scionboi06

http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/kia-...oncept/166023/

WiCkEd_TrInI

hmmmm...pretty neat... but still a kia....=-/

JQ

Oh come on! that car will never.....I say never see a production assembly line. Nice design though

WarShrike

Add a nice little FI'd Hayabusa motor to that and you've got yourselves a handfull.

captainlaziness

Ehh, I don't like it. First off, I'm not a fan of converables and those wheels are ugly.

I say 'nay.'

jct

looks more like a volvo then a tC

Metro273

I like it! The wheels have to go though...

Tomas

Nice interesting design. It won't have Toyota's quality and reliability, but if they produce it, it will sell, just on looks if nothing else. A lot of people will like the 'style.'

Tom

06CStC

Interesting wheel design, lol, but the rest of the car looks nice in the picture.

TeeCizzle

BUT its still a KIA!!...I take a Hyundai First before getting a KIA!....lol

djct_watt

Dude, it's the same company. A Kia Optima IS a Hyundai Sonata. A Kia Sedona is a Hyundai Entourage. . . accent , rio. . .

They are supposed to be seperated by trim. . . but honestly I can't tell the difference. Mechanically, they are pretty much near identical.

tc-guy

i don't know y hyundai and kia gets knocked on so much. i had an 01 accent and that thing ran like a champ, gave me zero problems the 4 years i had it. the problems it had was in the past. the new hyundai's and kia's are pretty good. that car will sell if it ever gets made.

chrischoi

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i still wont support the motherland.

tc-guy

i hope kim jong-il doesn't come on scionlife and see this post.

Frosty355

Maybe it has something to do with people who have owned a Kia and had it in the shop at the dealership more then they had it in the driveway. Then finally sold it due to fear of it leaving them stranded once again but couldn't get enough to pay off the loan even though they put down $7000.
That kind of stuff kinda puts you off a brand.

foxtrot685

i had a '99 kia sportage ex 4x4 and ive had the scion in the dealer for warranty work WAY WAY WAY more than i had the kia in the shop. kia and hyundai are stepping up the game big time and it wont be too long, and its not an off the wall statement to say the kia/hyundai team will someday be going toe to toe with toyota. they already have a Lexus RX350 fighter... http://www.allnewveracruz.com/

foxtrot685

as a matter of fact the scion has been in 15 times in one year, the kia was in twice in 6 years!

Tito_Cruz

I don't think he has a computer. He wouldn't mind though since these cars are from SOUTH korea. funny nontheless...

Frosty355

I don't know what to tell you. I can't look at sportages without cringing.

djct_watt

I hope that is not the case. Big difference between North and South Korea. In fact, a lot of the stuff we buy from Japan is only ASSEMBLED in Japan. Many of the other parts come from China and Korea (South).

N. Korea exports some of the lowest amounts of products in the world. Proof that communism doesn't work? I dunno. . . Vietnam is doing VERY well (relatively).

N. Korea also has one of the lowest GDP's in the world. . . they only thing they make (and export) are weapons. And they do a poor job at that. Hence why it is one extremely poor country.

And S. Korea is practically swimming in cash now. . . Hyundai (completely different from Hyundai motors) is one of the world's leading producers of large cargo vessels (ships) in the world, and they do a damn good job.

I still prefer Toyota over Hyundai, but the margins are getting REALLY thin now. Here is a very stereotypical and generalized statment (which I don't hold true for every model of car), but generally:

Japanese>Korean>European(non-german, meaning opel etc)>American>German, in terms of RELIABILITY.

The last task that Korean manufacturers have yet to grasp is to make their cars cool and exciting. The Azera is a great car. . . but boring as hell. Even a previous generation Avalon is much more classy. The coolest thing Hyundai has going is the Tiburon, and even THAT is dated.