I did test drive this car. Great value for the price. The front looks like a BMW, designed by German engineers after all. Best Kia car ever in my opinion
Was it BMW and Audi engineers that developed it ? I know it was a Audi chap that designed the looks of it as he wanted to create new cars and audi wouldn't let him so he left to join kia.
I also test drived this car. And I thnk that price is exactly what you get of a car. Some cheap plastics here and there, the leather seems very common quality, the molding of the seats are common, some rattles and squeeks here and there, some trays or cupholders will show their price through their function, buttons are made out of plastic... the list goes on. Whatever, it stays a very liiving alternative to german and japanese luxury cars. It's just not as good than a Lexus for the attention to details and reliability. Just test drove a used GS after the KIA, and the quality was way better on all aspects.
@@boboutelama5748 The lexus GS is surrounded in cheap plastic and creeks as you drive, with a interior that looks outdated. I lease a merc C-class and that is just as bad with hard plastics everywhere.
Albert Biermann is the engine and dynamics engineer who was chief engineer at BMW M division for 32 years. The car is basically powered by German engineering from Munich
@@nessuno5403 I don't agree with you at all...I didn't call the gearbox defective. Elephant in the room means a topic that people don't generally discuss...he discussed it and gave an opinion. His reply to my post reaffirms that. Your interpretation was never a direction my post was going. If you had said it wasn't suited or calibrated correctly to the engine, I would agree with you.
Interesting on the transmission. I have a US spec GT1 with the cable shifter. I have a manual gate which keeps it in manual. If it’s in drive and sports mode, it won’t revert back to drive unless I hold the right paddle down or come to a complete stop. If traction control is off, it also won’t upshift for you and you can bounce off the limiter. It’s all just tcu programming, their must be a way to get the same programming in the Aussie cars.
I bought a 2019 Stinger GT2 and I get so many looks driving it blows me away! This car is freaking fun to drive! I wouldn’t sell it for $10,000 more than I bought it for especially since you can’t find a Ceramic Silver GT2 anywhere right now!
I need to admit ... Kia did a marvelous job that car world hate to admit... Guys do you have any info on the weight balance? Does this car have 50/50 weight distribution?
@@chasingcars thankyou for the quick info ... i think the 4 popper version might have more balance than the V6 ryt... anyways really enjoyed the video expecting for more :)
Good review. I got a GT TT RWd and it’s actually quite a fun and lively car. Can’t wait to see what comes in future models. I’ve heard the 5 litre Hyundai V8 in a twin turbo version could be on the cards👀. That would be a serious ride.
I own a Stinger GT2 in the US except mine is AWD and it does not appear to have the issues you are talking about. Mine likes to stay in a decent rev range when slowing down but knows to keep it in a high gear when I'm not driving like a. He didn't say in the video but all the power does make you want to put the hammer down on a regular basis. A heavily modded Stinger with AWD can get 0-60 times in under 4 seconds. Tork Motorsports just did it today :）
@@chasingcars I understand that Kia released a transmission software update in October, at least here in Canada. Maybe the update will fix the issue you noticed.
@@boboutelama5748 especially here in Australia. Drivers deliberately treat every one lane road as a driveway not a highway/motorway and regardless of the capability of the vehicle on each day's commute I notice 0-40 km takes closer to 22 seconds. For instance once there is a stop/start a car that was driving well below the posted speed limit of a meagre 80km/hr would then take 20-22 seconds to reach 60 and stay there until the lanes divide then the same vehicle will rocket to over 100km/hr to stop anyone passing! So unless one is driving at 12am best to buy something that crawls along! Then they muck around at lights so a traffic light can change from red to green to red again by the time the vehicle in front makes the 600metres to it!
I know this too well. I moved from Townsville Queensland to Toronto Ontario. Still I love the winter here in Canada but wish it was a bit of a shorter season.
