Riding Low to Oregon - 2015 Kia K900 Long-Term Road Test

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Riding Low to Oregon - 2015 Kia K900 Long-Term Road Test

Our 2015 Kia K900 has a soft-riding suspension, but it turned out to be too soft for the sinuous highways in Northern California and Oregon.

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grijon

Excellent post; this is the journalism that keeps me coming to Edmunds.com.

fordson1

Hyundai/Kia: just give up already and hire some ride/handling folks from Germany or Britain.

This is comical...can anyone here remember a Korean model that did NOT have these issues?

vvk

It is not just Koreans who have this issue. American and Japanese cars are the same way. I often see cars with people in the back seat that are practically touching the pavement with their mufflers.

ahightower

Our new Pathfinder appeared to have a slightly saggy butt with the five of us and our stuff headed to the Big Mouse last summer. But it didn't seem to affect the handling or acceleration much at all. But many of the CUVs and minivans we saw along the highways seemed to be struggling and sagging. Things that are meant to handle a lot of people and wimp out with more than 2 on board. I'd be really disappointed.

misterfusion

Agree with fordson1, this is getting ridiculous. The best I've ever seen a reviewer come up with in regard to a Korean car's ride is, "It's an improvement over its predecessor". How hard can it be to make a decent suspension? I know it's "hard" compared to what I do for a living, but if your JOB is a suspension engineer, then how hard could it be to at least rise to the mediocre level of, say, the Camry?

@vvk, I've owned plenty of Japanese and American nameplates, and never experienced the peculiar suspension issues described in almost every Korean car review.

gslippy

My former 98 Grand Caravan came fitted with rear shocks made by Sachs call "Nivomat". They were awesome at keeping the van level at all times, and they had good damping.
I'm a huge fan of this system, and wish my Kia Sedona had it.

http://www.zf.com/corporate/en/products/product_range/cars/cars_nivomat.shtml

allthingshonda

No excuse on a car like this. How hard or more expensive would it be to equip rear automatic level control on it? My grandma's Chrysler New Yorker had rear level control because the rear would sink like this car with the slightest weight in the back seat or trunk. That was over 20 years ago.