NEW KIA FORTE IN MALAYSIA
By kdi • Nov 26th, 2009 • Category: ! Automotive News & Topics, KiaNaza Group has launched a new Kia Forte with amazing price and features offered by the new Forte as a new value for money car which has 1.6 litre engine and 2.0 litre engine with the price of between RM75k to RM94k. We believe that the new Forte will be a better choice and compete well with the B segment car like Toyota Vios and Honda City. Read full news from Btimes below.
Local carmaker Naza Group is making a renewed charge for a considerable share of the B and C segments of the non-national makes with the new Forte sedan.
B segment refers to cars like Toyota Vios and Honda City and C segment likes Toyota Altis and Honda Civic.
Japanese brands made up about 55,000 units of the segments’ sales in 2008 with models such as Toyota Vios and Altis, Honda Civic and City and Nissan Latio and Sylphy.
Naza wants to capture one tenth of the segments’ share with the Forte, which is being launched today in two engine options.
Naza Kia Sdn Bhd corporate communication director Samson Anand George said it expects to sell 6,000 units of the locally-produced Forte next year.
Naza Kia Sdn Bhd corporate communication director Samson Anand George said it expects to sell 6,000 units of the locally-produced Forte next year.
Pre-launch sale now stands at 300 units, since bookings were opened three days ago, he said in an interview in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
The group expects to double its overall sales to 26,000 cars next year, with the new Kia Forte making up about 20 per cent.
“The kia Forte represents the new design DNA of the Kia group In Malaysia, we believe the kia Forte will herald a new dawn for Naza and our principal, at least in the B and C segments,” Samson said.
“The Forte was the first Kia car conceptualised by Peter Schreyer under the South Korean carmaker’s new design DNA,” he added.
Germany’s Schreyer was designer of the sexy Audi TT and was roped in by Kia as its chief design officer in 2006 to help create Kia cars with a new look and character.
The new kia Forte is offered in three trims with two engine versions – two variants with 1.6-litre engine and a 2-litre engine option.
The entry-level 1.6 Forte EX price is sold at about RM75,800, the 1.6 SX sells at RM81,800 and the flagship 2.0 Forte costs RM93,800.
Samson said the Forte is locally assembled at Naza’s production facility in Gurun, Kedah. It spent RM25 million on the production line there.
Industry observers said the pricing for the Forte EX and SX puts them in direct competition with Honda City 1.5 and Toyota Vios 1.5. But the former two have an edge in terms of space, size, power and other features.
They said the 2.0 Forte is a more tempting choice. At sub-RM95,000 and with full specification of kia forte like six airbags, smart key system and other features normally found only in premium cars, the car offers a better proposition than any of the Japanese models in the C segment.
“The 2.0 Forte is the only two litre passenger car here with a price below RM95,000, and perhaps RM100,000,” one of them noted.
Insiders, meanwhile, said the Forte will be offered at the current prices for a limited period.
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Salam.Epol.awak nak ambil Forte 1.6 ex ke.Dah pergi servay ke 1.6 Sx dengan Ex.Beza 2 model ni cuma cosmetic dengan future electronics kat dalam kabin.Engine sama Gamma.Dah servey ke interest bank sekarang.Kalau awak nak saya boleh kenal kan SA tempat saya ambil kereta dengan awak.Tapi dekat KL la
tq WEJ..
dah p tgk tp yg ada kt showroom cuma sx jer..
klu ex ok aku nk amik tu jer murah skit biasa la bukan senang nk cr duit skang..hehehe..
kalo korng ade ape2 pertnyaan nk tnya pasal forte aku sudi menjawab.. leh beremail2 kat salam.cempreng@gmail.com..xde hal nk kongsi2 yg mana nk bli tu..
kepada yg dah bile tu jom join club MyForte… yg ade facebook tu search je : myforte club group
convoy terbaru minggu lepas kat melaka
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saya tak tahu nak buat pilihan antara kia forte dengan peugeot 407, mana satu yang ok. ada sape2 boleh bagi cadangan yang baik
Macam best je forte ni… aku ingat nak jual gen2 aku yg x abis2 dgn masalah…. ada sapa2 boleh tlg kira, brape bulanan forte 1.6sx kalau d/payment aku rm20k. Ada promosi menarik tak untuk forte? maklumlah dah nak akhir tahun…
hi.. saya becadang ptg ni lepas balik keje nk submit form utk sambar satu forte. tapi confius nk 1.6ex or 1.6sx. saya minart yg keyless tapi my hubby nak ex. sx complicated katentye. kat cni just nk tau sx ni guna computerized ke? camne kalo ade wiring yg rosak ke hapa ke… huhuhu…
wan,
semalam aku singgah kia show room kat ampang (dkt2 ampang point) skrng ade promotion. free body kit. kalo amik color merah (nampak cam lancer) dpt body kit + voucher petrol rm300 + touch & go rm200 + voucher tinted. tapi yg ni utk kaler merah je. kaler lain cume free body kit. .
lepas tu aku p kia show room kt d.pandan. kat sana diorng xde body kit free… tapi sume voucher ade. tang monthly installment tu tak sure plak aku….
lagi satu aku dpt tau maybe lepas raya ni harga forte akan naik 3ribu…..
ala… takkanlah kaler merah je yang promotion kaw kaw…. nampak sgt kaler merah xde sambutan… aku berminat dgn kaler putih, lebih sporty & exclusive…. pasal naik harga tu, dari awal tahun lagi dah ada khabar2 angin nak naik dari bulan 4 lagi…. skrg ko ckp lepas raya plak…. agaknya strategi naza supaya org beli cepat2 kot… pandai betul dorang main psikologi camtu ekk.. aku yakin lepas raya pun xkan naik lagi sebab dah akhir tahun. Dorang mesti mahu abiskan stok 2010 dulu. Kalo dah naik harga, sapa yang nak beli? rugi beli kereta harga tinggi akhir tahun… Kalo naik gak, baik tunggu januari 2011.
Aku cakap ni sebab kereta aku skrg aku beli Disember 2005… tapi kalau jual nanti, resell ikut tahun 2005 maaaa walaupun beza sebulan je nak masuk 2006… rugi woooo…
wan,
pasal nak harga tu aku tau dr salesman naza & mmg dia kate kaler merah (ala2 maroon) xde dpt smbutan sgt. tapi smlm on the way balik keje aku nmpk gak la 2-3bijik forte kaler merah on the road.
harap2 next week loan aku approve. Amin….
Tahniahlah mendot… maybe skrg loan dah approve… lepas nih garu kepala jelah ye… hehehe…
RoRo_MendOt >>>> yg free bodykit tu untuk SX ke atau EX ????
wan – mungkin tak garu kepala.. sbb baru naik gaji nih. yehahhhh!!!
Arey – SX
RoRo_MendOt – showroom mana kat ampang yg bg free bodykit tuk SX tu???? ari tu aku ada tanya kat ampang point, klu nk bodykit utk SX tambah 800…huhuhuhu..kala merah..
1.6 SX pakai hydraulic power steering .. 2.0 SX pakai electronic power steering .. kalau pakai hydraulic je ok ke? ( macam proton persona ) .. apa beza dia? lagi satu forte ni gune gasoline .. best ke?
guna sistem hidraulic akan ada sket power loss krn tenaga enjin akan digunakan sedikit utk pusingkan pam pwr steering walaupun steering x dipusing …… gune EPS hanya sedikit tenaga digunakan semasa steering digerakkan …. bermakna penjimatan tenaga menyebabkan enjin lebih berkuasa dan kurang penggunaan petrol ….