1. Same parent company w/lots of shared internals
2. Drive a Veloster N and let me know if you're still dismissive at that point.
3. Other than Stinger GT (which is sweet too) but auto only and kinda large and 10+k more they don't make anything overtly sporty really
I test drove the 1.6T Tucson before I decided on the 18 CX5 GT last year. Two things I did not like on the 18 Tucson was the DCT and the interior (to me) felt inferior to the CX5. How's the DCT on the Kona?
former 2.0T Santa Fe owner, although a pretty good car,
service at hyundai dealers are very lacking and thus the reason i now stay away from Hyundai's
After 4-5 years of ownership, car started having many issues and decided it was time to dump it for another Mazda.
If Service centers, upped their customer service and ambience, maybe i would go back to owning another one, because as OP stated, they definitely have come a long way.
Fwd sports car, nty. LSD or not.
Still is..and stands to be my 2nd ever fwd vehicle. Not taking it to track so ill skip the lsd and the tq steer it introduces..1yr w/fwd lsd TL taught me that.
Had a Kia Soul as a rental. Rattled more than any car I've ever driven.
Ah yes the super sentra haha..noted, but this is wearing mich super sports and will rarely see wet much less gravel so not too concerned..
Rented two Kia Souls about a year apart.
First one was brand new. I was the first driver. Wasn't bad at all and quite comfortable. Still basic, but it was OK. I was initially impressed.
The second one I rented had about 35,000 miles on it. Ho boy, what a difference.
This thing ran and felt like it was on it last legs. It was done. .
It felt very loose, had zero guts, was noisy, had a ton or rattles. Felt like a car with a few 100K miles on it, not 35K miles.
Yes I know, it's a rental, but if this is typical of how a Kia ages, then no thanks.
How can you be sure of no gravel? I have yet to visit a city without gravel in the runoff zones. In fact, thats where my incident happened. Pulling from a side street onto the 4 lane. Just spun. Had to throw it in reverse or get hit. Sucked. AWD has spoiled me, but fwd with lsd was at least survivable.