Kia Pro_cee'd @ 2006 Paris Show
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I hope thats the new spectra. Rumor is the new spectra (or replacement) will get a bigger motor than the current motor. My rio cinco is at 100k miles and still runs like it was new so it will be a long time before my family buys another kia... (ughdance)Kansei said:
Be prepeared to get laughed at by some people lol. When I was cruising around in the Rio Cinco I got laughed at by these girls that were parked at the local tuner hang out in CT (berlin turnpike). Typical "you drive a kia haha" girls (they were in a 93 ford probe). I really didn't care cause the next week I showed up in my brand new tiburon and owned them. But yeah, you do get laughed at sometimes for driving a kia. Its like how people used to laugh at japanese car owners back in the day.Donas64 said:
Rio Racer said:
I'd have come back with: "And you're driving a mobile enema"
The Rio Cincos (while being a blatant P5 ripoff) is a well put together little car. Hyundais in general are beginning to kick butt and take names.
I can't believe the ego of some people out there mocking a perfectly good Rio5 when they drive an old clapped out 93 probe. Hold your head up man!
Hell, my parents had bought the very first Hyundai that came to the states in 1985. I was the Excel GS model. 2 door hatch with 5-speed, roll up windows and a carbed engine. I drove that thing like I was Mario Andretti through many mountains. Of course it lacked in power, but still fun. With all that hammering on the car it actually lasted till about 120K miles. That's when the piston rings wore out and I traded it in the year 1995. 10 years, not bad for back then. Car still looked great though.
Kansei said:Yeah it does have a bit of a different look than the Protege5, and I like them. I like the interior fit and finish of my Protege more, but I wish my Protege5 had the Hyundai Beta engine that is in the Spectra5. I'd definitely be turbo by now if I had that engine
The spectra5 is a neat looking little car for sure. Motors rated about the same as the FS-DE HP/Torque numbers right?
nate0123 said:hyundai beta engine? what's that?
Hyundai's 2.0. It was in the tiburon, later in the elantra, now the spectra too. 140hp, so not crazily more powerful than our beloved (ha) FS-DE, but it can handle a HELL of a lot more boost with stock internals. If we had the beta, there wouldn't be constant "oh s*** another zoom zoom boom" threads and people bailling out of their high-HP quests left and right.
The hyundai beta is hyundais most sucessful motor IMO. It's their second attempt at making their own motor. It is used in their elantra, tiburon, sonata (in some countries), tucson, Kia's spectra and sportage also use the beta.Hyundai did not make their own motors until 1995 when they made the hyundai alpha motor. Followed by the Beta in 1996 and Delta V6 in 98 and Sigma V6 in 98. The nightmare hyundais that always broke down had motors made by Mitsubishi and we all know how mitsubishi usa is doing these days. Kia has been using Mazda motors for a long time. Kia made their first major motor in 1998 with their sephia/spectra T8D motor. Until 2004, the kia sportage has been using a mazda F series motor that is forged from the factory (very good with boost) and the pre 1998 sephia has been using the 1.8 liter motor from the protege. So hyundai and kia has not really been making their own motors until mid-late 90s. Hyundai had close ties with Mitsubishi and Kia had close ties with Mazda.
