http://www.kia.co.kr/vehicles/forte/
http://forte.kia.co.kr/

they ald using it nw....juz wait for malaysia turn oni

This post has been edited by XionCity: Nov 22 2010, 10:20 AM

There is no serviceable components for CVT gearbox - a sudden shock and slip happens in the gearbox then permanent damage. It needs to be replaced as a whole. The part that can be serviced is the torque converter. So no expertise needed. Err... the expertise is that they should know which type of gear oil it should use.

lol...CVT GB so muafan 1 @@???

Any idea of the launch date and pricing?

Current vote seems to be 313 for Inspira and 211 for Forte, seems like more people would go for the Inspira

yeah...inspira is people choice...but its does not mean inspira is superior than forte...for interior quality & exterior forte win (at least for me)
for perfomance, inspira might win.only with a little margin..thank to 4 speed for forte...
but if next year forte come with 6speed GDI engine (probability high becoz NAZA well known import car directly from korea...only change some minor part & claim CKD ), that result might be changing....

if you really shortlisted forte as part of your wife's future car.. i suggest you to wait at least until march 2011.
until then only know whether there will be facelifted forte coming into our shore.

Oh yes. She wont be buying anything before March for sure. Too many new models due in 2011. Best is to wait and see. She isnt in any hurry anyway and neither am i.

CM98, consider 2 buy the new facelift forte??

Might be true since now the 308t also got 6 speed transmission.

Then he bashed up all the Malaysian made cars..so you don buy Malaysian cars??? Go buy Ferrari cause he doesnt bash them

Ts, say something pls....
we r waiting ur decision

it's u!!gotcha

I wont but maybe my wife. Depends on the changes and the price.

6 speed auto

shut up you.

jk..

the 6 speed is fine with me, but am a bit skeptical with the GDI engine. From what I've been reading around, GDI is sensitive to the petrol quality and Malaysian petrol quality may not be suitable. Maybe a new dual cvvt engine perhaps?

http://paultan.org/2010/11/23/hyundai-kia-...yota-in-europe/

Hyundai-Kia nudges past Toyota in Europe

According to reports, the Hyundai Motor Group overtook Toyota in October to become the best selling Asian carmaker in Europe this year, provisionally speaking. Data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, or ACEA, had Hyundai and Kia’s European sales up by 4% in the first 10 months of 2010, to 521,369 vehicles, while Toyota’s sales, including that of Lexus, fell 16.5% percent to 511,754.
Hyundai’s achievement is significant, given that new car registrations in Europe decreased by 5% for the first ten months of the year, with 11.6 million new vehicles registered, compared to the 12.24 million for the same time period in 2009.
The Korean carmaker’s US sales has also gone up, by 21%, its market share increasing as Toyota’s fell, not surprising given the negative impact brought about by the latter’s seemingly endless stream of recalls. Sales of the Sonata were up by 64% – comparatively, Camry sales dropped by 6.3%.
Back in Europe, Nissan should also have a lot to smile about – among the major players, it has posted the most significant gains in 2010 sales, up 13.1% from last year.


Wow in EU also Hyundai-Kia is beating the crap out of japs... America,china,singapore now EU..

only in malaysia most ppl have stupid mentality about korean cars...

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.

This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Nov 23 2010, 04:48 PM

See what Nissan did with their newly launched Teana. They priced the 2.0L about 7K cheaper than the Camry 2.0L. Do you think that will be enough to eat into the Camry sales? I seriously doubt that.

Hyundai made the same mistake with the Sonata and they paid the price for their foolishness. So now even though they are offering a RM 3,000 overtrade, its still not boosting sales that much. If anybody wants to challenge the Japs, it has to be done with much cheaper and better spec cars like the Kia Forte.