex forte

We live in Malaysia, those frm other countries la, TS ask in LYN so the results here in LYN is clear liao. If TS want opinions from other forums or countries , pls go there and butthurt there, not here, here is LYN. V in Malaysia so Inspira will always win. If u don't like Malaysia, U BOLEH KELUAR!!! Haha, sorry can't stand the temptation to write this 
+10
As most of the Forte owners here

not blur lar. its actually more toward dont understand at all    . the fact remains, y bother comparing malaysia to singapore pricing when there's a variable/uncertain (COE) cost involve.

white forte + full bodykit is nice... 
my vote + purchase goes to inspira since forte manual 1.6 kinda small for a B segment car.

ahh..no wonder i buy inspira instead of forte. no matter how powerful the auto gearbox and engine. my ride will always be manual, unless manual tyranny is obsolete. doesnt feel like driving a car, when using auto....like a lazy old man (just my own opinion). 

maybe Golf MK 6 dont step on the pedal kao2?
how fast lar can go here, mine just got speedtrap for a mere 110 speeds. not only malaysia need a good grade of petrol/diesel. also a better speed limit. how come highway with only 90 km/h still exits. its a dual lane demmit. 

not that racing type, but...manual all the way for me. inspira is the only manual c-segment car right?
obvious choice for manual tyranny fetish like me 

inspira and lancer gt can reach 230km/h?

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Added on January 26, 2011, 1:10 am
i think the LGT also think...if he follow closely behind the inspira, speedtrap sure kena inspira only, not LGT itself...coz the speedtrap camera needs the cars spaces distance from each other like around 1meter, in order to shoot another photo of speedtrap...kinda smart thinking LGT driver...
yet, i think Inspira drove fast mayb coz got something urgent on....LGT tailgating is juz to escape speedtrap...MK6 dun even bother wan to win it...