Kia Motors exhibited this 5-door hatchback version of the Forte at the 2010 New York International Auto Show and I personally am quite surprised that this car exists.
After all, the Forte and Forte Koup was supposd to be 4 door and 2 door versions of the Kia Cee’d platform, and now the Forte 5-door seems to clash with the Cee’d in the Kia product portfolio. Perhaps the Forte 5-door will replace the Cee’d in Europe, or both products will run side by side with the Cee’d as an EU-only product while the Forte 5-door tackles the rest of the world.
Another exciting bit of news is that Hyundai-Kia’s new 6-speeder automatic transmission has been slotted in the Forte 5-door! This means it’s very very likely that when the Forte facelift rolls along, it’ll get the same 6-speeder too. With the Forte’s price/value proposition in Malaysia that will certainly add very much to the appeal as it will improve the drive significantly.
Look after the jump for more pix of the Forte 5-Door.
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What a hot hatch!
I still prefer the sedan
me too.
I prefer the Koup. Best bum out of all three, IMHO.
price should be expensive like the latio and jazz..but very nice and sporty looking..
we’ll see the next kia forte facelift with 6 speed auto
Looks good to me.hope the price is cheaper than the saloon.
no way to be cheaper than sedan… with 6speeder and hatchback… it should be higher with at least 5k..
Getting better and better all the time, what’s happening? we in MY are dreaming or in deep slumber , Surely can’t catch up at the speed My economy is moving ! sigh!
damn cool..like caldina already although this is a hatchback
short version of forte! for ladies would be nice.
I am a guy but I don’t mind getting myself one of this as long as it serves its purpose… :)
ditto…IMO sedan is for lady because of big trunk (so can fit their shopping lots!)
new competitor to Mazda3 HB!
but I think will takes about 2yrs b4 reach malaysian market..
loved it! but still prefer my sedan
deny dat guilty feelings hah!…. this hatcback looks better than sedan. paint it striking red or pearl white….
Hopefully the face lift Forte can get the 6 speeder box too.
It looks good. And 6 speed auto? Wow.. Kia is improving by leaps and bounds nowadays
cee’d family for Europe / Forte family for outside of Europe…perhaps only 2 or 3 countries in the world where Forte and cee’d are both available….
It looks nice, like a Ver 10 subaru without the chrome back lights. Brilliant design
First pic reminds me of satria neo.. most design today looks alike each others..
Really nice car. But we have a better car..called Satria Neo Lotus F1. Why don’t Proton sell the car in US and overseas sure laku punya.
Hahahahahahahahahah!!!
you’re joking, right?
Don’t even think the US will allow that to be easily approved Proton to go to their market with their own strict environmental rules, safety and fuel consumption rate imposed to all vehicles to be sold there.
mazda 3 hatchback is 10 times hotter
my fiesta 100 times sexier
this will be my next car
Need some time to get used to this one. Looks promising though.
coupe n sedan much better than this!
look too boxy…. prefer the sedan….
somehow the rear kinda looks like toyota caldina…
perhaps its just me, but it really2 does resemble the caldina…
maybe coz of the ‘long-almost-triangle’ rear light.
but for me that’s good.. coz i admire caldina too, heheh.
agree!!! me too!
hope will come here…please please..
This looks right proportionally….the sedan version looks like small sedan pretending to be medium sedan
is it just me or the the rear looks like ralliart lancer hatch?
Its a lame engine. Six speeder automatic on a 1.6? Exterior is eye catching only in Koup. Has any one of you guys actually read the engine specs? Yeah they did say the design was supposed to be the deal clincher, coz the performance is not.
A 6-speeder can make a lot of difference. Compare the same normally aspirated 1.6 liter BMW-PSA Prince engine in the MINI Cooper with a 6-speed auto and in the Peugeot 308 VTi with a 4-speed auto, and you’ll see what I mean.
if 6 speed is here.. i wondering how can i upgrade my forte to opt the 6 speed tranny… :(:(:(:(
the sedan is gorgeous… to me, this hatch is not worthy of peter schreyer’s name at all!!
Can’t wait for facelift version of forte 6-speed sedan!!
caldina back , just hv looks .
this is what satria neo should be…5 doors!!
yup..agree 300%
Kia’s Pro_Ceed looks the business!…check it out
go ahead kia…we support you for your work hard,,not from protection….
maybe few years later my forte can transplant with this 6-speed gearbox at chop shop….then will be superb~!
but the law that GOVT will stop the chop shop to import halfcut in some where 2011?2012?is it still there?
The back of the car remind me on Subaru Impreza Hatchback.
not really cool lol……
from side view there are three windows, the smaller ones should go.. dare to be different doesnt pay well this time… 3 window looks too busy… two windows looks nicer!
can anyone try chopped out that one… just remove the plastic bar and blend the whole windows towards the door gaps… it will looks much nicer…
Looks like a Hyundai i30, with Forte features (lights, grille, etc). No, seriously, it does, just like how the Kia c’eed is an i30 with different features.
Now, the question is what does this model offer over Kia’s sister company’s competing model? The c’eed is offered in the EU as a budget version of the i30. Will Kia do the same thing with this version of the Forte?
WTH, this is a big copy cat.
Audi bravo, many of car makers are copying your designs.
(will be getting my lil Q5 2 weeks later, :D).
thats probably because Audi’s former designer is Kia’s chief designer now. good to see you being proud with ur lacked info in ur brain
nice hatch
Forte1.6sx and new city..what better 2 choesd?i heard maintainn high for forte..can gve detailed about high maintainn for forte??pls coment
Finders:
Just the routine maintenance costs posted at their official website for your comparison (exclusive parts). Btw, Honda’s parts are quite expensive too.
1k 10k 20k 30k 40k 50k 60k 70k 80k 90k 100k 120k Total
city 0 0 360 291 829 215 544 215 829 291 1235 4809
Forte 0 0 210 350 440 150 590 150 440 340 265 735 3670
The car had a good value now.but i had vy bad experience in Kia Spectra ‘s ABS cant be repair after 3 yearas warranty expired….Nearly goto Death… cant consider their after sales service in KL