The not so typical Kia
Discussion
Hi everyone,
Have been a long time lurker on the forums and have been meaning to write a post on my new car for a while now.
Coming from my first car, a 2009 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 which I had for three and a half years, I wanted something quicker with better specification and wanted something a little different from people who I had seen on my social media; the people who have a BMW 116d Sport etc.
I saw this sitting on the front of my local Kia dealer forecourt and admittedly didn't know much about them. After doing some research, I decided (on paper at least) it was the perfect car for me and went for a test drive. Coming back from the test drive, the deal was done and this is mine.
Previously owned by Kia UK, it came with Full History, the balance of the 7 year warranty and Michelin Pilot Sport tyres all round; a sign of the car being looked after surely?
It is a 2014 Kia Pro Cee'd GT in Phantom Black. It comes with a 201 bhp 1.6 litre turbo charged petrol engine and slick six-speed manual gearbox...certainly more than enough for a 21 year-old coming from a Corsa!
Spec is pretty impressive, and includes Recaro seats, bluetooth, cruise control, 18 inch alloy wheels plus the red exterior detailing and the love or hate ice cubess DRL's.
Here are a couple of rubbish iPhone photos
I have owned the car for about 4 months now and regularly get comments from people saying how nice it looks. Value for money, I think it is brilliant and although it is not quite as quick as a VW Golf GTI or Vauxhall Astra VXR, it can still perform very well and surprises a few people too!
I am averaging around 28-30 mpg of mainly town driving but got around 40.5 mpg on a run from South Hampshire to Bath the other month.
Will try and keep this thread as updated as possible, hope you enjoy!
Have been a long time lurker on the forums and have been meaning to write a post on my new car for a while now.
Coming from my first car, a 2009 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 which I had for three and a half years, I wanted something quicker with better specification and wanted something a little different from people who I had seen on my social media; the people who have a BMW 116d Sport etc.
I saw this sitting on the front of my local Kia dealer forecourt and admittedly didn't know much about them. After doing some research, I decided (on paper at least) it was the perfect car for me and went for a test drive. Coming back from the test drive, the deal was done and this is mine.
Previously owned by Kia UK, it came with Full History, the balance of the 7 year warranty and Michelin Pilot Sport tyres all round; a sign of the car being looked after surely?
It is a 2014 Kia Pro Cee'd GT in Phantom Black. It comes with a 201 bhp 1.6 litre turbo charged petrol engine and slick six-speed manual gearbox...certainly more than enough for a 21 year-old coming from a Corsa!
Spec is pretty impressive, and includes Recaro seats, bluetooth, cruise control, 18 inch alloy wheels plus the red exterior detailing and the love or hate ice cubess DRL's.
Here are a couple of rubbish iPhone photos
I have owned the car for about 4 months now and regularly get comments from people saying how nice it looks. Value for money, I think it is brilliant and although it is not quite as quick as a VW Golf GTI or Vauxhall Astra VXR, it can still perform very well and surprises a few people too!
I am averaging around 28-30 mpg of mainly town driving but got around 40.5 mpg on a run from South Hampshire to Bath the other month.
Will try and keep this thread as updated as possible, hope you enjoy!
I like them. I like performance cars of all shapes and sizes and we all know the mainstream manufacturers have their hot models coming not long after the release of their run of the mill variants. What i do love is when one comes from a manufacturer that isn't known to offer anything remotely warm/hot/mega and the car exceeds expectations. I always had a bit of a soft spot for the Satria GTI . It was an unexpected offering from lets face it a company you just wouldn't have guessed would have a go at making that sort of thing.
I think KIA are getting their game on but one thing i would do is have someone redesign that bloody KIA badge. It is awfull.
I think KIA are getting their game on but one thing i would do is have someone redesign that bloody KIA badge. It is awfull.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwdq4HPxiec
Worth a watch, they rated it.
Always liked these, good looker and good value for money imho.
Worth a watch, they rated it.
Always liked these, good looker and good value for money imho.
eric twinge said:
I like these, great looking thing.
Nothing better than a black hot hatch at the age of 21, I had a black 205 GTI.
Enjoy it, good to see something different.
Thank you, I plan to enjoy it as much as I can! Nothing better than a black hot hatch at the age of 21, I had a black 205 GTI.
Enjoy it, good to see something different.
150bhp said:
We had a diesel GT as a curtesy car a few months back and it was a cracker, rear parking screen, leather etc. Yours looks very smart.
Thank you! The value for money is great I think.I really like the look of these. KIA should really continue with their performance range as i think they have the capability to make some really impressive cars in the future. This really isn't a bad first attempt at something fast and sporty.
I test drove one the year before last. I really liked the looks of it and the interior was really nice. Had pretty much everything on it and it felt very premium inside. The issue was that it didn't feel very fast. It wasn't exactly an extensive test drive, granted, but i did have a few chances to give it the beans but there wasn't much noise and wasn't really much go either. Was a bit gutted if i'm honest.
I test drove one the year before last. I really liked the looks of it and the interior was really nice. Had pretty much everything on it and it felt very premium inside. The issue was that it didn't feel very fast. It wasn't exactly an extensive test drive, granted, but i did have a few chances to give it the beans but there wasn't much noise and wasn't really much go either. Was a bit gutted if i'm honest.
ecsrobin said:
tiger.banana said:
ecsrobin said:
Always liked these, great car OP I'd certainly pick that over a Fiesta ST or Corsa VXR. I'll keep an eye out for you around Portsmouth.
Thank you! Where abouts in Portsmouth are you? 
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