Whats Kia up to?

SomeGuyCalledMi

Old and new Magentis



old and new sportage



The old ones will not be missed.

robtri

some nice changes there.. really like the sportage...

racso1975

some nice improvements there.

fonecrusher1

That new magentis looks much better than a few upmarket rivals i can think of. Very nice.

baziragi

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

That new magentis looks much better than a few upmarket rivals i can think of. Very nice.

looks a bit like the insignia? (very nice also)

homer90

I agree - Very nice..

With styling like that, as well as 7 year warranties, it might make main stream manufacturers sit up and take note ......

Or maybe not

Henry Ford III

Magentis is the new Superb.

Kia - for people too miserable to buy a Skoda

unkel

Kia is the new Lexus

homer90

Any rear end pics ?? - just to be sure :D

Max_Damage

Meh, it's still Korean rubbish at the end of the day...

VolvoMan

Spitting image of the new SAAB 9-5.

Shadow Dancer

Max_Damage wrote: »

Meh, it's still Korean rubbish at the end of the day...

Ford escort, Nissan Micra cough, cough :rolleyes:

Saab Ed

VolvoMan wrote: »

Spitting image of the new SAAB 9-5.

.....after 6 splifs and squinting. Man you must be lampy

Guy:Incognito

Am I seeing the same pics as the first few posters

They look manky to me. All they did was square all the round bits of the old models.

homer90

Meh, it's still Korean rubbish at the end of the day...

Look any better now ??



:D:D

VolvoMan

Saab Ed wrote: »

.....after 6 splifs and squinting. Man you must be lampy

That was a compliment towards the Kia by the way. I think the new 9-5 looks great.

rai555

homer90 wrote: »

Any rear end pics ?? - just to be sure :D

it looks like rear end

homer90

rai555 wrote: »

it looks like rear end

O Dear ...... :eek:

*runs to delete my first post on this thread*

Absurdum

homer90 wrote: »

Look any better now ??


:D:D

fap fap fap

Gitb1

homer90 wrote: »

Look any better now ??



:D:D

lmao

galwaytt

...well now we know what has been holding KIA back: the designer.

But, since the fired him, and got the new guy in, he's come up with the above - well done, I say.

Now, the problem is, Jo Kong - the guy that got fired, btw - recently did a stint under Bangle, and just got hired at Unterturkheim. They think he's Zuper
, Ja !, and so, ta-da........I give you the new Magentis that didn't get off the drawing board......, E-Class.....

Max_Damage

Shadow Dancer wrote: »

Ford escort, Nissan Micra cough, cough :rolleyes:

At least their not Korean!

Grimreaper666

galwaytt wrote: »

...well now we know what has been holding KIA back: the designer.

But, since the fired him, and got the new guy in, he's come up with the above - well done, I say.

Now, the problem is, Jo Kong - the guy that got fired, btw - recently did a stint under Bangle, and just got hired at Unterturkheim. They think he's Zuper
, Ja !, and so, ta-da........I give you the new Magentis that didn't get off the drawing board......, E-Class.....

That E-class is a hideous looking yoke, I saw one in the flesh the other day and it's even worse in real life, it's backwards Mercedes are going, i'd have a Kia anyday.

fonecrusher1

Its funny. Jap cars used get the old 'tut tut that bloody japanese rubbish' bullsh!t years ago & now the likes of Kia & Hyundai are getting the same sort of reaction.

bigbadbear

Haha that merc is so kia looking its funny. The kias are EEEEEVILLLL looking

EPM

Max_Damage wrote: »

At least their not Korean!

And what's wrong with them being Korean? How does that make any difference to anything?

Leonard Hofstadter

Grimreaper666 wrote: »

That E-class is a hideous looking yoke, I saw one in the flesh the other day and it's even worse in real life, it's backwards Mercedes are going, i'd have a Kia anyday.

I must be the only one who thinks the new E class is a great looking car.. it looks much better in the flesh than in the pictures.

They appear to be built like the Mercs of old too(the current C class has been excellent so far, a massive improvement on the previous one) which will make them a great car for the long run and a much better buy than a 5 series or an A6, just the way a proper Merc should be, I long for the days when Mercs were as well built as a W124; the diesels could do 500,000 miles, even the petrols were "only" capable of 300,000 miles.

