2010 Kia Forte Koup SX - Short Take Road Test - Car and Driver (blog)
In transforming the handsome new Forte sedan into a positively stylish coupe—the company’s first two-door—Kia seems to be now fully realizing the benefits of wooing away Audi designer Peter Schreyer in 2006 and making good on its “The Power to... Some might question the difficulty of making a positive styling statement in the often overwrought compact segment—have you seen the new Mazda 3. —but impressively, the Forte’s makeover goes deeper. For one, it hasn’t squandered much of the sedan’s back-seat space, a common coupe drawback. In fact, despite the marginal headroom that comes along with the appealingly squashed roofline, the Forte Koup has as much rear space as the vastly larger Honda Accord coupe. Drivers over six feet tall will want to say no to the sunroof option and thereby maximize the Koup’s limited headroom. All Koups have lots of standard equipment, including six airbags, stability control, power locks and windows, iPod integration, and Sirius satellite radio. Stepping up from the base $17,290 EX to the $18,390 SX yields a larger, 173-hp 2. 4-liter that’s far smoother than the base 156-hp 2. 0-liter (which gets pretty gritty near its redline) and an additional ratio in each of the available... Source: www.caranddriver.com