Don't listen to this guy try it yourself. I'd rather have a manual, but I would totally disagree about his assessment of the automatic. I find it to be excellent. By comparison my last car was a 2015 GTI which had a 6 spd dsg. In normal mode that car was always in too high a gear lugging the engine and in sport mode would annoyingly over rev the engine. The Stinger doesn't do that at all. If I am on a twisty road in sport mode it down shifts when you are braking into a corner and doesn't hold the gear too long coming out of it. I do agree go for the V6 and don't be scared away by the price at least in the USA. I got 3K off competitive cash back and 2.5K off financing cash back from KIA and 5.5K off dealer discount so a 49,030 MSRP ended up being 38,030 which is a fantastic deal
Excellent and detailed review. From what I understand the gearbox is a ZF. If that is the case then the complaints you have are the same complaints I have with my FG G6E. I hate this box! I find it to be confused and just not sure which gear to go into. Going around corners is a major problem. Whilst they are obviously different cars and gearboxes, it sounds like an issue with ZF.
The Kia Stinger is a carbon copy of crafty German engineering. Well the entire Kia fleet will be better off with the current German engineers working with this South Korean company. Good luck!
The transmission issue highlights the fact the Australian performance sedans were born from motor racing. The Kia was recently admitted to being a brand building exercise and may not even be followed up with a successor.
I took the the GT for a test drive a few days back, and i noticed that it did indeed love to stay in higher gears. I also noticed the use of cheap plastics on the doors and for the price Kia is asking for it it's not worth it to be honest. It's a Decent car just, needs a little more updates to make it a Great car.A manual option would be a good start and using the soft leather in places where they use the cheap hard plastic. It drives pretty good and the harder bumps are lapped up in comfort mode. The vision in the drives seat is one of the worst I've seen from any car, head checks are useless and you have the door pillar in the way (I'm 6'2) and you do really see much out of the rear view mirror, just like the crappy new commodore. It's why i think i will buy a sub 20kms SS V Redline manual that has the same 7 year warranty, more space, decent interior and a car that i can fit in at a much lower price. Never thought i would buy a commodore in my life time( My daily at the moment is a XR8 Sprint that i want to keep the kms low on)
You really should talk about the spare tyre for every car review you do in Australia. This car should have an option for a full-size spare but I think it’s only a skinny one
Kia will not address the gearbox so called issue. 6 or 8 speed auto is good but as you said, you can't drive it on manual mode. It does not allow you to hold the gears. And it does not choose the right low gear when cruising or coming out of a corner because apparently kia stated that they promote safe driving and the health of the transmission etc etc which is just BS ofcourse. Any kia owner can vouch for this about the transmission issue. Ain't a big deal but slightly annoying. I also found that all kia cars and suv etc claim that they tuned the suspension for Australia. Nonsense. Kia cars ride smooth on smooth roads yes but any other mildly uneven surface and you feel and hear a loud thud. I felt as if I broke something underneath one day and my speed was around 20 kms per hour over an unavoidable small pot hole. So transmission and suspension require addressing otherwise kia is as strong as a Hilux ! So to speak. When I bought mine, people said that I will have paint peeling, interior parts breaking and engine trouble. I say no to that now. Had my kia for almost 5 years, still as new ! No faults no dramas. Happy as a hippo lol !
Nice review, i enjoyed it. I have a GT2 here in US, and the automatic 8 speed is pretty darn good in my opinion. even in daily drive where i am just doing 20 percent throttle, it moves the car in a sweet way. probably only thing in the review that i disagree with you. it shifts fast, smooth and dead on for me.
@@chasingcars Yes, as long as i am in sport mode. it will hold gears as long as i want it to. i love holding it on 3rd going up hill and hear rear break loose when i press on it a bit
@@chasingcars i am surprised that it could be calibrated differently... is yours awd? mine is rwd and that might bring some difference? I am not sure...
Chasing Cars Great job onl all your reviews and probably only one of a few reviewers that concise and honest about the cars they review Keep on doing what you do 😀😟👍🏻👏🏻🚗🏎🚘
Don't see exactly what you had against the gearbox. I found it to work fine on the test run. And at 4.9, the car isn't slow, so can we speak from "holding back" ? @@chasingcars
Australia in love with Camador alot; stinger outperformed in every aspect, every catagory compared to it and he states "NOT as refined as Camador". come on.
