If you do not need big interior space, mostly driven by yourself only or plus 1 girlfriend or wife and a friend behind, then the new Focus is a clear winner, I found the new Focus is much nicer design then the K5, but my personal taste lar, maybe you like the K5 design. I once sitting in my friend K5 on highway, honestly, not really comfortable, and when the speed reach 140km/h, I found the car is starting to shake, or maybe my friend K5 got problem already because D-segment vehicle shouldn't be like this one.

I wonder how is the spare part price for the Focus. I remember last time checking in the old focus forum they had complains about expensive spare parts and slow approval for warranty.

I don't know how it is now.

How did it shake? Suspension shaking? Steering wheel? How long did the shake last? Was it continous? Which highway were you on and at what location did this happen? First time im hearing about the K5 'shaking' at 140kmph.

This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Oct 18 2012, 05:30 PM

thanks for all the valueable info
guess i will go on a test drive maybe this weekend see how it goes

one more factor i'm considering is the car cornering stability

Car cornering?

I think Ford Focus had upperhand here, as Ford car is famous for its handling, driving dynamics.

Besides that, Ford Focus had Torque Vectoring control, means it can control the distribution of power to the each tires on the front wheel, give you more control on cornering.

Also Ford is using Gasoline Direction Injection Engine to churn out more power compare to the current MPI engine

This post has been edited by lcy851031: Oct 18 2012, 06:47 PM

K5, cornering chun, just the suspension abit stiff..

ur answer should be ford as u stated 2nd value not concern u are using it for long run .. kia long run i think even u dont want to sell also cannot

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Added on October 18, 2012, 8:10 pmeverything got 1st times .. someday u will start hear a lot more and even T and H car also same .. the main problems is can it be repair or it become worse and need more and more part to replace ?

This post has been edited by keanutan: Oct 18 2012, 08:10 PM

do you mean that kia long run will having problem?

Get the Ford Mondeo.

End of the story.

If only FC is priority, the answer will be Focus. Since TS also mentioned use as long can run, have you consider the space for family.

To me, I have booked Focus+ for my wife new daily ride for her coming birthday present.Space is not my concern as I've MPV for family purpose. Reliability wise, I've myvi for backup. I myself using 15 years old honda.

List down the criteria required, put priority to that criteria, test drive both, put the score point in your own prepared score sheet. Total the points and take the highest score. Thats how I did since the requirement and criteria are subjective and dependant on the owner or driver. Take note that you might be together with the car for 20 years as my Honda and I which will be 16 years by feb next year. Hopefully, it still can serve me well for next 10 years.

Nobody knows. What we have now are new generation Kia's. Many things have been improved. We can't judge the cars we have today using the standards employed before. So this is a question that nobody will be able to answer.

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Added on October 18, 2012, 10:03 pmWhy is cornering stability important for you? Are you planning high speed drives?

This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Oct 18 2012, 10:03 PM

Focus got sexy look. K5 got uncle look.
R u an uncle, or want sexy look car?

K5 also sexy what,,, btw beauty is in the eye of beholder

not high speed drives
just that when i rush i tend to seldom pressing the brake instead just cruising by controling the car using stering and gas paddle

U wont find any problem taking corners in the K5 with its 18 inch rims. But the Focus should be good as well.

of course no problem la...
all cars also can corner la...

question is how well and balance it will be at entering, during and exiting only....

i mean every car long run will have problem only which 1 come first and more frequent .. if u believe in KIA can last longer then FORD then go for Killed In Action .. where is all the kia spectra and accent now ? to me kia is hot in the market now is the exterior .. maybe it getting better but then need some ppl to buy it and run it for few more years before we know .. while ford long been used by malaysia ppl still got some problem but not big issue . if u ask anyone between fod and kia which will last longer before part need replace or something broken most will say it is ford ..

Such old school. Kids.

now u mean choosing ford instead of ur Kia is old school +kid? it just i still dont have confident on kia car .. the only thing i like is the exterior .. that why i should say thank you for choosing kia so when times pass u will show to us kia have improve and lot more will jump in to buy kia or hyundai .. u got the ball to buy it i dont have bcos i'm not the 1 who will fork out 130k for a car that no body can say it is good and will not give me headache to buy another car in the coming 5 years?

Cybermaster's ride is a K5.

So bear with him if he feels uneasy when someone bashes Kia or K5.