2014 Kia Forte Price and Specs, the introduction of the 2014 Kia Forte sedan marks the second time in five years that Kia has completely redesigned its compact sedan offering. Put another way, car shoppers have now had three entirely different options in this category from Kia – the unloved Spectra along with two generations of the Forte – in the same period of time that Toyota has been building the current Corolla.
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Inside the cabin, Kia has upgraded just about every surface and texture you can put your hands on. There's optional leather with a heated and ventilated driver seat, and front and rear passengers are treated to optional heated seating surfaces, a nice touch in this price class. The overall in-cabin design is a bit bulbous from behind the steering wheel, but we appreciate the detail Kia has put into the 2014 Forte's interior design, all the way from the soft-touch steering wheel's comfortable stitching to the ripple effect echoing across the passenger side of the dash and door panels. Love it or hate it, at least it's unique, and we can all be thankful that the Forte is devoid of more me-too silver-painted plastic trim.
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Kia has switched from a hydraulic power steering setup in the last-gen Forte to a new electronic system for 2014. As is usually the case, the motor-driven rack is generally numb and lacking in feel, but Kia has at least seen fit to offer an optional Flex Steer package that allows the driver to switch between Comfort, Normal and Sport steering modes. As you might expect, we preferred Sport and found Normal acceptable, but Comfort is useless and devoid of any redeeming value, assuming you have two fully functional hands with which to drive.
2014 kia forte price
2014 Forte will start under $16,000. A "well-equipped" LX model will run in the $18,500 range, and we'd imagine a top-level EX loaded with all the desirables will command a price in the low $20s, but we'll have to wait until the car's on-sale date in March to find out more. We'll also need to wait on official EPA fuel mileage figures, but we expect those will be a bit higher than the current Forte's 26 city and 36 highway numbers.
Inside the cabin, Kia has upgraded just about every surface and texture you can put your hands on. There's optional leather with a heated and ventilated driver seat, and front and rear passengers are treated to optional heated seating surfaces, a nice touch in this price class. The overall in-cabin design is a bit bulbous from behind the steering wheel, but we appreciate the detail Kia has put into the 2014 Forte's interior design, all the way from the soft-touch steering wheel's comfortable stitching to the ripple effect echoing across the passenger side of the dash and door panels. Love it or hate it, at least it's unique, and we can all be thankful that the Forte is devoid of more me-too silver-painted plastic trim.
2014 kia forte engine
Kia has switched from a hydraulic power steering setup in the last-gen Forte to a new electronic system for 2014. As is usually the case, the motor-driven rack is generally numb and lacking in feel, but Kia has at least seen fit to offer an optional Flex Steer package that allows the driver to switch between Comfort, Normal and Sport steering modes. As you might expect, we preferred Sport and found Normal acceptable, but Comfort is useless and devoid of any redeeming value, assuming you have two fully functional hands with which to drive.
2014 kia forte price
2014 Forte will start under $16,000. A "well-equipped" LX model will run in the $18,500 range, and we'd imagine a top-level EX loaded with all the desirables will command a price in the low $20s, but we'll have to wait until the car's on-sale date in March to find out more. We'll also need to wait on official EPA fuel mileage figures, but we expect those will be a bit higher than the current Forte's 26 city and 36 highway numbers.