Ok well how they use that word in cars usually means ride quality, cabin noise, comfort and things like that. So yes it can exceed performance in all ways but still lack refinement over the VF. Not just my opinion by the way.
Dale Neish reason why Kia Stinger GT outperformed the Commodore is that the Commodore is built in today era with very old technology. In terms of performance, safety, drive, design and economy. Kia is a better car in comparison to the Commodore however, I'd rather buy a VW Arteon. It is classy, safe, economical, has more room, better built and better put together (yes it does not have 7-year warranty like the Kia) but it does not need it lol
@@Helsinki9 you're probably right, but at least I can turn the traction control off and actually beat on the VF without feeling like it's going to break with a manual. Meanwhile in the Kia it doesn't even let you fully turn it off.
Hey Tom. Can you try to start a trend among motoring journalists to use refillable drink bottles of varying sizes to demonstrate the storage in a car rather than plastic bottles? We can't recycle those things at the rate we're producing and using them. I think 20% of plastic water bottles are bought by motoring journalists to shove in door bins though I could be slightly overstating that figure. In any case, be part of the solution. What do you say?
"the paddle shifters go back to automatic mode after 10 seconds" Bro I have a Stinger PUT IT IN SPORT MODE AND UNLESS YOU COME TO A FULL STOP ITLL STAY IN MANUAL 24/7 why are you paddle shifting not in sport mode?
Hi Michael, on the Australian tune of the Stinger it doesn’t matter what drive mode you’re in. These comments apply in Sport mode as well as the other modes.
anthony mills not sure which of the two you are saying is the better value proposition, but as a small car is unappealing to me, that is one for the Stinger.
Shit subjective review. this car is better than any Holden, ford, ever made, do a track day. Better customer service, better warrenty, more reliable, and cheap for what you get.
While important, customer service, warranty and even reliability are hardly my prime interests in a sport sedan. Driving dynamics are by far and away the critical element here
Don’t worry! It’s still around. I was given this Apple Watch recently and I must admit I find it very useful... once you get used to everything it can do it’s hard to go back to wearing an analogue on a daily basis. Never thought I’d say that.
It's a kia. Get over it. Shit gearbox shit paint jobs. Doubt the engine will last much more than 150000 ks. Then crush it and buy another cheap shit wannabe German car....
I did test drive this car. Great value for the price. The front looks like a BMW, designed by German engineers after all. Best Kia car ever in my opinion
Agreed
Was it BMW and Audi engineers that developed it ? I know it was a Audi chap that designed the looks of it as he wanted to create new cars and audi wouldn't let him so he left to join kia.
I also test drived this car. And I thnk that price is exactly what you get of a car. Some cheap plastics here and there, the leather seems very common quality, the molding of the seats are common, some rattles and squeeks here and there, some trays or cupholders will show their price through their function, buttons are made out of plastic... the list goes on.
Whatever, it stays a very liiving alternative to german and japanese luxury cars. It's just not as good than a Lexus for the attention to details and reliability. Just test drove a used GS after the KIA, and the quality was way better on all aspects.
@@boboutelama5748 The lexus GS is surrounded in cheap plastic and creeks as you drive, with a interior that looks outdated. I lease a merc C-class and that is just as bad with hard plastics everywhere.
Albert Biermann is the engine and dynamics engineer who was chief engineer at BMW M division for 32 years. The car is basically powered by German engineering from Munich
Great review Tom...one of your best. There was an elephant in the room (gearbox) and you didn't shy away from it...well done👍
Thank you! Yes, just hoping they can address it with a fix in the midlife update
@@nessuno5403 I don't agree with you at all...I didn't call the gearbox defective. Elephant in the room means a topic that people don't generally discuss...he discussed it and gave an opinion. His reply to my post reaffirms that. Your interpretation was never a direction my post was going. If you had said it wasn't suited or calibrated correctly to the engine, I would agree with you.
