Kia Cerato Forte

• supermike

  21 Mar 09, 20:33

  ops, kia, too good to use korean product. still love jp one.

• lianamaster

  21 Mar 09, 22:40

  Originally posted by Johnwongtw:

  Got my Spicy Red 1.6SX on Thursday 18th Mar.  Looks more like maroon to me, nevertheless I'm happy with it 

  Wow... so jealous... haha.... I want to have my first drive too...

• Ducky88ducky

  22 Mar 09, 20:47

  hi to those who collected or going to collect your new Fourte

  what is the year of manufacture of your car? i just read from LTA letter that it was manufactured in 2008 instead of 2009 as per 'promised' by my SE....

  when i called her, she told me this is x-stock.. blar blar blar....

  i want to know what is the impact to me and should i accept it as it is or should i insist on what she promised me before?

  any advice?

• Ducky88ducky

  22 Mar 09, 20:58

  Originally posted by Ducky88ducky:

  hi to those who collected or going to collect your new Fourte

  what is the year of manufacture of your car? i just read from LTA letter that it was manufactured in 2008 instead of 2009 as per 'promised' by my SE....

  when i called her, she told me this is x-stock.. blar blar blar....

  i want to know what is the impact to me and should i accept it as it is or should i insist on what she promised me before?

  any advice?

  just got a call from my SE saying that the OMV for the Year 2009 made is actually lower by 1K plus as compare to the Year 2008 made. 

  Should i accept that?

• lianamaster

  25 Mar 09, 21:46

  Anybody watched the commercial for the Forte on TV? haha....

  Avante vs Forte  

  The battle continues.....

• ALN

  25 Mar 09, 23:43

  now forte wins pant down.... when new avante is out, then tide reverse loh
• citymax

  26 Mar 09, 11:34

  bt the avante like nv undergo any real facelift rite??

• citymax

  26 Mar 09, 11:38

  wao...avante going as low as 38k....

  http://www.sgcarmart.com/new_cars/newcars_pricing.php?CarCode=10356

• sktan10

  27 Mar 09, 09:44

  Originally posted by citymax:

  bt the avante like nv undergo any real facelift rite??

   

   

  Dont think so.

  Verna is out early than avante.

  No face-lift of verna out yet.

• lianamaster

  27 Mar 09, 13:45

  Originally posted by citymax:

  wao...avante going as low as 38k....

  http://www.sgcarmart.com/new_cars/newcars_pricing.php?CarCode=10356

  Cheap cheap. OMV also cheap cheap.

• carbikebus

  27 Mar 09, 14:18

  Hmm we shall see the resale value of this Kia in 3-4 years time?

• lianamaster

  27 Mar 09, 15:47

  I went to sgcarmart.com and the OMV for the 1.6M version is about $13,000.

  Not too bad I would say. This brings the annual depreciation for 10 years usage to around $3500.

• Billyalau

  27 Mar 09, 17:41

  Hi everyone, I am interested to buy the forte. I hv some queries? For those who hv started driving the forte, don't mind sharing some info. What is the actual fc? Is it as good as advertised.

• Babelfish

  27 Mar 09, 17:59

  i think the Forte looks like a civic from the front, but from the rear it looks like a lancer..

  Basically, it's design is copied from the 2 above mentioned models

• lianamaster

  27 Mar 09, 21:36

  Originally posted by Billyalau:

  Hi everyone, I am interested to buy the forte. I hv some queries? For those who hv started driving the forte, don't mind sharing some info. What is the actual fc? Is it as good as advertised.

  I looked at the brochure and the average fc stated is around 12km/l for 1.6. But this is an average value and I dun drive it.... so this is just an estimate.

• sktan10

  28 Mar 09, 10:33

  Originally posted by Billyalau:

  Hi everyone, I am interested to buy the forte. I hv some queries? For those who hv started driving the forte, don't mind sharing some info. What is the actual fc? Is it as good as advertised.

  
  My colleage forte 1.6A EX is getting 12-12.5km/l in FC by manual calculation.

  But do take note that base on trip computer calculation,FC is around 13.5-14km/l.

• Billyalau

  28 Mar 09, 20:08

  Hi all, went to test drive today. Quite impress with the forte. SE quote me $53999 + Rikecool solar film thrown-in. Told the SE i don't want the leather seat and he give me another $500 discount. Very happy except for the trade-in price of my 2yr-old Altis. Anyway, I told the SE I will go back to him if I can sell my car at a higher price.

• sir_peanuts

  28 Mar 09, 23:11

  Originally posted by Billyalau:

  Hi all, went to test drive today. Quite impress with the forte. SE quote me $53999 + Rikecool solar film thrown-in. Told the SE i don't want the leather seat and he give me another $500 discount. Very happy except for the trade-in price of my 2yr-old Altis. Anyway, I told the SE I will go back to him if I can sell my car at a higher price.

  
  53999? you getting 2.0? or did 1.6SX price increase again...

• Billyalau

  29 Mar 09, 08:16

  I'm getting the 2.0SX Auto

• lianamaster

  29 Mar 09, 09:50

  Originally posted by Billyalau:

  I'm getting the 2.0SX Auto

  Cool...

• ALN

  29 Mar 09, 20:01

  me also tested the 2.0SX auto....smooth and quiet and quite good pick up... very impressed... win other car pants down for the price.... only down side to me is the dash board... can be better...
• ALN

  29 Mar 09, 20:04

  if i got no car now, i will go for the 2.0SX auto....best value in town by a mile....
• lianamaster

  29 Mar 09, 22:53

  Make me wanna have a test drive too...No obligations right?

• Billyalau

  30 Mar 09, 18:12

  No obligations. My test drive was a short one app. 2km. If I really want to book the car, I tell the SE I want to drive to AYE for a test drive and test the car at 110km/h so as to clear my doubts. Do not go on Sat or Sun as they are rather crowded.

• ALN

  30 Mar 09, 21:47

  billy, u getting what colour? if i get, it will be black... but no money to change car....