Kia shmia!
I want reliability, quaility, and performance.
I looked seriously at the RAV-4, but it was just to flimsy inside. If fuel efficiency and my “OWN” bill were priorities, I may have accepted flimsy. They aren’t!
My car choices aren’t going to change the nation’s politics, and I’m not too worried about how many countries hates us.
I don’t have ANY faith this country will get serious about its energy policy until we’re neck deep in a crisis.
We’ll contine with such idiocy as turning food into fuel, wind, solar, and other pitiful, half-measures.
Meanwhile, I’ll keep buying quality, performance vehicles, once every 12 years.
Do you see any 12 yr old Kia’s on the road?
The folks that bought my “old” car will still be driving it in 5 years.
Kias/Hyundais made in the last 5-6 years are a lot better than the ones made 15 years ago. They have bar none the best warranties out there. Many individual Kia dealerships offer lifetime warranties and not just the 100k that it comes with. I had a Hyundai from a long time ago that was a total piece of crap and said I’d never buy one again (was given to me for free after a death in the family). A friend of mine purchased a Kia (Kia & Hyundai are basically the same thing, different car names if you didn’t already know) in 2001. Was quite surprised. Purchased one for myself early in 2005. Neither of us have had any major expenses on the car besides normal tune ups.