Interesting on the transmission. I have a US spec GT1 with the cable shifter. I have a manual gate which keeps it in manual. If it’s in drive and sports mode, it won’t revert back to drive unless I hold the right paddle down or come to a complete stop. If traction control is off, it also won’t upshift for you and you can bounce off the limiter.
It’s all just tcu programming, their must be a way to get the same programming in the Aussie cars.
I bought a 2019 Stinger GT2 and I get so many looks driving it blows me away! This car is freaking fun to drive! I wouldn’t sell it for $10,000 more than I bought it for especially since you can’t find a Ceramic Silver GT2 anywhere right now!
With the SUV craze, the Stinger sales in the U.S. aren’t what they would have been 10 years ago. The hatchback size is great as well.
Very confident and precise review, well done Tom. You have matured and evolved into a very talented car reviewer, thank you for sharing your gift 👍
That is very kind. Thank you.
I have one and I love it other than mine is a awd
I need to admit ... Kia did a marvelous job that car world hate to admit... Guys do you have any info on the weight balance? Does this car have 50/50 weight distribution?
Good question Cyril. The weight distribution is 51.9% front, 48.1% rear.
@@chasingcars thankyou for the quick info ... i think the 4 popper version might have more balance than the V6 ryt... anyways really enjoyed the video expecting for more :)
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Another great review Tom thank you 😊
This is one Kia that I would be very happy to park in my garage
Thanks Con! Agreed, it’s pretty cool
This car beats mustangs and rivals 300 SRTs
Props to Kia for having the brains and guts to produce this badass car.
Agreed. Hope they take it into a second generation.
I know it's an effect of LEDs on camera but the pulsing lights look cool
how about long term? materials? reliability? will you buy one for yourself?
Good review. I got a GT TT RWd and it’s actually quite a fun and lively car. Can’t wait to see what comes in future models. I’ve heard the 5 litre Hyundai V8 in a twin turbo version could be on the cards👀. That would be a serious ride.
The V8 from Hyundai group would be epic in this!
I own a Stinger GT2 in the US except mine is AWD and it does not appear to have the issues you are talking about. Mine likes to stay in a decent rev range when slowing down but knows to keep it in a high gear when I'm not driving like a. He didn't say in the video but all the power does make you want to put the hammer down on a regular basis. A heavily modded Stinger with AWD can get 0-60 times in under 4 seconds. Tork Motorsports just did it today :）
Good to hear about your AWD Stinger, Mr Jigga. I wonder if the US-delivered cars have a different tune of the 8sp auto.
@@chasingcars I understand that Kia released a transmission software update in October, at least here in Canada. Maybe the update will fix the issue you noticed.
Thanks for the intel, Andrew. It hasn’t made its way into 2019 model year Stingers here - the evaluation vehicle was a brand new MY19.
What is the use of having a stinger doing 0-60 times under 4 seconds and compromizing reliability in doing so ?
@@boboutelama5748 especially here in Australia. Drivers deliberately treat every one lane road as a driveway not a highway/motorway and regardless of the capability of the vehicle on each day's commute I notice 0-40 km takes closer to 22 seconds. For instance once there is a stop/start a car that was driving well below the posted speed limit of a meagre 80km/hr would then take 20-22 seconds to reach 60 and stay there until the lanes divide then the same vehicle will rocket to over 100km/hr to stop anyone passing! So unless one is driving at 12am best to buy something that crawls along! Then they muck around at lights so a traffic light can change from red to green to red again by the time the vehicle in front makes the 600metres to it!
This silver stinger looks so nice
I forgot Australia has a different weather pattern than we Northerners at Canada
Quite right Doge
Yep. Only a very small portion population has to put up with too much snow, too. And for a shorter period.
I know this too well. I moved from Townsville Queensland to Toronto Ontario. Still I love the winter here in Canada but wish it was a bit of a shorter season.
@@GTS300Coupe What on earth were you thinking? Following a woman?
