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Tag: Forte5
Ceed Planted: New Kia Ceed Unveiled, Could Preview Upcoming Forte5
– The Kia Cee’d is dead. Long live the Kia Ceed. Kia has pulled the curtain off its third-generation European hatchback prior to its debut next month at the Geneva auto show. Along with a new chassis and improved styling, the compact car drops the apostrophe from its name. – Like the Forte sedan that made […]
2017 Kia Forte5 SX Turbo DCT Automatic Tested: Not as Fun as the Stick Shift
– If it seems like auto reviewers have been damning Korean cars with faint praise for years, you’re not wrong. The “look how far they’ve come” line is as tired as can be, and Hyundai’s and Kia’s price advantages have lessened to the point where they can no longer be crutches to rely upon. Cars […]
2017 Kia Forte5 SX 1.6L Turbo Manual – Instrumented Test
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2017 Kia Forte5 Quick Spin | Sporty compact, lots of bells and whistles
A few months ago, we drove the Honda Civic Sport and found it to be a surprisingly fun and frisky hatch thanks to quick steering, a snappy shifter, and a willing turbo engine. It’s also somewhat unusual in being a driver-focused compact, available with a manual, but not solely concerned with performance; sort of a […]
2017 Kia Forte / Forte5: The In-Depth, Everything-You-Need-to-Know Review
– With so many competitors jostling for position in the compact class, the Kia Forte and its hatchback variant, the Forte5, fade into the background—but not because they’re bad cars. Both offer acceptable driving dynamics and mature exterior designs. The Forte5 can be pumped up with an optional, spunky 201-hp turbocharged powertrain that outruns all […]
