The old one yes

Forte above the korean cars are better equipped and have similar quality with japanese car

The low resale is just 1-2k difference due to perception that japanese is superior

I beg to differ

I owned Kia Rio 2013 in the past and the level of refinement and tech is way ahead of japs in similar class and price

The feeling of 'smooth and easy' rev is typical japanese car trait - they tend to be light on the throttle but not everyone like it as it some feels it is too lightweight and 'floaty'
It felt like a 'toy car'


But Kia cars are more like european cars - the pedal feels heavier but once you pickup the speed it feel more planted and solid compared to japanese

Thats why i tend to bought conti cars when i sold my Rio

European cars actually deliberately tuned to give heavy pedal feedback

This actually to make the car feel 'solid' and 'heavy' which in turn made the driver feel stable and planted.

So the car pedal will feel 'rolling start' instead of 'instant pedal' feel of japanese car

For example lot of Honda or Nissan driver actually complaining to BMW SA that they felt that their new BMW feel 'heavy' when they accelerate from traffic light compared to jap cars

Even japanese car steering feedback also lighter - while conti cars are tuned heavier coz europeans hate it as it made the car feel 'floaty'

But in untrained hands it made the heavier steering of conti cars feel 'slow' and 'ancient'

But once it pickup on the highway and via the tight corner then they feel the differences of conti


Kia newer cars is designed by Audi Peter Schreyer (Forte is his first creation) and he mentioned that they deliberately tuned it to mimic conti car feeling

This post has been edited by Stigonboard: Aug 13 2019, 05:07 PM