1969cmp nah just looking for an adventure lol
Don't listen to this guy try it yourself. I'd rather have a manual, but I would totally disagree about his assessment of the automatic. I find it to be excellent. By comparison my last car was a 2015 GTI which had a 6 spd dsg. In normal mode that car was always in too high a gear lugging the engine and in sport mode would annoyingly over rev the engine. The Stinger doesn't do that at all. If I am on a twisty road in sport mode it down shifts when you are braking into a corner and doesn't hold the gear too long coming out of it. I do agree go for the V6 and don't be scared away by the price at least in the USA. I got 3K off competitive cash back and 2.5K off financing cash back from KIA and 5.5K off dealer discount so a 49,030 MSRP ended up being 38,030 which is a fantastic deal
The aircon at the back you can change the temperature and make it weaker and stronger
Thanks Maria! That's right.
Did they change something because I've got a 2020 GT2 and in sport mode I swear it doesn't upshift on it's own.
Excellent and detailed review. From what I understand the gearbox is a ZF. If that is the case then the complaints you have are the same complaints I have with my FG G6E. I hate this box! I find it to be confused and just not sure which gear to go into. Going around corners is a major problem. Whilst they are obviously different cars and gearboxes, it sounds like an issue with ZF.
Love the view from the front. Things seem to be jammed in there. Very nice!
Thanks, James!
The Kia Stinger is a carbon copy of crafty German engineering. Well the entire Kia fleet will be better off with the current German engineers working with this South Korean company. Good luck!
The transmission issue highlights the fact the Australian performance sedans were born from motor racing. The Kia was recently admitted to being a brand building exercise and may not even be followed up with a successor.
Great review. Good pick up on the gearbox as well. I tested it and found the same annoying drawback. All in all a good solid car.
Thanks. Yeah, it’s frustrating. Hopefully the gearbox gets an upgrade.
I took the the GT for a test drive a few days back, and i noticed that it did indeed love to stay in higher gears. I also noticed the use of cheap plastics on the doors and for the price Kia is asking for it it's not worth it to be honest. It's a Decent car just, needs a little more updates to make it a Great car.A manual option would be a good start and using the soft leather in places where they use the cheap hard plastic.
It drives pretty good and the harder bumps are lapped up in comfort mode. The vision in the drives seat is one of the worst I've seen from any car, head checks are useless and you have the door pillar in the way (I'm 6'2) and you do really see much out of the rear view mirror, just like the crappy new commodore.
It's why i think i will buy a sub 20kms SS V Redline manual that has the same 7 year warranty, more space, decent interior and a car that i can fit in at a much lower price. Never thought i would buy a commodore in my life time( My daily at the moment is a XR8 Sprint that i want to keep the kms low on)
Did not drop in Aus because of the auto nanny and the build quality. That aside no manual
You really should talk about the spare tyre for every car review you do in Australia. This car should have an option for a full-size spare but I think it’s only a skinny one
Thanks for the tip, Robert - you're correct. The GT has a space saver.
Kia will not address the gearbox so called issue. 6 or 8 speed auto is good but as you said, you can't drive it on manual mode. It does not allow you to hold the gears. And it does not choose the right low gear when cruising or coming out of a corner because apparently kia stated that they promote safe driving and the health of the transmission etc etc which is just BS ofcourse.
Any kia owner can vouch for this about the transmission issue. Ain't a big deal but slightly annoying. I also found that all kia cars and suv etc claim that they tuned the suspension for Australia. Nonsense. Kia cars ride smooth on smooth roads yes but any other mildly uneven surface and you feel and hear a loud thud. I felt as if I broke something underneath one day and my speed was around 20 kms per hour over an unavoidable small pot hole. So transmission and suspension require addressing otherwise kia is as strong as a Hilux ! So to speak.
When I bought mine, people said that I will have paint peeling, interior parts breaking and engine trouble. I say no to that now.
Had my kia for almost 5 years, still as new ! No faults no dramas. Happy as a hippo lol !
love our 2020 gt line w/sun and sound....only a 2 l4 turbo but fast enough ....thx
Excellent review!
Thanks Steve!
Nice review, i enjoyed it. I have a GT2 here in US, and the automatic 8 speed is pretty darn good in my opinion. even in daily drive where i am just doing 20 percent throttle, it moves the car in a sweet way. probably only thing in the review that i disagree with you. it shifts fast, smooth and dead on for me.
