Wait, What? KIA Offering Sexy-ish Vehicles?

shogun · Postby **shogun** » January 16th, 2017, 9:35 pm

That KIA badge needs to be re-imagined.

They've come a long way, for sure...

Morpheus · Postby **Morpheus** » January 16th, 2017, 10:37 pm

BMW M division big man bought over and had a hand in this.

KIA thinking outside the box. Nice

aaron17 · Postby **aaron17** » January 17th, 2017, 7:13 am

To me it still looks like an optima with visual hints from other vehicle designs.

Mercenary · Postby **Mercenary** » January 17th, 2017, 9:46 am

still jus a kia

lostboys crew · Postby **lostboys crew** » January 17th, 2017, 6:45 pm

But it sexy as hell....could imagine the price for that locally 400k plus or easily half a mil.

Morpheus · Postby **Morpheus** » January 17th, 2017, 7:23 pm

Mercenary wrote:still jus a kia

That's really old now though...

Postby **eliteauto** » January 17th, 2017, 8:27 pm

lostboys crew wrote:But it sexy as hell....could imagine the price for that locally 400k plus or easily half a mil.

considering the price of the Optima I could see the base in this hovering around that price indeed

pyromaniax · Postby **pyromaniax** » January 18th, 2017, 9:11 am

competitor for the sti

eurotuner · Postby **eurotuner** » January 21st, 2017, 11:28 am

Either yuh got some free money or don't know the value of it to spend a close to 500k on a Kia...A KIA!!!!!!!

The Paleontologist · Postby **The Paleontologist** » January 21st, 2017, 1:58 pm

Well Lamborghini used to make tractors so.....
Badge means nothing. Kia has shown they can compete well

Morpheus · Postby **Morpheus** » January 21st, 2017, 2:51 pm

Even with a former Audi designer and a former BMW head of technology.

You use the same engineers, same parts providers, same leather providers, same switch manufacturers and is pressure...

Badge worship will keep allyuh back yes.

racedriverpro · Postby **racedriverpro** » January 21st, 2017, 3:11 pm

^^Certain Badge = Status. That's just how it is.

Morpheus · Postby **Morpheus** » January 21st, 2017, 5:46 pm

That is part of the problem. Status goals

shogun · Postby **shogun** » January 23rd, 2017, 12:08 am

So many "test drive" click bait vids online. None panned out.

Kronik · Postby **Kronik** » January 23rd, 2017, 8:13 am

Morpheus wrote:That is part of the problem. Status goals

One of the best statements there.

Technology > status goals

A172 · Postby **A172** » January 24th, 2017, 2:14 am

plenty faux comfort ITT

shogun · Postby **shogun** » January 29th, 2018, 5:00 pm

Morpheus · Postby **Morpheus** » January 29th, 2018, 6:13 pm

Darn good effort by Kia tbh...

That will turn heads down here for those that don't know about it.

agent007 · Postby **agent007** » January 30th, 2018, 8:33 am

Beautiful car. Thing is the base engine is already a 2.0T which will allow it to have higher duty and mvt than many other premium vehicles with small displacement turbo engines. Typically, most locals in the market for a $375k - $450k entry level luxury car would not buy such a Kia (only if they really love it and determined to get it), over the likes of the Benz a, b, cla, gla and c class. Right now you can get a well equipped c class for $420k. Similar for the BMW 318i and Audi a4 2.0T.

Perhaps SS and Kia could surprise us with a $350k price?

sweeks · Postby **sweeks** » January 30th, 2018, 8:42 am

Morpheus wrote:Badge worship will keep allyuh back yes.

Ent!!

Time to crawl out from under the rock ... Kia has been making a waves for sometime now.

Great value for money too.

Morpheus · Postby **Morpheus** » January 30th, 2018, 8:49 am

agent007 wrote:Beautiful car. Thing is the base engine is already a 2.0T which will allow it to have higher duty and mvt than many other premium vehicles with small displacement turbo engines. Typically, most locals in the market for a $375k - $450k entry level luxury car would not buy such a Kia (only if they really love it and determined to get it), over the likes of the Benz a, b, cla, gla and c class. Right now you can get a well equipped c class for $420k. Similar for the BMW 318i and Audi a4 2.0T.

Perhaps SS and Kia could surprise us with a $350k price?

All of those are way smaller cars though

ADONI · Postby **ADONI** » January 30th, 2018, 10:48 am

Maybe because of this guy; Peter Schreyer (former designer for Audi) and now president of KIA.

16 cycles · Postby **16 cycles** » January 30th, 2018, 11:57 am

https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/ ... let-082514

^ would be nice to see KIA in some motorsports...

Morpheus · Postby **Morpheus** » January 30th, 2018, 8:39 pm

ADONI wrote:Maybe because of this guy; Peter Schreyer (former designer for Audi) and now president of KIA.

Also the guy from BMW's M Division (at Hyundai N Division at least). They both are what's making the difference.....plus KIA generally taking serious risks.