The multitude of Forte spy shots we have seen lately, tell us that the automaker is getting closer to a final, finished product that will most likely be unveiled very soon. As most of you already know, the new Forte is just around the corner, and it is expected to be released in Korea within the next few days.
Latest Kia models, such as cee’d and Borrego, have shown a significant progress that Kia has made not only to exterior of it’s cars, but also inside. The Korean automaker is slowly and progressively ditching it’s cheap and cheerful reputation of making unappealing car interiors and each of the new cars features more exciting design with higher quality materials used inside.
The Forte interior, as well as exterior, has been covered extensively for the past few weeks, therefore I decided to put eight most popular Forte articles up here so you can scan through the tons of Forte information.
Click image to enlarge!
1. Video: Kia eats Bentley Arnage
3. Official images released by Kia Motors
5. Amateur videos of Kia Forte
6. Firs interior image surfaces on the web
7. Talk about everything Forte
8. Black Forte in the dealer’s showroom
Note: The image above is most likely not an official image, as I previously thought, but probably a scanned photo from Forte brochure. The quality of the image posted above is not superb and I’m sure Kia would never release low quality official shots to the public.
Loading ...
August 19th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
it looks pretty nice
August 19th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
The steering wheel is a quantum leap from previus designs.
August 19th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Kia is moving way up very fast with overall design. I hope they keep it up with all the future models. I actually can’t wait until the new Rio come out. It has fallen light years behind on the interior design when placed next to a fit or versa. Even the new Chevy Aveo interior looks nicer. The Rio was great before every other auto maker entered the sub-compact market and big players like honda decided to join.
August 19th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
center console doesn’t look that great
August 19th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
I like that console better than the current one. Off-topic: I miss the forums. I used to spend hours just learning about people and other places in the world.
August 20th, 2008 at 2:39 am
“The Scheryer process was a sucess!!!” To me (just to me) I see the first Soul concept in here more than anything else. For the first time from Kia, I actually need to look at the steering wheel just so I can know (be reminded?) what manufactorer this comes from.
August 20th, 2008 at 2:49 am
i see a lot of Soul (car) in the interior as well. not a bad thing. thats a nice steering wheel as well.
August 20th, 2008 at 5:11 am
I do like the interior, it is good and practical, but a little too grey, if im honest.
and I found a spelling error. Bentley Arnage. not Arange.
August 20th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Ups… yes,it’s Arnage not Arange. Thanks Martin!
August 20th, 2008 at 10:23 am
I only wish Kia used more silver plastic on center console. Otherwise, it looks great and light years ahead of Spectra’s interior.
August 20th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
metal grain touches are almost sure to be optional. I also think it looks to gray….. needs contrast.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:54 am
the soul, forte and cee’d PLUS have the same steering wheels. I think they are gonna use this steering wheels on all their small cars so we can expect to ssee this wheel in the next rio.
August 30th, 2008 at 10:52 am
When is this car going to debut in Nigeria. I cant wait!!!
August 30th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
2009-2011
August 30th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
2011?! its a ‘09 model greg…
August 30th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Yes, but it will come to the US as a 2010 model, and probably come to the rest of the world sometime later.
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:46 am
Geez! What were they thinking of. The vertical air-con ducts on the center console looks horrible.
December 8th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
The thing I hate about the horizonal air ducts is the dust collection. Dust collects quickly on any horizonal surface, and those ducts are annoying to clean. I would rather have the vertical ones, and they don’t look that bad anyway.
December 9th, 2008 at 12:06 am
This interior design is exactly that of a toned down Koup. (Other than the steering wheel)