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  • @T77406 Kia scouted Audi's head designer.

  • Very sexy car!

  • I just surf elsewhere during the commerical in the beginning .. those ads don't work !!!

  • Whatever, if anybody can get me into a new car for cheap, its a lot better than owning a old civic or something, lets be honest, with all that has happened here in the states, a lot of us are broke. Congratulations on the ones who didnt get cut but i rather own a NEW kia instead of my old BMW that is still good but very expensive to fix. But they have to step it up because honda just released 2012 models, and they are HOT!

  • men i dont know wat happen to honda im a honda guy all my life but the performance of the 09 10 honda is not top of the line i try this car and i tell u its good what happen to honda!!!!

  • it reminds me of the new Chevy Camaro

  • Very nice car. I remember only a few years ago Kia's and Hyundai's were shitty, unreliable, and ugly cars... times have certainly changed. This is a nice looking car for the money. I think it looks better than the Civic coupe.

  • The most beautiful Kio i've ever seen!

  • why Honda Civic is simillar Kia Forte? because honda civic's designer is peter.. peter worked VW, Audi of top designer. and design honda's many car..

    in 2006 year Kia scout peter(VW top designer) Kia's design president, vice president.. and Kia's designs are change now.

    Kia is not small company,, so not copy design.

    2009 year market share - Kia(1.75million) 13th, Kia's shareholder Hyundai(4.86million) 4th.. 1-GM, 2-Toyota, 3-VW..

  • does come manuel tran and turbo??

  • @lgsmango78 don't know bout turbo but there is a manual on some models (five speed I believe). If you get the sx model it has a 173hp engine which is 17hp more than other models.

  • Their cars are so ass ugly

  • KIA Forte Koup in the U.S market doesn't have Start/Stop Engine button...Seems like Korea only imports crap to America...LOL

  • Not bad....Now, if they replace that family sedan non-sport driving related Torsion Bean Rear Suspension system that car comes with, then it will be a real competitor for Honda Civic Coupe, or at least for a for a Hyundai Tiburon.

  • WONDERFUL CAR!!!! THE BEST!!!!!

  • U r crap, deny the obvious out of jealousy & fear

  • HYUNDAI beat BMW & Mercedes & Lexus& Etc.

    meaning even Genesis beat 3-7 series, M Series, S series, LS, GX, GS,etc, Never mind Equus You guys are just dumb. , its much better than other luxury cars that I can afford with 40-50k , 2~3 years ago is ancient , for Korean-car, U guy's perceptions seem 5~10 Yrs behind, Check Auto Magazine critics

  • I didnt even know what this was. I drove one... tried to find a reason NOT to buy it. I lowballed a dealer and they said "OK".

    $19280 LOADED... under sticker and more loaded than my Lincoln!

    Heated leather seats with red stitching, heated glass, mirrors, defrost, satt radio, 6-speaker w/speaker lighting, ABS, antiskid, 173HP.

    I'm a diehard Mark8 fan & ex-Ford mechanic. I LOVE THIS CAR and bought a black one and everyone loves it, even my old fart Union workmates! HONDA SUCKS!

  • Its the beginning of this car. The Gen Coupe will get a different Turbo in 2011, and this will get the Gen Coupe Turbo by then as well.

  • at the end, just get a Mercedes C63, there is none like it

  • to me

    the front looks like a civic and from the side like a saab

    the back looks like a bmw 3 series, lancer evo, lexus

  • @bez: One of the lead designers worked for Audi/VW for 20 years, and designed the Audi TT. So thats probably why.

    Honda copied Nike: The Civic Si looks like an old shoe.

  • @CalicoatMaker hahahahhahahahahhahahahaha lol ur 100% right m8

  • Is this car FWD???

