Comments on: VIDEO: The Kia Forte is hungry, very hungry

By: fit5505

fit5505 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:55:36 +0000

the front look like euro civic

By: hareshi

hareshi — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:11:31 +0000

Brilliantly cool advert it just eat the car fierce! n awesome looks,

OMG i just felt for this car…just plain SIMPLE, EDGY ,SMART ,COOL DESIGN!

Its like totally a new breed. I just wanna hug this car its like my closest taste of design every edge.

By: intermilan

intermilan — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:47:09 +0000

copycat of the new lancer gt. it is okay to be influence by other design a little e.g. take the design cue.. but this is too much a copycat….

hyundai/kia never stop tiru other design yet. this is just the same scenario like the ‘jaguar’ look alike they did before.

for sure, i will not be caught dead driving this lancer gt copycat, if its sold here, even if its a good car. originality counts.

By: DRC

DRC — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:17:18 +0000

Nice looking. Must be better than Spectra. BUT I don’t know about the QC, and does Kia cars last reasonably long problem-free?

By: PROTON SUCKS

PROTON SUCKS — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:48:06 +0000

forget it, naza aint bringing this

By: tHe CuLpRit

tHe CuLpRit — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:57:10 +0000

bmpower said,
August 13, 2008 @ 9:03 am

It’s basically a sedan version of the Kia cee’d,
****

so just do a but job.. then declare it ‘Luxurios?’.
Persona then luxorious too…

That car eat BENTLY? (or roll royce?)
bluarghhh…

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It’s not a butt job, have you even seen the Cee’d?

By: torque

torque — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:54:21 +0000

Oh btw, that’s a nice ads….

By: torque

torque — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:49:35 +0000

If this model gonna replace the ‘troublesome’ Kia Spectre I used to own, then…DAAAAMN! That’s just so darn cooool…hmm…if KIA decided to sell it as a CBU model, then I might trade in my daily car for it but if NAZA gonna pasang it here…SOOOOOOOOOOORRY…I’ll just pass! Already forgive but NEVER forget…cheers!

By: mitlanevo

mitlanevo — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:21:07 +0000

madimat, diorang bukan mabuk, tapi hari hari fikir proton sampai kepala kurang waras….

anyway, back to the actual topic, this car is really nice, hope to get it in Malaysia, and kick Altis’ ass….

By: mukhri88

mukhri88 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:56:52 +0000

sorry.. fairing.. wrong spelling ar.. body part of the car that includes the arches.

By: maibatsu_thunder

maibatsu_thunder — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:16:23 +0000

What’s a front firing?

By: madimat

madimat — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:13:21 +0000

haiyaaa,..

thread pasal kia pun ada nama ‘proton’ disebut-sebut. Mabuk ke apa .

By: mukhri88

mukhri88 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:01:35 +0000

I’d say Proton is going in the same direction too with the design cues. It’s just that even if Proton don’t employ some Mat Salleh with that kind of resume doesn’t mean they’re not keeping up with the times.

So what the engines are outdated, the exterior design team should ‘cover’ the misgivings with a sleek but practical design for the new Waja.

I just love the bloated front firings and cool shoulder design on this Forte.

By: bmpower

bmpower — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:04:03 +0000

typo.. a “BUTT” job.

By: bmpower

bmpower — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:03:21 +0000

It’s basically a sedan version of the Kia cee’d,
****

so just do a but job.. then declare it ‘Luxurios?’.
Persona then luxorious too…

That car eat BENTLY? (or roll royce?)
bluarghhh…

By: DrBrain

DrBrain — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:45:42 +0000

I like the front, Civic look a like

By: nikammar

nikammar — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:32:03 +0000

At a glance looks like Mitsubishi Lancer. Hoping by next year will be in Malaysia replacing very2 old Spetra Sedan. People will think twice to buy Pesona if price for Forte reliable.

By: gajen

gajen — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:40:00 +0000

front is from the uk civic…rear and the rims is from lexus IS….tats y it looks nice

By: HKPOH

HKPOH — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:00:53 +0000

the head looks like new honda stream, when this will come to MY?

By: whiteeye

whiteeye — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:53:21 +0000

As for this Kia it looks good indeed as you see the front is almost look like Civic wondering wat is the price cheaper than the civic.

By: whiteeye

whiteeye — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:51:32 +0000

I wonder y now days? The Proton still come out with a crap car especially Proton Saga copying anyway and Persona Headlamp just like a piece of junk, and compare with oversea cars far more to go hope that up coming Proton Waja by 2010 dont be like a shit!

By: csv

csv — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:38:04 +0000

that head designer really deserves a pay rise!

any chance he will come to proton or perodua and revive our bland cars here?

By: xg9

xg9 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:52:59 +0000

getting a lot of good comments everywhere..i personally like this car. BUT…. lets see what julian lee has to say……………………………………………………………….

By: hazri99

hazri99 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:24:21 +0000

naza kia will lunched new kia carens next month.

By: chun

chun — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:10:04 +0000

Kia’s designs are much better now ever since one of the senior designers from VW came on board. That’s why the Kia’s that are coming on stream now look quite European.

By: maibatsu_thunder

maibatsu_thunder — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000

Kia’s design head is Peter Schreyer, whose resume includes the Audi TT (along with J Mays and Freeman Thomas), VW New Beetle, etc. His job is to oversee the design activities of the company’s regional design centers in Frankfurt, Los Angeles and Tokyo as well as Namyang Design Center in Korea.

DESIGN TRACK RECORD:

VOLKSWAGEN DESIGN/PROJECTS

Concept Cars:
- Concept 1 (New Beetle)
- Concept C (Eos)
- Concept R (Roadster)
- Concept T (Buggy)
- GX 3 (Three Wheeler)
- Microbus
- Ragster

Passenger Cars:
- Golf IV & Variant
- Jetta
- Passat B 5 & Variant
- Lupo & Seat Arosa
- New Beetle
- Golf V & Golf Plus
- Golf GTI & Golf R32
- Jetta
- Passat B 6 & Variant
- Eos
- Compact SUV

AUDI DESIGN/PROJECTS

Concept Cars:
- Quattro Spider
- Audi TT & AUDI TTS
- AL 2 & AL 2 open end
- Steppenwolf
- Allroad Quattro
- Avantissimo
- Rosemeyer

Passenger Cars:
- Audi A2
- Audi A3 & A3 Sportsback
- Audi A4 & A4 Avant + Audi Cabrio
- Audi A6 & A6 Avant + Allroad
- Audi A8
- Audi TT & Audi TT Roadster

Racing:
- R8 racing car LeMans

Lamborghini Design / Projects:
- Murcielago
- Gallardo

SOURCE: http://www.conceptcar.co.uk/news/cardesignnews.php?newsid=44

By: MisterBenjo

MisterBenjo — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:51:43 +0000

Look like a ford….

By: legacy88

legacy88 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:36:35 +0000

Kia eating Bentley for dinner? Umm…

By: maibatsu_thunder

maibatsu_thunder — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:46:54 +0000

Forte is the cee’d sedan for North America and General Region (everywhere except Europe and NA).

By: austin_cipan

austin_cipan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:30:27 +0000

by the way, spectra is way too old for the malaysian market… hedious for current market… real out dated…