[mike1nw]

It did what it was designed for. To take & remove reliable, dependable long lasting vehicles off the .market to make space for planned obsolescence laptops with wheels.

Exactly. I almost cry, thinking of the decent vehicles and parts just WASTED. I remember driving by local recyclers, really nice and desirable interesting cars stacked 6 high

 

[Aggiefred]

I wonder if there's a hyundai equivalent to the forte

 

[Larry48]

Yeah it's called an Elantra. The 3rd generation Forte was on the previous generation Elantra platform. K4 now shares same platform as the current generation Elantra for about another year. 2017 will be new platform / generation Elantra. Kia is always a platform behind at least with their compacts.

 

[Larry48]

Running these older platforms generally improves Kia's reliability over Hyundai's.

 

[Jaybird Skedattle]

No cvt or turbo for me. A 4 cyl and 6 or 8 speed automatic is best for me mileage and longevity

 

[Larry48]

CVT's from the last five years don't really have many issues. Even the JATCO units Nissan uses are ok now.