Test drive Kia Optima (Magentis) 2001 - 2003 sedan

Korean automakers continue to expose world markets to a degree of new products. Rather, the manufacturer, - after the Daewoo Motor fell into timekeeping, only the Hyundai company remained in the ranks with the Kia Motors subordinate to it. Only in Russia for the period from mid -spring to the middle of the fall of this year, as many as eight new models will appear! About two ...

A solid look, high assembly quality, decent dynamics, a comfortable interior here are the requirements that a business class car should meet. Add a moderate price here and get the updated Kia Magentis. We met this car two years ago, and he made the most pleasant impression on us with the exception of one acceleration dynamics. As it seemed, ...

Stop being cool, it's time to become practical, with such words one of the buyers took Kia Magentis from the cabin. Perhaps you can’t say better. A completely new business class car, assembled in Kaliningrad, cost a philosopher in 19400 dollars. This amount, of course, is rather big, however, compared with the price of the five BMW or the Eshka Mercedes-Benz ...

Nobleness and sophistication at the optimal price. Believe your eyes! Understanding, and most importantly, taking Magentis is quite easy. It was created for those who consider the car primarily a means of moving reliable and comfortable, who make money in the sweat of the face and are not going to lay out the extra 1020 thousand dollars for such ephemeral virtues as sports, ...

The national characteristics of the middle class, whether the owner of any new foreign car looked like a ball of fate. Today, the imported vehicles of the Lada class are already perceived quite calmly - the prestige bar has shifted to the middle class - D. The prices here start from $ 18-20 thousand, reaching $ 30-40 thousand, or even higher. However, a considerable part of this amount buyer ...

The prestigious class for the reasonable price of Kia Magentis (in some markets of Kia Optima) - the car is completely fresh, appeared only this year. The car has one body option, but a good set of engines: four -cylinder gasoline 1.8 and 2 liters and a six -cylinder 2.5 liter. For the Korean market, modification on compressed gas is also produced, and for ...

Typically, rivals, coinciding with either the class (power), or in price, or according to the general concept, are selected for a comparative test. Two models created on a single platform usually do not fall under the close eye of journalists. But we decided to take a chance ... Most of our friends, generally well familiar with the models of all manufacturers, with some ...

A few years ago, Hyundai acquired Kia. Then she spent $ 130 million on the development of the fifth sonata. Money turned into Hyundai Sonata V and Kia Magentis Kia Magentis - this is almost the same Sonata, only in a slightly modified body. The remaining nodes and units are taken from Hyundai Sonata. Both cars -...