  • t would take a moron to not be able to tell the difference between this low quality and the quality of EVERYTHING else in the catagory.

    there are 3 fantastic choices in this car catagory. civic, mazda 3 and VW golf AND hyundai elantra.

    and if you cant afford those get a nissan versa, or ford focus (or fiesta when it comes)

    you would have to be deaf, dumb and blind to think this shithole was better

    this car is actually worse than the hyundai tiburon ( a crappy way to expensive 4 speed pos)

  • t would take a moron to not be able to tell the difference between this low quality and the quality of EVERYTHING else in the catagory.

    there are 3 fantastic choices in this car catagory. civic, mazda 3 and VW golf AND hyundai elantra.

    and if you cant afford those get a nissan versa, or ford focus (or fiesta when it comes)

    this car is actually worse than the hyundai tiburon ( a crappy way to expensive 4 speed pos)

  • @julingy

    thats because you havent driven one idiot. it even runs better than my evo and its faster than any civic out there

  • yeah i have driven one, and there not good. i was really rooting for it because it looked good. but there are many things wrong with it that someone who knows cars would notice.

    and i imagine it wouldnt be hard to make something 'run' better than a high strung turbocharged 2L 4cyl like an evo.

    - not that i dont like evo's

    - but get your shit together

  • and i suppose you know better than me? im a tuner myself :)

  • btw lets race... loser loses car

  • lol, i dont race cars man, i like bikes much more. .... and if you know anything its how fast a bike disappears from a cages view

  • hahhaha youre probably right.... pretty fast

  • Then you drove an automatic and didnt even bother with the manual shifting or drive a 6-speed or the 173HP SX. I dont believe you anyways, you sound like a fanboy for evo/honda

  • i drove both the manual and automatic and maybe bot were lemons but the manual was right on par with a sunfires manual, it was horrible, and the chassis sucks too. And i went into the thing wanting it to be a good car because of the sticker price and the fantastic looks, but driving is what really counts in a car and driving it side by side the mazda,honda,ford focus, VW, hyundai elantra, nissan sentra. COMPLETELY put it to shame. sorry man just dont go driving anything else i guess

  • really reminds me of the civic si

  • Not trying to offend anyone but, Buying one of these would make feel like I bought a base model Lancer and tried sporting it out. I'd have to Limo tint the heck out of the windows, windshield included lol.

  • Jimmyjones85, very well said, i couldn't agree more. Finally someone who knows what he's talking about !

  • Noone else has pointed this out but.... the tail lights on the Forte sedan kindaa look like the tail lights you would find on a 3-series BMW. Nice looking car I must admit.

  • Honda and Toyota once invested in R&D like no one else and offered there cars and very affordable prices, but times have changed now they can sell there cars based on a name not on bang for the buck. I work at a Toyota dealership garage and I can tell you quality is not the same. Kia has, like Honda and Toyota once did, invested billions into changing their image and giving the customer the best bang for the buck. Koreans are the new Japanese and all you civic driving tools just dont get it.

  • it kinda looks like a the ugly baby of the nice honda civic and the beautiful evo X lol.

  • id like to try that car any day over a honda- only because my honda sucks :[ - i dont believe in honda quality anymore :(

  • I own one and its simply amazing and a real joy to drive.

    And for those who say its copied from a civic,i'll give you that the front lights look somewhat similar but other than that it has nothing of the civic. Its has nothing to envy from the civic, in fact its miles ahead ! Just yesterday a guy in a new civic(still had the temporary plate in the window) couldn't stop staring and had that look on his face saying wow, i should have bought that instead.

  • ehh.....I'm happy for you that you like Kia Forte, but I'd just stick with Honda Civic since Honda can be trusted -.-

    Not sure about Kia, seriously...

  • Before you make statements like that ,that make you look like a twit, go test drive one. Why would i want a honda when this one is better is just as equipped and costs less.

  • Well, it's not like I was trying to offend you just because Kia was all you could afford. Why so serious?:)

  • I could have gotten a honda , but i wouldn't want one if you gave it to me. If your enough of a sucker to fall for honda's high prices for dismall quality go right ahead.

  • I already own some cars and Honda Civic is one of them, a great family car, and extremely reliable. I would not take Kia since I don't wanna be seen as someone who is too cheap and Honda Civic wannabe car driver.