Thanks! Glad to hear you're liking the Stinger. I wonder, does yours hold manual gears without resuming back to Drive mode after 10 seconds?
@@chasingcars Yes, as long as i am in sport mode. it will hold gears as long as i want it to. i love holding it on 3rd going up hill and hear rear break loose when i press on it a bit
Well then, Kia needs to bring that gearbox tune here!
@@chasingcars i am surprised that it could be calibrated differently... is yours awd? mine is rwd and that might bring some difference? I am not sure...
koreanational nah ours are FR.
Where it is really at is the AWD! It's a beast especially with launch control
Not offered in Australia unfortunately
@@chasingcars oh!! I'm from Aus also and wondered if it was being offered in AWD here ☹
Kept comparing to the Chev V8 but no parallels drawn with the Ford Barra Turbo?
Interested on how it will compete against the Genesis G70 when released same engine higher spec interior etc
I think thr G70 might have its measure
Agreed. The G70 isn’t launching in Australia until the first quarter of 2019 though. The Stinger has had a big run-up.
Chasing Cars
Great job onl all your reviews and probably only one of a few reviewers that concise and honest about the cars they review
Keep on doing what you do 😀😟👍🏻👏🏻🚗🏎🚘
Thank you - I really appreciate that.
wow i finally see a silver GT stinger like mine in a review :). I am yet to see another silver one in real life though haha
The colour looks good, I think!
That’s good tho, I always see a million cars the same colour as mine as soon as I buy one lol.
Thanks for the review. Maybe they'll get the slushbox sorted out next time.
Hopefully. A better auto wouldn’t hold back this great engine.
Don't see exactly what you had against the gearbox. I found it to work fine on the test run. And at 4.9, the car isn't slow, so can we speak from "holding back" ? @@chasingcars
@@boboutelama5748 I think I was pretty clear from the 8:18 mark. And it certainly isn't about 0-100km/h times.
This is the best color 😍
white with red leather interior looks the best
Is this the silver?
no shot of the boot?? You just talk about it?
Every time I watch something about cars.Honda Ad pop up
Honda must be running an ad campaign for your location and demographic. Most of the time, the ads you see are picked by RUclips.
Name explains it all❤️
Good review thanks
But does the paint stay on this one?
As far as I could tell!
Pick in 2020 manual sedan without m3. Being under $100.000
Which color is this?
Yeah I’m with you mate you gotta have a big Donk
Good Review of the car and yes it's a little bit noisy to my likings. Nevertheless it is a very good car indeed for its price.
Thanks! And yes, it can get fairly noisy in the cabin.
Coupe, Coupe, Coupe!!!!
Please someone tell me the name of color of this car
Silver
Why did you say that the rear seats don't fold down?
I didn’t say that. I said there are no remote releases in the boot to drop the seats, which there aren’t.
Australia in love with Camador alot; stinger outperformed in every aspect, every catagory compared to it and he states "NOT as refined as Camador". come on.
David Seong being refined doesn’t have anything to do with performance
@@Neishy4AGTE it actually does. and if you put it that way, that's personal opinion FYI NOT a fact.
Ok well how they use that word in cars usually means ride quality, cabin noise, comfort and things like that. So yes it can exceed performance in all ways but still lack refinement over the VF. Not just my opinion by the way.
Dale Neish reason why Kia Stinger GT outperformed the Commodore is that the Commodore is built in today era with very old technology. In terms of performance, safety, drive, design and economy. Kia is a better car in comparison to the Commodore however, I'd rather buy a VW Arteon. It is classy, safe, economical, has more room, better built and better put together (yes it does not have 7-year warranty like the Kia) but it does not need it lol
@@Helsinki9 you're probably right, but at least I can turn the traction control off and actually beat on the VF without feeling like it's going to break with a manual. Meanwhile in the Kia it doesn't even let you fully turn it off.
