Just got my white Koup a few days ago. Love it! 

Just want some kind of facts/confirmation, the road tax is based on sports car segment or not?

Regards,
- Future Owner Wannabe -

Woot woot got my Koup yesterday!

Damansara bro

Joining the Koup Family. Black Koup by next week from Kia Glenmarie. Still keeping my forte 2.0 LE

now i had double thoughts, want blackie or blue colour.. haih...

Anyone knows where i can get the front n side skirtings?

Sigh... if grille won't fit.. zz...

Where can get koup modded grille... =S

This car was on my list of cars to consider for by year end. But, I test drove it at the KIA test drive centre in Bangsar yesterday and I was disappointed. Perhaps my opinions below can help give some insight to potential buyers.

I'm 180cm tall and my hair was touching the roof, felt extremely claustrophobic. Interior is acceptable, looks and feels pretty good for its price. Although materials used are plastics, they don't feel as cheap as say, the interior of a Fiesta?

The biggest let down for me has to be the engine, it is too noisy, and underpowered. I currently drive a 1995 Honda Civic 1600cc, non VTEC. What was going through my head was "how can this be a 2.0 engine?". It is because the torque is simply not there at all when I floor it, not to mention there was also a very noticeable lag when I floor the pedal. All noise and no pull. I do not mean to insult but the old generation 1.8 Altis had more torque. Perhaps it has a better mid range torque but the test drive route didn't give me a chance to go above 60km/h.

The ride is rather harsh but that is because it is a sport coupe after all. As for the handling and cornering, no chance to test it out for higher speed cornering due to the test drive route.

My conclusion for this car after one test drive is that it looks great, it really does, but it doesn't feel great and it unfortunately doesn't drive great too. I do plan to go for another test drive at another KIA showroom before I strike this off my list.

Hope I do not offend any owners here as these are my honest views!

yo bro irenic, so far your koup has any problems like brake switch issue? any faults. Also what is your colour. My wife love the Red. but is it a solid colour, afraid of the colour fade later. Can SG help in prolonging the colour.

after driving Koup, i also love it. ya she drives 90% alone all the time. so i think it is ok, wanna fetch ppl for lunch 4 person can squeeze comfortably.

You said handling is better than 1.6 SX or 2.0 SX, my wife claims it grips better and has better confidence in driving the koup compare to 2.0 SX.

ya i agree with you, the test drive route is around mid valley and a little hill climb, at bangsar. For me overall i dont have much experience with 2 doors, but koup within the price range it is the best buy,

i just went to have a look at the crz, about the same price. 115 also, but the downside of CRZ is a cannot get into the back seat, totally cannot fit me, i am just normal 175cm, as for the koup, i could sit nicely and fit into the back seat.

for a quick lunch with 4 friends i think koup is very very friendly.  As for the CRZ, the back seat is a waste of space. Dont know what i can do with it. Anyway CRZ looks also a little too funcky, too old to drive the car. I think the koup really is an all range age group, if you are looking for a 2 door coupe, this probably is the better buy, unless you wanna include satria neo, which i feel , it is also another not my taste kind of car.

Anyway here is a list of 2 door coupe

1) satria neo RM 70K
2) Kia forte koup RM 115K
3) honda CRZ RM 115k
4) Mazda RX 8 RM 236K
5) VW Sei lo kong (Scirroco ) RM 188K
6) Polo GTI 132K
6) VW eos RM 257K
7) BMW mini cooper RM 200k above
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so any more that i miss within the affordable range of 200K and below?

hi calvin, what colour did you get for your Koup

wooo the white is very nice. But i dont think white is solid, it is a 2K white which the SA brags about it.

Anyway i have one small concern for the koup. when we wanna sell in the future, i wonder how much will we loose.. sorry for asking,

but then of course i am getting one. just wanna prepare myself .