    And besides, I can still see you are so desperate over all this just because I said something about Kia...like I said, I was not offending you cuz Kia was all you could afford. Why so serious, my little friend? ;)

  • I've wasted enough time , run along to mommy now, child.

  • I really don't understand why you feel so offended, like I said, you should not be offended, because Kia was all you could afford, right? and it's not like you should be so ashamed of yourself for buying Kia, because I can clearly see that you were so offended.

    I really feel sorry for you, so why did you buy Kia? Oh wait.

  • Honda's dismal quality, really? Honda some how managed to have the Highest resale value of ANY car manufacture including Toyota with all that dismal quality right? How dare anyone even suggest Kia is comparable to Honda, not on their best day.

  • @Visionnaireblues do you live underground? my god!!! i'm gonna quote something from Top Gear (Best car tv show ever) ''it's a Honda, is reliable as universe''. Honda is reliable on every magazine, car tv show, car web page, Honda is reliable since every one buy it because of that!!!!!!!!! but i guess your kia will last for ever. like those 1994 Civics you see every day smoking new cars. Civic car of the year in more than 48 countries, but is a bad car from a bad automaker!! all new is good.

  • kias r fun lil cars.

  • how do they get the car so shiny like that

  • lol, you guys are funny. Take a look at all the other Car companies vehicles. You can easily see that all car companies are taking things from other car companies. Take the Cube, looks a little like the element maybe. What about the Lancer.....hmmm doesnt the Civic back end look somewhat the same? I think if Kia took a good thing from the Civic ( it's front lights ) and from the lancer ( The grill look similar ) Then GREAT!! Good looking car for less cash!! Good enough for me.

  • it lookks better than the civic.....

  • design copyed from honda civic ...

    just like kia copyed a toyota corolla design in its kis ceed

  • copy of civic!!

  • Genesis and Tiburon = What other car design?

  • i wish the headlights were like the ones on the concept car..

    ..i really like the car. the front is civic-like, i wish something could be done about it but it's still kewl and it'll evolve in design anyway.

    tail lights are sick

  • Well obviously I know they are together.... Lol!!!

  • i think the front looks bettter than the civic. is it just me?

  • looks way better in my opinion. the civic looks like it came out of a cheesy 90's sci fi flick in comparison.

  • I really cant wait to see what happens with Kia in the future, the coupe is nice, but just like honda if they start doing good thier going to raise the price of there vehicles. I love my 08 SI coupe, and there is no doubt about it kia forte looks like a civic and a lancer. Nice none the less

  • kia is better then nissan and honda ..misu...blah...suburu and many others ..haters need to stop hating

  • i think saying that kia is "better" is a bit bold.... I dont think they are better... but i do think that they are on the same playing field. I dont drive a kia, but i find myself very attracted to the new generation of Kia's and Hyundai's. I almost bought a genesis coupe last month.. but decided on a speed6. Props to KIA AND HYUNDAI THO! I like the direction they are going!

  • Kia = Hyundai, They are the same company.

  • god all you haters are so so damn annoying...all you guys feed off eachothers lack of KNOWLEDGE about KIA! Who givesaf**k if it looks like a civic??? the koup is better looking than the civic! My mom has a kia and has had no problems. All you shit talkers sound like you drive lexus's and mercedes! Every car has problems, so stfu!

  • Yeah haters are annoying. The only similarity the car has with the civic is the general look of the front, but if you compare them side by side you can see that the headlights are different in shape and the forte's lights don't look like they're being sucked into the grill like the civic's. the grill is definitely kia's as it is being applied on all their new vehicles now. generally, kia's design looks way more refined. the civic's bumper looks so bland compared to the forte's.

  • bloody haters..pisses me off..if u are soo damn smart why dun u make one urself.

  • Kia, hey what would be a good way to make a new car? I know take cars that everyone likes and mix and match so we have everything for everyone

  • wow... sporty end emotional? groundbreaking? The front end styling is a rip off of a civic si and mitsu Evo, and the rear is off an alfa. It looks like an insurance commercial anycar for gods sake! rubbish! lets put it this way. A knock off rolex may be cheap, but the only person believing its a rolex is the idiot wearing it.