Got one great car. ❤
Hey Tom. Can you try to start a trend among motoring journalists to use refillable drink bottles of varying sizes to demonstrate the storage in a car rather than plastic bottles? We can't recycle those things at the rate we're producing and using them. I think 20% of plastic water bottles are bought by motoring journalists to shove in door bins though I could be slightly overstating that figure. In any case, be part of the solution. What do you say?
Is this up near Wiseman's?
Sure is.
A very good car, but in the segment there are better cars like the 2019 BMW 3series or the alfa romeo giulia
Here in Australia price wise you’d only be looking at a 320i for the price of a Stinger GT
I thought the bottom of the range stinger had a fake leather interior? not cloth
Cloth on the S and leather on Si currently, as far as I know... and then Nappa leather on the GT and GT-Line.
Faux leather on S, Real leather on Si and Nappa leather on GT and GT line. No cloth in any
I'll wait till 2021 to get one of these used for 30k
These will be a good used buy, yep. Especially with the 7 year warranty.
Can'f afford it now, but I will pick up a used one in a few years.. thanks for the review
Sounds like a good plan
Yeh me too, going to be tricky to make sure the one you get hasn’t been flogged though or have some bs problem you won’t notice until you buy it.
"the paddle shifters go back to automatic mode after 10 seconds" Bro I have a Stinger PUT IT IN SPORT MODE AND UNLESS YOU COME TO A FULL STOP ITLL STAY IN MANUAL 24/7 why are you paddle shifting not in sport mode?
Hi Michael, on the Australian tune of the Stinger it doesn’t matter what drive mode you’re in. These comments apply in Sport mode as well as the other modes.
Kia Carnival Platium 3.3petro please (silver)
Whats the location of the review
Some viewers will know it. Some of the good driving roads north of Sydney ;)
This thing cost more than a Golf R put that in perspective. This car cost $60,790 drive away. Where as a Golf R cost $57,290 here in NSW.
anthony mills not sure which of the two you are saying is the better value proposition, but as a small car is unappealing to me, that is one for the Stinger.
Each to their own, I guess. They're just such different cars, size-wise, concept-wise, and handling-wise.
The Kia is a better car and it looks more classy than a box on wheels.
Kia were to late to the Australian Party I'm afraid, modern cars have moved on a fair way from this old large RWD Sedan/Hatch.
Shit subjective review. this car is better than any Holden, ford, ever made, do a track day. Better customer service, better warrenty, more reliable, and cheap for what you get.
While important, customer service, warranty and even reliability are hardly my prime interests in a sport sedan. Driving dynamics are by far and away the critical element here
I am not going to pay over $50,000 for a road noise car. That noise would be very annoying.
Noooo Tom, wheres the Omega
Don’t worry! It’s still around. I was given this Apple Watch recently and I must admit I find it very useful... once you get used to everything it can do it’s hard to go back to wearing an analogue on a daily basis. Never thought I’d say that.
Kinda pricey
Kind of, but if you go by size and bang for your buck, the Stinger looks pretty cheap compared to, say, an S5 Sportback
Not really top of the range Stinger in Usa is $55,000usd / here its $46000usd
@@Frank_Pods LOL no...
Automatic only? Sorry mate I’ll apply elsewhere 😝
A manual in this thing would be great.
Aren't you a bit late to this party?
Not every video has to be produced on a launch, sometimes it’s good to take time
@@chasingcars I must admit I did learn something from your video that I didn't know about this vehicle a la the transmission.
Thank you, I appreciate that.
Ensconced! Say it again! I'm getting a chubby!
Bad car
You drive on the right boi no1s watchin this
Jk people might but im not
Heh, okay.
It's a kia. Get over it. Shit gearbox shit paint jobs. Doubt the engine will last much more than 150000 ks. Then crush it and buy another cheap shit wannabe German car....
Crappy car, paint falls off, rushed to market, should have sorted out the issues before foisting on the consumer.
Depending of the model yes. Especially blue and yellow MICA have a sensitivity problem. I would wrap them.
Lol those early models had primer problems and Kia wouldn’t even fix it right.
$60 grand for this poo barge. No thanks.
Excellent review!
Thanks, Nick!