from penang one

hahaha... kedai potong banyak maaa...
roadtax baru RM880 jeee... biasa la tu... just 4% from annual bonus maaa...

wishing your grandma a speedy recovery!

Fuh~ wait 3 months.... depending on colors?

Well, I won't be surprise on this, since the sales are pickup since begining of the year....

hello guys,
i'm in love with Forte Koupe after seeing it on last Sunday,which was at OneUtama(Kia Roadshow).
persuading the parents to get for me
but "Korean cars are not good enough and more(negative)"
so here, any comment and suggestions?
are they improving?
any feedback of this car?
thanks

Ask your parents to ask the kiasulangs(Singaporeans) and Europeans....

they have improved a lot since last generation of kia cars. The design alone shows that KIA is serious about their cars that's why they hired peter schreyer (ex-audi designer) to design their current batch of cars. Forte is the end result. In terms of specificatons, i dont think any car in malaysia can beat forte's spec vs price ratio. If you compare with japanese cars, they are not only more expensive to purchase (in terms of spec vs price ratio) but also costs more to maintain compared to korean cars. I do admit forte is still quite high on the FC end but if you dont take it as a big issue, then you will love this car. No sedan car in malaysia at this price range has a reverse camera and paddle shifters!

In terms of QC, it is sometimes a hit and miss affair, every car manufacturer including toyota, honda, BMW, merc also will face some issues in their batches here and there. No perfect car out there unless you're lucky. So I don't think KIA forte is a bad deal, just that KIA / korean car makers have a bad reputation in the past for being uninspiring,boring,fuel guzzling, poor qc cars. Not so much for the latest batch of KIA cars which includes the Forte. Apart from the awesome electronic features you get a proper range of stability programmes for the Forte if you compare with similarly priced cars such as Honda City & Toyota Vios. With that said, I believe the Forte is SAFER than the City & Vios but there's no scientific proof on that, just based on logical thinking (forte has more stability programmes than the other two cars and it is also tougher than the other two cars, so you tell me which is safer logically). Is that enough to convince your parents?

^Just to add some, Kia's target market is world while the P, T, H, N's CKD are target to local market..... As Malaysia considered as third world country in terms of end user's benefits, so don't expect safety standard will be high....

cyber : thanks and much appreciate
i will bring this to my parents .
and last,
just any feedback in terms of the performance and fuel efficiency of the car?
one of the salesman told me that i wouldn't have the chance to test drive the car at any showrooms, is it true?

Fuel consumption is bad? I don't think so.

Compared to my old Iswara 1.3, it's actually pretty similar in the city and better on the highways.

This post has been edited by ggeatweb: May 18 2011, 10:36 PM

depending on the way you drive, you may get anywhere between 8L/100KM to 10L/100KM. I'm getting between 8-9L/100KM, sometimes i really drive fast and speed using paddle shifters, really enjoy

I got 6.2 on the highway. But on the city I'm always getting 9-10. Not exactly the best, but I won't call it bad...haha...

Hmm...probably my Iswara engine was starting to go bad when I tracked it's fuel consumption?

I drive Iswara too.. How much is your Iswara' fuel consumption??

huh? no chance to test drive?? reason is??
where's ur location??

Based on calc, it was 8.5L/100km.....around 70-80% city driving.

This post has been edited by ggeatweb: May 18 2011, 11:07 PM

its CBU. 1st batch all finished sold out. now waiting for 2nd shipment which will reach our shore in June, July can get.

if u want to test drive, just test drive 2.0 . the engine is the same. all other features mostly the same also except sunroof.

aiks..forget update...sad news...she passed away...but very happily and peacefully

guys, what's the stable top speed for kia forte 1.6sx?

180KMH