  • unfortunately, we live in a image drivin society...do you think you look really cool and hip driving a KIA???

  • depends whose looking? someone who is materialistic or someone who could care less....I would say that i would rather be seen driving this kia forte than seen driving a corolla.....

  • EXACTLY. These cars are the future for people who don't feel the need to remortgage their houses just to keep up with the Jones'.

    The new KIAs are looking good.

  • I dont think they care about originality with their cars, they are following the Hyundai script. Make affordable copies of popular cars and give consumers better bang for the buck.

  • @sithlord06 Hyundai owns Kia... >.>

  • @sithlord06 maybe because hyundai and kia are the same thing

  • hohoho OOOOO Yeahhhhhh It's sporty nothing else looks sporty this is it ! KIA

  • If you love it, it will last until you crash it. So, ask yourself, are you are a competent enough driver for a Kia?

  • Looks like the new FG Ford Falcon at the front.

  • damn nice car....

  • holy crap that's A KIA?!?!? XD awesome

  • it look just like a damn 07 si civic lol =)

  • It looks like a Civic si with balls. And that's a great thing! The Civic Si looks so feminine compared to this. Sorry guys who own it.

  • doesnt matter is 10k or 30k...new car will last at least 6 years without any major problems if u do ur regular checkup....people should get a new car once it reaches 100k miles anyway than keep the same car for like 15-20 years....so theres no point spending a fortune on a car unless brand name matters to u that much.

  • no offense but my 95 civic is now 14 years old has 385.000 miles and origional clutch still ... i put a new timing belt in every 100 k miles change the oil regulary and its paid for.. car is only worth 1 grand but it gets 35 mpg with touring tires and with liability insurance costing 150 bucks a year ,... sure in the 60s and 70s you had to get a new car at 100 k if your buying american they just didnt last.. now things are much better.

  • We all know Hondas are competent cars for sure. I can do the same with either a Kia or a Hyundai. I have Elantra. My car still runs like a brand new, getting 35 miles/gal on highways and it does not burn a drop of oil but I don't want to be tied to this car too long for my life is way too short.

  • those rims are ugly

  • In South Korea the Forte isn't even new, and the Soul has been out for about 2 years.

  • Not it hasn't!

    The original Soul concept came out in 2006.

    The production version was first released either late last year or very early this year in Korea

  • I think I prefer that on the chrome and big filled "philosophy" behind lexus/infiniti/acura (all these brands are BS just stick to honda/toyota/nissan like in japan)

    this is one of the only bad moves japanese automakers did, creating ABS brands

  • holy! finally we are looking at the  ciciv killer!!!! wow!

  • looks like the 2009 Si instead of one thing the Kia is good looking the Civic is not (death to the shitbag of so called designer at Honda who messed the grille and rims of the coupe long life to the 2007 coupe (in facts its more of a RIP))

    now I hope kia HAVE a good engine to put in it cause this "sporty" ride would be born dead if they put one of their underpowered bs (but i could be wrong I don't know these engine so well)

  • it HAVE to be a good engine, even if its at chinese's way (exact illegal copy of the K20 lol) but I trust Kia they know how to do...

  • when's the new xB coming out?... oh, i mean "kia soul"... it'll look great next to my civic coupe... oh, i mean forte coupe...

    i thought it was just hyundai that couldn't come up with any original designs... (i.e. genesis coupe = lexus IS, et. al.) but i guess it's just korea in general

  • hahaha true

  • at least its not chinese (lol these guys know how to make (too) exact replicas of jap products (note without the overall built quality the rest I don't know (reliability, MPG, etc.))

  • well I quite like them, they're reasonably priced, reliable, not so badly built and for copies they looks good

    (oh, Genesis coupe PWN new IS, old Altezza FTW)

  • I think Kia is owned by hyndai. But HONDA Has the best value for the money really. I mean sure they are more expensive at first but the value over time is the cheapest. They have the best rep on almost anything when it comes to cars.