Grimreaper666

captainspeed wrote: »

I must be the only one who thinks the new E class is a great looking car.. it looks much better in the flesh than in the pictures.

They appear to be built like the Mercs of old too(the current C class has been excellent so far, a massive improvement on the previous one) which will make them a great car for the long run and a much better buy than a 5 series or an A6, just the way a proper Merc should be, I long for the days when Mercs were as well built as a W124; the diesels could do 500,000 miles, even the petrols were "only" capable of 300,000 miles.

Maybe they are but most of the Mercedes range from the 2000's were terribly troublesome cars with unbelievable problems and awful reliability issues so they could only get better, on principle I would never buy a Mercedes or a Toyota now for the reason that they took our money and cut quality, there's no excuse, they simply thought they could fool people for more profits and get away with it.

Stevie Dakota

Anyone know when that Sportage is due here?

Zubeneschamali

captainspeed wrote: »

(E class) it looks much better in the flesh than in the pictures.

+1

When I'm another 20 years older, and I might even want one.

Saab Ed

EPM wrote: »

And what's wrong with them being Korean?

They eat dogs FFS !!!!

EPM

Saab Ed wrote: »

They eat dogs FFS !!!!

Hmmm...dog...slurp:pac:

But seriously can't understand why the country of manufacture makes a difference

Saab Ed

EPM wrote: »

But seriously can't understand why the country of manufacture makes a difference

I know its silly, it shouldnt but it does. Its not just a Korean thing though. Lots of people on here wouldnt buy a French car, an Italian car or a jap car. Or how bout this. Ask yorself would you buy a Chinese or Indian car?

Stevie Dakota

Saab Ed wrote: »

Ask yorself would you buy a Chinese or Indian car?

No as they are still crap, the Koreans though are real contenders now and will be invincible in a generation or two.

Mitch Connor

Saab Ed wrote: »

I know its silly, it shouldnt but it does. Its not just a Korean thing though. Lots of people on here wouldnt buy a French car, an Italian car or a jap car. Or how bout this. Ask yorself would you buy a Chinese or Indian car?

If they had a reputation for building good cars, yeah. I haven't heard anything bad about Korean car's build wise. Though I own a Kia so there is bias involved!

Don't some of the chinese and indian makes have terrible safety records, or is that just for the 'copies' they make?

ShiresV2

Are those go-faster holes on the side of the Magentis, like the BMW M3? Bleedin' rappah man.

EPM

Saab Ed wrote: »

I know its silly, it shouldnt but it does. Its not just a Korean thing though. Lots of people on here wouldnt buy a French car, an Italian car or a jap car. Or how bout this. Ask yorself would you buy a Chinese or Indian car?

I usually buy on the merits of the particular car...so no Chinese junk...how dare you criticise a country that gave us the lovely City Rover. You Baxtard:p

Zubeneschamali

Mitch Connor wrote: »

I haven't heard anything bad about Korean car's build wise.

They built the Hyundai Accent! It'll take a long time to live that down.

Saab Ed

EPM wrote: »

I usually buy on the merits of the particular car...so no Chinese junk...how dare you criticise a country that gave us the lovely City Rover. You Baxtard:p

IMO Korean cars are still just not there yet. They are usualy covered in hard plastics, roar from tyre noise, have laughable interior designs and they are just on par with Euro models when they are launched so date very quickly. Also these days they aint any cheaper than mainstream Euro / Jappo equivalents nor any more reliable so there's not much reason left to buy one.

But things can change:

Like this....


to this in 10 years ....

fonecrusher1

Saab Ed wrote: »

I know its silly, it shouldnt but it does. Its not just a Korean thing though. Lots of people on here wouldnt buy a French car, an Italian car or a jap car. Or how bout this. Ask yorself would you buy a Chinese or Indian car?

Lots of people on here wouldn't buy a saab. They recently just about escaped the fate of Rover thanks to Spyker. Not good.

Saab Ed

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Lots of people on here wouldn't buy a saab. They recently just about escaped the fate of Rover thanks to Spyker. Not good.

Okay just for the record YET AGAIN , I dont sell Saabs .

And I dont know why people take these things so personal. I couldnt care less what you like and dont like. I like what I like and you can like what you like.