YACT: what do you all think about Kia?

[StageLeft]

Embarassing brand, but probably not awful for the price.

 

[xSauronx]

a girl i work with has a spectra, i forget the year model, said she has over 100k miles on it and never had a serious problem with it.

i still wouldnt buy one, id take a used toyota or honda over a new kia anyday; and i sure as hell wouldnt pay on the fvcker for 7 years...actually i dont think id pay on any car for that long; its nuts; they depreciate too fast.

 

[gshock888]

kia sucks for the 20-30 men
say goodbye to your love life. if you have one before.

but i wont see why not for the normal urban driver, its like one of those "mom" cars. i have to admit those koreans are pretty good on their 10 year warranty, no american or japanese companies can match that (then again your getting a kia! WTF )

 

[RossMAN]

The only Kia I would buy is a used Kia Sedona minivan. They are selling loaded for around $16k, so I'd pay like $13k for a used minivan.

Although Hyundai owns Kia, I'd rather buy a brand new 2005 Hyundai Elantra GLS manual for $9,900 out the door. Power everything, with radio/casette/CD, etc.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
The only Kia I would buy is a used Kia Sedona minivan. They are selling loaded for around $16k, so I'd pay like $13k for a used minivan.

Although Hyundai owns Kia, I'd rather buy a brand new 2005 Hyundai Elantra GLS manual for $9,900 out the door. Power everything, with radio/casette/CD, etc.

That's possible? Show me something on Edmunds.

 

[freebee]

I've posted this here before, but few people know this. The Kia amanti has the finest leather of any sub 50k car. Its butter soft, creamy, and well-textured leather. The support is lacking (unlike say a bmw/mb), but the surface itself is without blemishes, well tanned and very supple. One strange characteristic, however, is it doesn't smell strongly of leather, but rather a chemical dye. Very un-british and ruins quite a bit of the romance of such finely cut hides.

 

[Thegonagle]

A seven year payment plan is idiotic.

I'd say a 2003-ish Hyundai Accent or Elantra would be a better way to go. Resale is horrid on the Korean cars, but the cars themselves aren't so bad these days. One could easily find a car with 80% or more life left, but at approximately half the cost of new.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: RossMAN
The only Kia I would buy is a used Kia Sedona minivan. They are selling loaded for around $16k, so I'd pay like $13k for a used minivan.

Although Hyundai owns Kia, I'd rather buy a brand new 2005 Hyundai Elantra GLS manual for $9,900 out the door. Power everything, with radio/casette/CD, etc.

That's possible? Show me something on Edmunds.

I've heard radio ads selling the Kia Sedona brand new for $16k loaded. I was guessing on the used price of $13k.

Hyundai Elantra GLS's routinely sell for $9900 - $10900 (automatic) in loss leader ads. Of course it may also take some bickering, arguing, cursing, swearing, temper tantrums and playing dealers against each other. But that's a part of the process of buying a new car. Fun fun fun!

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: archcommus


If I'm not mistaken Car and Driver, or perhaps Motor Trend, really liked the 2005 Spectra. Perhaps they're getting better?

The Spectra5 is a nice car, handles well (this is what helped the revieers like it), and has first rate safety meausres (side curatain and all that).