  • Seriously. Kia needs to get some originality.

  • That is really and ugly car, and the front is a copy of the Honda Accord EURO.

    Or ACURA TSX

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  • To buy a comparable '06 Accord or Camry would literally have been double the price. Not worth it, even if quality is a little better, which I'm not sure of. My Mom's friend's '04 Accord makes a farting noise inside that the dealer can't fix. A friend of mine has had problems with his '05 Accord stumbling and stuttering at 40k miles. Neither car is under warranty. My '06 Optima has needed 2 new sunvisors, a tire pressure sensor, and a squeak fixed in 35k miles, under

  • I love Kia Motors, I just invested in my beautiful 2009 Kia Soul. :D

    love it love it love it.

  • I see Acura in the front, and Audi S5 / Mitsubishi Lancer / Chevy Camaro at the rear.

    Yea Kia isn't still up there but they have improved so much in recent years and are showing a lot of potential. I won't be surprised to see them take over the car industry in the next few years, just as Japan did in the 70's and 80's.

  • You are dead on. Kia is now, what Honda and Toyota were in the 70's and 80's. People are taking notice at the quality and value. I nervously took a chance and bought an '06.5 Kia Optima. I've put about 5k miles on it so far and love it. The value can't be beat.

  • To buy a comparable '06 Accord or Camry would literally have been double the price. Not worth it, even if quality is a little better, which I'm not sure of. My Mom's friend's '04 Accord makes a farting noise inside that the dealer can't fix. A friend of mine has had problems with his '05 Accord stumbling and stuttering at 40k miles. Neither car is under warranty. My '06 Optima has needed 2 new sunvisors, a tire pressure sensor, and a squeak fixed in 35k miles, under warranty as 2nd owner.

  • i remember when honda started in the 1970's they built the biggest crap cars on the road not to mention dangerous it took them 30 years to build a decent and safe car but i refuse to buy one as I dont like to drive what every one has. On the other hand KIA has really stepped up in recent years and is produeing some really cool cars at awsome prices and a fantastic warranty equal to BMWl so how can u go wrong. I love my KIA just wish they made a pickup truck line. great mpg.

    i

  • you're trying to compare honda 30 yrs ago with a 2009 kia? shows how smart you are, honda, toyota, nissan, mazda back in 70's didnt have the technology today as kia to advance, like the japanese car makers they had to create innovative technology, and make a name for themselves , unlike this kia pos, by the way i prefer parent company hyundai over any kia

  • i'm a younger buyer :)

  • it's just an exhibition car.

  • Really? I'm pretty sure this is a production car that is going on sale this August. I would call the Kia Koup Concept an exhibition car, but the Koup in this video is the real deal and is what the public is getting.

  • cant beat a civic, just copy it

  • yea for real. its got the civic headlights and body with the new evo tail lights. wtf??

  • if honda civic and ford mustang have a baby...i think it would look like this.

  • Looks like an EVO knock off to me.

  • Love the wheels

  • front end = civic

    back end = lancer

    IMO hyundai has better designed cars at the moment

  • I WILL buy this! For it's design and price!

  • It's nice to see Kia has finally been paying attention. Boring cars never sell.....fun is a MUST! Props to Kia!

  • what about hyundai

  • IF they sell it, people WILL buy this!!

  • It looks great. The back of the roofline looks too much like a sedan though. Kia is definitely going in the right direction.

  • yeah thats wat i think too.... the concept had a better roof

  • I guess they did that to provide more space/headroom because it is important to some people, I never thought/considered kia but they are going the right direction, this is a nice looking car in my opinion this looks much better than a civic and its cheaper its a good car for younger first time buyer that wanna buy something that looks cool with out paying too much money, good job kia

  • the headlights look too much like the Honda Civics.

  • It's got a Honda Prelude look to it. I guess stay tuned.

  • its very nice, the back needs some work though, it looks very cheap. bigger tail and one on the middle would look good

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