value is in the eye of the beholder. More like 65k when fully loaded but looks good, drives well and has good space too. Sky high residuals as well.And 45k for the bare minimum. ridiculous price.
The Mrs has a KX4 on lease. Apart from an issue with the headlamps which required 4 visits to the dealer in the first 5 weeks its been sound.Finding out that the bulbs are about £120 each and are dealer fit only has certainly put me off buying it when the lease runs out.I wonder what other shocks we would be in for as it got older? Fuel consumption is what I would consider poor (36mpg overall) compared with nearly 50 mpg on the 5 series tourer that we chopped in.
Relatively comfortable ride ( the Kia, not the Mrs!) and some welcome features like heated seats/ steering wheel for winter and cooled seats for if it warms up a bit.
All in all it rates as OK but I wouldn't have another.
Its hard to work on most new cars these days as parts are sealed, I dont think KIA are any different to say Nissan or Ford. I think this bloke is exaggerating, maybe KIA pissed him off with a quote (like main dealers do on post warranty repairs)A bloke in our pub cant give his Kia Sportage away and its only 9 or 10 yrs old. From what he says, the 7 year warranty is brilliant, but after that the repairs are not manageable. Something routine went wrong, that on other cars would just be a new part, but large parts of the workings on them come in large complete units that mean individual components come in large and eye wateringly expensive sections. It is thousands to fix a part that should be a couple of hundred quid. I dont know, I am a car minge, but this is what he was saying and other car savvy people in the boozer seemed to agree
The best advice I can give to anyone looking to purchase a Kia or Hyundai is to buy a BMW.
SUV's are hateful cars. Utterly pointless. Shit off road, shit on road and less room than you think. And fucking ugly. Awful things. If you want a roomy car that drives well get a Volvo estate.
How many miles has it done ?I've had a Kia C'eed estate for 4 years and it's been fantastic. Going to trade it in this year for another. Great service plans and great customer care. I needed new discs and pads this year and went to Kwik fit for a quote. They were more expensive than the dealer.
I do know the X Trail has a very good reputation here in Oz mateBeen looking for a SUV for my mrs as she now struggles to get in and out of her vw polo. Looking at Honda crv, Merc b class, nissan x trail etc. Gotta be automatic and decent on fuel (merc seems to win this). Any ideas?