Comments on: More Spectra replcement spy shots

By: Thom willi

Thom willi — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:18:06 +0000

The vehicle is designed with high intensity, head lights, tail lights, as well as impressive fog lights, giving it distinctive looks.

By: himi

himi — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:03:03 +0000

Now this is interesting! You might check the pic of European Honda Acord and compare it with our TD spy shots. Look how similar they look like!!!
http://www.autoweek.nl/nieuws.php?id=8122

By: K-Sport (Boris)

K-Sport (Boris) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:29:01 +0000

it also has black outlines on its headlights.

By: himi

himi — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:22:50 +0000

Picanto has just received a facelift for 2008 model year. It was also launched in korea a few days ago. And it looks a bit different than European version. Actually, only the bumper is changed and it makes it look more sporty.

This is one of the posts I want to post here, but not all at once. I have a lot of Kia news, but decided not to post them all at once. One or two each day!

By: K-Sport (Boris)

K-Sport (Boris) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:09:40 +0000

You can see it on the korean site: kia.co.kr . its already launched there as Morning. And where the heck do you get these spy shots himi? I cant find them on the net.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:52:51 +0000

Hee! That Picanto is looking pretty handsome these days. It will only keep doing better for sales in Europe and/or India and/or South America. It looks like the perfect rig for those countries and their smaller road systems, eh?

That green looks like the lime green found on many American power machines of the 70′s, like the Dodge Challenger. The green on that Picanto from the link looks like a darker, more apple-ish looking green to me. We’ll see eventually. I sure do like this new 2009 Kia Spectra, from these early masked looks, gentlemen.

By: himi

himi — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:40:44 +0000

Well, it’s different colour than the one on Kee sports coupe. The colour is similar to that one used on Kia Picanto: http://www.clean-auto.com/IMG/jpg/5_KIA_picanto.jpg

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:16:38 +0000

I like the green this car has. Hyundai USA has some nice colors. I think this color is similar to the Green Apple they have available for the Accent (3 door) and there’s also a nice yellow color. When the Rondo (aka: Carens) came to the USA I was hoping they’d bring the purple that’s available in Europe, but Kia let me down. I will say I absolutely love the rims on this car. They appear to have gone to 5 lug nuts. One thing that bothers me is when the spokes don’t match the number of lug nuts (4 lugs to 5 spokes, or like the new Sedona, 6 lugs to 5 spokes). So cheers to Kia for having 5 spokes and 5 lug nuts.

By: JTZ

JTZ — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:12:56 +0000

You know what’s funny? I like the color on this car but not on the Kee concept.

By: himi

himi — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:24:06 +0000

What about color of the car, do you like it or not? Would you like Kia to offer some lively colours when the next Spectra debuts?

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:51:12 +0000

When I say “tape”, I don’t mean in the sense of just putting black tape to camouflage this pre-production model. The tape wouldn’t come off when you opened the doors. If you own a Kia, check the pillars on your production version, it probably has some on the B pillar at least. Kia calls it “applique” or “deco” in the parts catalog. Some of the older black painted vehicles didn’t have pillar tape on them. Colby: I agree, PDIs in the winter suck! Especially if there’s any snow or ice on the vehicle, the white plastic tape ends up coming off in tiny pieces, extending the time to remove it all.

By: JTZ

JTZ — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:23:36 +0000

Also, another reason why I know that that is not tape on the b pillar is you see the handle on the rear door of the green car. It looks as if someone had just gotten out the back seat. Usually, if someonoe is seating in the back, someone must be seating in the front. Now to the point, if tape is over the pillar, the tape would come off because the doors were opened. If they were to press the tape back on, why didn’t they correct the door handle as well?

By: JTZ

JTZ — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:19:48 +0000

Mistake: Also, not only are the pillars black but the outline just above the window is black on the green TD as well but on the white one, the entire outline was white.

By: JTZ

JTZ — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:17:45 +0000

That’s not tape. It is too neatly displayed to be tape over those pillars. The only tape I see is the tape that covers up the turn signals. But on the white TD, the trun signals are shown. Also the alloys are different from the white td as well. Just like Borrego, and Soul. The black pillars had different alloys then the models that were not black. Also, not only are the pillars black but the outline for the window is black but on the white one, the entire outline is black. (I know what I’m saying; I’m just not saying it right).

By: Colby

Colby — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:48:41 +0000

But I have to disagree with the balck pillars. This one has black pillars, unless they went tape crazy on it. They will probly have black or colored pillars depending on which model you look at or color you choose. I hate PDI in the winter time. My hands were freezing yesterday peeling off tape.