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Damn I never noticed that. I mean I have on some Kia's but whoa do all meaning every single car look like something else?
Pretty lame and lazy of them but in the other hand pretty smart. Why? Because for those cheap people who want the looks of Jaguars, Subura's and so on can pay less for the looks but make up the total payment of a real version of the car they copied once they start giving problems.

woah, what kia is this?? rio?

Yes, that's Rio. A riced-out Rio at that. Looks like Subaru got trashed one night and had a fling with Kia, and 9 months later...

I wouldn't be caught dead in a Kia. One of my friends used to have ^^^ that body style Rio, and it would grind every time he shifted to second, and the car only had 75,000 miles on it. It's cute that Kia is attempting something, and I'm sure they'll sell plenty of them. After all, they're what, $15,000?

its a rio with a sport package. I think it may have only been offered in canada so you may not see it down there at all

thats what they do. copy other cars.
with that said, guess what I drove into work today?

**Note: That is not a picture of me driving into work today.

^ Those first gens are SO ugly...seriously, they're right up there with the Aztec, etc. But the second gens are pretty nice.

They also look very much like our 6gen celicas. Unless you own one, most people can't tell the difference.

^ NO. NONONONONONONONONONONO.

Did I mention no?

There are similarities, but that design looks like ASS. Stock rims are sucked in to all hell, the curves on the side are weird, the body itself curves in like a 70's American sedan...the grill on the front is UGLY.

The middle space between the fog light mounting holes, and the mounting holes themselves, do look awfully familiar. But I consider it an insult to my car and the 6GC community to compare the two.

No.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Oct 12, 2009 - 5:06 PM

Yeah, it's nice that people who can't afford have options, however.... It's all in Authenticity. Doing right or not doing it at all. Why floss what's fake and nobody is impressed? Isn't that why we floss? We want our work to be appreciated, not destroyed by being mistaken for by fakes and put in that same class. In the Auto world, you get what you pay for. Anyways, I hate the idea they do that. And before you all start on me for the whole GT-Four thing, just keep in mind we don't have them here to buy, so you can get rid of that question. I am building my stuff with authentic parts and plan on for the future as well.


This post has been edited by Random_Stranger: Oct 12, 2009 - 5:33 PM

apparently I hit a nerve. Sorry. I'll just leave it at that. I was just pointing out another fairly obvious copy from Hyundai/Kia.

Really its quality, not quantity. I rather take an old beat up civic then a brand new Kia any day.

All cars thies days look the same (or getting close to the same look) so its hard to judge one company over the other for it

IDK, i think a 6 spd with 174hp behind it is overkill 5 gears would do just fine, also I do my best to stay away from kia, my girlfriends mom has a spectra and her dad has a rio, neither are base models and man there reliable to a point but CHEAP, very CHEAP materials and just feels cheep and loose IMO.

There are Much better used cars then new kia's (my opinion anyway.)

I'm not ragging on you, I'm just stating my opinion.

Actually, that's a second gen. This is the first gen.



But I'm in complete agreement.. They are still some of the ugliest cars on the road, and there is absolutely no comparison to the 6gc.

^ I just looked more closely, the quad-headlight is a facelift. The second gens look pretty decent.

Now Im not one to drive a kia nor would i ever buy one but bang for buck statring price for it is 17,600 and thats with the 6speed 174hp w/ 10y/100,k warranty, 22city/32hwy and the civic SI is 22,000 and thats w/ a 5speed 197hp w/ 3y/36,k warranty, 21city/29hwy

so over all you would be spending $4400 for 23hp, lower warranty and slight less gas milage.
Just my little fyi