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Kia Stinger
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:00 pm
by IanF
https://www.goodwood.com/grr/road/news/ ... -more/amp/
Didn’t last long.. shame, but guess they’re heavily into electric vehicles now.
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:10 pm
by mik
I’ve spotted 3, but 66.6% of those spottings were the same vehicle.
How many were sold I wonder?
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:32 pm
by Broccers
A mate of mine worked at Chesterfield kia. I think they sold one while he was there.
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:50 pm
by Sundayjumper
Didn't someone on here buy one ?
Edit -
@Jezh
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9568
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:35 pm
by mik
Top memorying @Sundayjumper - user last active Jan 2020!
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 4:31 pm
by IanF
I’ve seen a handful and always applaud the driver for being brave enough to not buy a German equivalent.. but think they needed a fully hot version to make any mark and it’s probably too late these days to have a non-hybrid max power version.
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 5:42 pm
by duncs500
I've spotted these quite a few times (got to be double figures) so I always assumed they did ok.
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 7:00 pm
by Beany
Yeah, I've seen a few around Leeds/Bradford.
Are they depreciating like big Citroens or are they doing OK used value wise?
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 7:28 pm
by Carlos
I've seen a few about and they look great in the flesh. 365bhp is not to be sniffed at.
Kia have some brilliant vehicles but aspirational they are not !
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 7:29 pm
by Jobbo
Saw one on the M6 today. They’re not bad looking but don’t engender as much desire as an EV6 based purely on looks. Shame Kia didn’t push the boat out a bit more with the styling.
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 9:41 am
by integrale_evo
They were a bit of a mishmash of ideas and features stolen from other cars which didn’t really gel or fit the market they were aimed at. Shame as some of their other cars are decent looking.
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 9:47 am
by mik
mik wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:10 pm
I’ve spotted 3, but 66.6% of those spottings were the same vehicle.
How many were sold I wonder?
That's a very good question
@mik .
HowManyLeft reckons 2174 were sold here.
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 12:27 pm
by Ascender
I don't think I even knew that car existed tbh. Looks good though - and clearly "inspired" by BMW designs which makes sense given who was involved.
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 12:43 pm
by Mito Man
I liked them when they first launched but they don’t seem to have aged well. I remember looking at one during a car show and thinking the interior looked and felt exactly how you’d imagine a cheap Korean replica of Mercedes interior to be. You were getting a bargain and you’d know it at every opportunity.
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 12:53 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
Mito Man wrote: Fri Nov 18, 2022 12:43 pm
I liked them when they first launched but they don’t seem to have aged well. I remember looking at one during a car show and thinking the interior looked and felt exactly how you’d imagine a cheap Korean replica of Mercedes interior to be. You were getting a bargain and you’d know it at every opportunity.
Probably still better made though and more reliable
Re: Kia Stinger
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 1:33 pm
by 16vCento
I wonder how many of them spotted in the wild are the 3.3?
They did a 2.0t petrol and a diesel of some description as well iirc.