Comments on: Long Term Update – Kia Cerato

By: otto

otto — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:15:47 +0000

I have a choice to make…Corolla/Lancer/Cerato/Jazz
as many shopping for a new car would also.
So Please wrap up a comparison pronto!
My estimates so far are:
Corolla=can’t lose if a tad old hat…
Lancer= new boy on the block with good looks
Cerato= all-round equal to anything you might want to throw at it…
Jazz=competent, conservative,slightly overpriced…
Looks like the Corolla and Lancer are equal firsts, unless Cerato has a secret
knock-out blow I am yet to discover…
otto

By: ira

ira — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:39:10 +0000

looking to replace my trusty 7 yr old suzuki liana gs, tested mazda3 yesterday which i believe was the best small car i’ve driven so far, i’ll be doing the cerato and the cruze next week, and probably squeeze in the lancer. Corolla is out of the list, just plain boring.

By: FrugalOne

FrugalOne — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:43:11 +0000

Tony^^^^

With you on this one, its Mazda3/golf etc money so i dont know if they are going to sell all that many upmarket models at that price, no matter whats inc. [NO leather like in NZ though!]

The simple fact is if Kia where serious and REALLY want to make a stir and do huge volumes, is sell the upper loaded SLI at the price of the baseline S.

ie SLI auto $22k driveaway, then i could accept the 4-speed-auto!

Cheers

F-0

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:20:59 +0000

i’d probably be suggesting the auto Cerato SLi is stretching the bounds of what people would pay for such a car

$26k on road? maybe if it was US spec with a 2.4 and six speed auto

the lack of balance between box, clutch and throttle is worrying… i’d be waiting for series 2 at this rate…

By: Tomcat

Tomcat — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:12:44 +0000

Another long list of comments with “experts” who make judgemental comments without ever having set foot in the car…yawn…

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:14:57 +0000

Good news David, looking forward to reading your Cerato vs Cruze showdown …

By: DesignEng©™

^ Oh goody, Cruze or Cerato? YAWN.
Oh well, a story for the girls to read anyway.

By: David Twomey

David Twomey — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:46:11 +0000

CarAdvice has just completed a comparison test involving both the Cruze and the Cerato. Look out for it in the next few days.

By: phillip

phillip — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:31:33 +0000

I think it’s hilarious that the Car Advice girls have the keys to the Kia Cerato while the guys are driving Aston Martins.

I agree with you FrugalOne about the steering wheel. What’s with that cheap-looking faux silver panel on the bottom of it? And the Kia badge should be much much smaller.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:17:33 +0000

Thanks Shak, sounds like its worth a read … anybody done a comparison between the Soul and Cerato? They’re in similar price brackets, with similar utility, but the Soul might be safer, with poorer performance?