Owner review: Korea Practical Package, My 2018 Kia Cerato 1.6

Basic information about my car:

2018 Kia K3 1.6 SX 81K

Reasons why I bought this car:

I like travelling, 1st car Myvi boot space and safety couldnt fulfill my requirement. Back to 2018 1st time tax exemption,from 89K to 81K w/o insurance, theres no way to not getting this great deals.Packs ton of feature without broking my wallet. 2.0L Variant end production on 2017, end up getting this 1.6L on 2018

Car selection process
- I had a budget of: 120K

- Models that I have considered include: Civic, City, Mazda 3,Vento

Reasons why I chose this car:

Not CVT

Affordable

Good front and side view design

A well-equipped car

Safety

Spacious

Realiable

User experience：
- I have already done: 49,000km
- My average fuel consumption is 7.0L/100km

I thoughts this car gonna done faster than my previous car MYVI 1.5 ICON aka malaysia sport car,1300KGs powered by 1.6L 130PS (really kia for real ?)

I thoughts this big car handling gonna be good but its NOT.

Hidden features until you bought and drive (Refer Pros of my car below)

Pros of my car:

- 10 Way adjustable electric seat with seat easy access

- Rear aircond vent & rear foot aircond

- Digital aircond display

- Organ paddle

- Welcome light side mirror and door handle

- Follow me home

- Smart trunk with fully rise up

- Sport Mode with stiffer steering

- Paddle shifter with tiptronic shifting

- Adjustable auto headlamp with left right while turning steering

- Tilt/Telescopic Steering

- Automatic aircond with dual zone control

- Automatic defogging windscreen

- Stock 17 Inch Rim with 4 Dics Brake

- Full size spare tyre

- Cruise control

- Adjustable front armrest

- Rear seat armrest

- Front Driver and Passenger 1 click auto up and down power window with object stuck detection

- Keyless entry with push start

- Support android auto

- Free 3 years service and labour

- Soft-touch material interior

- Glovebox cooling with lamp

- 6 Speaker with superb quality

- Silent cabin even high speed

- Average 600km per 50L full tank

- Front and rear 4 parking sensors

Cons of my car:

- Jerking on low speed or high reving gear will delay shifting if fuel RON95

- Due jerking and delay shifting issue, I only fuel RON97

- Bad handling

- 1.6L 130PS are underpower for C segment

- Bad radio receiver

- Tiptronic shift +

- are upside down

- Pre facelift back lamp look better than facelift

- Dont have remote alarm trigger

- Suspension too soft

- Bad resales value

- Service center rejecting free services (Still get it after quarrel)

- Backlamp leakage

Ratings: 

Total Score: 5

Performance: 2

Quality & Features: 5

Space: 5

Ride Comfort: 5

Fuel Economy: 5

Price & Cost: 5

Summary

After 4 years of ownerships, still worth every cents,served me well without giving headache,spacious trunk for family travel, 3 years free service with parts and labour, Isnt a fast car within the time given 0-100kmh 10.50s but it cruise upto 220kmh and handling are below expected. A full tank of RON97 50L will take you average 630km.If you are speeding madness, this 1.6L NA are not for you, get higher 2.0 variant instead. Overall still statisfy my white ride, Kia K3 1.6 SX.

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