An Impressive Luxury Car - 2015 Kia K900 Long-Term Road Test
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An Impressive Luxury Car - 2015 Kia K900 Long-Term Road Test
Does the 2015 Kia K900 feel like it's worth $60K from the driver's seat? Our first impressions say yes.
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Can someone offer insight to this car vs the Toyota Avalon? I know, totally different cars right? V6 vs V8, FWD vs RWD. But which car would you rather daily drive? Which one looks better?
That's fantastic, I don't really want anything more. You hear the opposite all the time with more than a few models. Take Audi, for example; the A4 looks like an A6 which looks like an A8, or vice versa. Why is that a bad thing, as long as the car actually looks good? If I want a big comfortable car, that's really all that I want. Quiet, comfortable, and refined. I don't need or want to shout to people that I have money, I'd like to do the opposite actually. Wether I actually have or don't have money isn't the issue, I just find flaunting material objects in search of some social image tacky. I'd have no problem buying a luxury car from a non-luxury car company, as long as it stands on its own merits. Of course, a good car is a good car, I won't shrink from a pointed star or propeller because of a loathe of its image.
All of that being said, I look forward to hearing more about the suspension on this model. Hyundai/Kia don't exactly have the best reputation for very well sorted suspensions, as alluded on other posts.
I agree with you 100%! I love sleeper type cars. All I want is a well made, nice car. The badge makes no difference to me. I also like cars with more conservative styling, like this Kia's. Since I keep my cars until they fall apart, I don't want anything too trendy that will look ridiculous in 5+ years.
@schen72, a very good point. Many designers rely on shiny bits and use plenty of sharp, busy edges to gain attention. As you said, it's "trendy" until fashion trends change, the edges become wrinkles and the shiny parts tacky. A conservation design will usually better stand the test of time. Of course, some cars just possess timeless beauty.
I'm interested to hear the long term reliability of the Kia. The Avalon always has top reliability marks from Consumer Reports, so Kia needs to be bulletproof for its stay. I'm also interested to see how the Active Cruise systems work.
Most Hondas and Acuras (exception: 4th gen TL), BMWs (exception of the Bangle era) have fairly conservative designs that will look good forever. It may not have looked trendy when new, but at least you know it'll never end up looking tacky. Interesting to me how Hyundai/Kia had some overly trendy cars (Soul, Sonata) but now they seem to moving more towards conservative timeless designs, such as the new Sonata.