Kia K900 309kw 5lt V8 RWD

[dat2kman]

V8 Taxis.
Exit Nissan enter Kia?

[cheapracer]

it has the same killerwasps as my m3 - if i get chopped by a stock kia, i'm selling up and buying a 240.

[rj_astra]

And the GM/Ford million dollar execs will splash out shit like can't compete against the Asians, low labour costs etc. bullshit excuses for their own poor vision.

GM is on a roll with its Cadillac range. As good , if not better than the Germans it competes against.

The twin turbo 400hp CTS VSport is a case in point.

[ls400x]

Looks good. If this came to Australia and Commodores and Falcons are FWD 4cyl this will have to be the new bogan ride.

[Jack Nicholson]

I can't imagine much of an aftermarket industry for Kia's though. Is there a Herrod or Harrop level company in Seoul? I'm in Korea right now & frankly the only loud exhausts have been on AMG's & M3's

[Captain_Slow]

Looks alright. It really would be telling of the Australian industry if the Koreans can make money off a RWD V8 and we can't.

They probably can, because they'll sell them worldwide unrestrained by having other US-designed cars from the same company to avoid competing with.

[TonyJZX]

i doubt hyundai kia make much money on these outside of korea

these are subsidised by their $20k shopping trolleys

[Sketchy]

who cares?

So as per usual everyone else is on the ball but you're living in fairyland.

Good work champ.

(To be honest I'm surprised all you left us with was a two word answer instead of the long winded vitriolic bullshit about aliens and Alfas or whatever you normally spam PF with, so kudos I guess for sparing us this time)

P.S. I like it, lots. Any word on what the drivetrain is capable of seeing as it most likely a copy of something that currently works very well? (Benz, Nissan, Ford, etc)

[Imposter Forg]

Looks good. If this came to Australia and Commodores and Falcons are FWD 4cyl this will have to be the new bogan ride.

kias are already the shazza car of choice

fuck off sketchy, kias are gay. another beige brick in the wall of the modern car. pffft. exciting

i bet it doesn't even come out in manual.

see you could buy this korean piece of crap, or you could buy this piece of crap:

https://www.allbids.com.au/Buy/?ID=580551

it's a pov pack and jewish racing gold and it still looks classier than that abortion, and probably rides better too if the suspensions not fucked

[Captiva Fan]

GM is on a roll with its Cadillac range. As good , if not better than the Germans it competes against.

The twin turbo 400hp CTS VSport is a case in point.

I'd like to see this in person, rather than taking the word of a US car magazine.
It's really hard to accept, given that the most recent American things I've seen were a Holden Suburb, and one of those early-noughties AU$100k Rustangs which made an AU Forte look like it was carved from a piece of German billet steel ... I mean it could be true, no problem with it being true, but I really need to poke at one to believe it.
I guess when they kill Commode, we may see some.

[beeraddd]

kias are already the shazza car of choice

fuck off sketchy, kias are gay. another beige brick in the wall of the modern car. pffft. exciting

i bet it doesn't even come out in manual.

see you could buy this korean piece of crap, or you could buy this piece of crap:

https://www.allbids.com.au/Buy/?ID=580551

it's a pov pack and jewish racing gold and it still looks classier than that abortion, and probably rides better too if the suspensions not fucked

You can't be serious???

A modern Kia/Hyundai has better features and build quality than any BMW made in that year!

You would do BMW proud if you were to put their badge on a late model Kia.

All the late model BMW's I have worked on lately really show the efforts in cost cutting.

Kia/Hyundai on the other hand have no such cost cutting measures on their chassis and suspension design on all their late model stuff.

Their doors close with a nice thud, and the interiors don't feel half as cheap as all the base model eurotrash and US Jeep,Chrysler,Dodge crap etc

I think of it in terms of Nokia and Samsung in reagrds to respective vehicles and their country of origin.

[Imposter Forg]

fuck off. i drive an i30 for work. it's a chintzy piece of shit. why do you think i'm so irate. they replaced my caddy with this piece of shit, and as everyone knows, i hate VW's.

they slowly eat your soul until you're a lifeless husk of a person

[Terribleone]

I think they got the rear end spot on. Front is a bit too Jag for me but looks pretty good overall.

I saw some new Holden girly truck thing this morning, made me vomit a little. Ugly as sin.

[SuperBoRi]

Make it cost $60,316, throw in a 5 year unlimited km warranty and I'll buy 25 of them tomorrow.

I'd badge it and dispose of the fleet of Holdens immediately. That is a good looking car, at what I hope would be a good price and virtually noone would notice it's not euro.

When are the Lexus ES Hybrids out? Want to see if they are worth the fuss as well.

[TonyJZX]

i couldnt stand our shitbox i30 petrol auto wagons however it has no bearing on a 300kw $75k luxury limo and the avg. person doesnt care... they love their korean shit