No Kidding: This Kia Is Really Good

It's amazing how much perceptions of a vehicle can change when people find one thing they like or dislike about it. Sometimes that one little nugget can be the thing that flips their entire view of a product. This very thing happened during our week with the Forte .

I picked my buddy up one night and when he saw what I was driving he shook his head. "Well, it sure is orange!" he said as he flopped into the passenger seat. "What is this thing, a clown car?"

"It's called 'copperhead,' actually," I said. "And no, it's not a clown car. Get over the color and give it a chance."

I was quiet for the first ten minutes, hoping he'd notice what I did about the quality of the interior. Not only did Kia show a good amount of restraint in its layout of the dashboard and center stack, but the finishes are of a much higher quality than what we've seen from them in the past. While the bright red backing color and fake piano-black plastic covers around the shifter and venting controls don't please the eye, the rest of it is on par with what you'd hope for in a sedan that starts in the high teens.

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