actually if car become very cheap, i think loan tenure will be shortened to max 5 years and increase in interest rate let alone petrol/etc.

it doesnt mean that those driving cheap car now can afford better car if car price decrease.

so no point blaming this and that.

What I mean is .......envy is referring to the person I replied i.e. why did I get civic? (when he saw someone else driving K3). He should follow what he like rather than follow what other people think.

Agree with you on the 1.6. But 2.0? Specs are about the same. Whatever the case, I still think Naza should increase it gradually....not on the spot 10-20%. They should ride on the gaining popularity of KIA. I do think a lot of those thinking of K3 now might rethink due to the steep price increase which also put it about the same with other competitor price (that have already strong foothold). So I'm keeping fingers cross, the price will be lower that the estimated range.

Unless they r allowed to rebadge it under NAZA or else that the price for the car, even in other country price of Korean car r only marginally lower than Japanese rival, so don't expect current Forte price range for KIA badge.
Still I think it is only fair if all this tax evasion by rebadge under local logo should stop, if the country keep on giving tax rebate surely more additional "Tax" will be imposed to the public as general, which I think is unfair, I mean why should we give special treatment to Korean car ? A we sponsoring south Korea economy with our tax payer money ?

+1

the price at mudah is RM90k.. this is confusing

http://www.mudah.my/ALL+NEW+FL+KIA+forte+C...ia-21777163.htm

This post has been edited by iamloco: May 29 2013, 03:47 PM

Hope it will come true with this price tag

+1

This post has been edited by tom_k3nt: May 29 2013, 04:06 PM

CBU unit?? looks to me the salesman just want to grab the sales first

He should have advertised 89K, so it looks cheaper....afterall it is BS anyway.

Come on SA, those are the improvement that need to be done by KIA when every 5 years refresh. If no improvement done on new model, how KIA going to sell their new model car? It cannot be use as a sole reason to jack up the price so much

+100!

Good One!

Could it be low spec like EX currently?

can anyone verify this?

somebody contact the number pls

neh, they will tell u it's just a prediction..
unless they want to really2 kawtim want to cut their commision giving u that price, then it's a really good deal

You can check the size of the Multi-link in Mazda 6, its a quality one comparable to conti makes. K5 multi-link, the bone size is smaller and at the same time, they build their cars like in between Japanese and conti therefore they don't get close to conti. The K3 Cerato and Elantra, if they are fitted with Multi-link instead of torsion beam, it might get you somewhere nearer to conti. Also, depends on how willing are they to give you the more expensive, bigger and heavier multi-link bone. Doing so could end up getting less interior space.

Comparing Lancer '07 and Forte '09 that are sharing the same platform. The Forte has slightly more space inside due to torsion beam and it has 2650mm wheelbase compared to 2635mm in Lancer. The weight difference is evident too. Kerb weight Lancer 2.0GT 1380kg, Lancer 2.0GL 1330k while Forte 2.0L at 1293kg, that explains where the Lancer gets the additional kerb weight. That is in the rear to give it better handling by increasing more weight to the rear to counter the front.

You are not envy of Korean makes. More like having eyesore over Korean makes success.

If you don't know, Toyota look at Hyundai-Kia more of a threat than Honda because Hyundai-Kia are proven reliable and durable on hot harsh weather and road condition. Today you can find Toyota and also Hyundai-Kia on Arabs, African, West Asia soil because only these cars could sustain the harsh condition with minimal maintenance. There are always the less gadget LX and EX grade models available that could serve you well over 10 years. However, locals here mostly wanted as much gadgets as possible therefore they bring in only the high and ultra high specs in.

Toyota nowadays don't even bother Nissan and Honda as they are considered inferior. Mazda is another new threat that have superior tech. Wonder what you mean on weak legs? Tie rod and lower arm of suspension?

Since new K3 is priced higher, Forte RV is safe and will become stronger than ever. In US, EU, AU, the price range is set for A, B, C, D segments. New models will sell under that range, won't increase unless there's inflation. Over here, new FaceLift auto increase RM2k. New model add RM5k to RM10k more. If priced too close to P1 under protection policy, penalty increase another RM10k. Ofcourse, when price being forced to increase, car company get to share some too.

im doing my thesis in ship power plant and am quite surprise cause most of big logistic company nowadays more prefer to hyundai diesel engine and genset rather than known wartsila and man engine. eventhough founded just for the last 4 years, it gained quite a popularity nowadays.. i dont see y korean cannot beat japanese one day.

BS indeed....but it does catch a lot of people eyes. I guess, he / she is prepared for some firing of dissatisfied customers later on

agree