![]() Smart toggles between Eco and Comfort, both of which feature the usual delayed throttle response and taming of the power delivery too. There are five driving modes, accessible via a console mounted switch – Eco, Comfort, Smart, Sport and Sport+. It’s perhaps not the best car for a full family vacation though – the 406-litre boot isn’t particularly large (compare the VW Arteon’s 563-litres). Were happy seated behind, requesting on several occasions either to open the sunroof or to give it full gas – their love for speed comes from their mum, honest! The Stinger GT is also a hit with kids – my brood of three Given the generous wheelbase, four adults would fit comfortably, five possible with a little squeezing. We found however that the central console 8.0-inch touchscreen wasn’t as easy to navigate than say Volkswagen’s, though it does have every modern feature like Bluetooth phone connectivity and Apple Carplay, and even rarer ones such as wireless charging and a HUD. Though our first good impression came from our nose: The GT’s Nappa clad cabin smells good, and premium, quite unlike the overly plastic smells of early Korean cars. The car draws lots of attention, especially on the move, and the only negative is that is might actually be too loud for some people – but that’s perhaps the entire point.Īnd while looks are still a very subjective thing, you’d have to be very hard to please to dislike the convincing interior with its huge range of equipment. It helps that the car has a muscular, sporty appearance that’s a total turnaround from typical Kia styling, besides the signature tiger-nose grill, it has large brake cooling air intakes flanking the wide bumper, bright red Brembo calipers, fake air vents on the bonnet and sides of the car, flared wheel arches, an integrated rear diffuser and quad-pipes. ![]() This is the more expensive 3.3-litre V6 model, with 365hp on tap, it’s properly powerful and quick.Īt 4,830mm, the Stinger is long (189mm longer than the BMW 4 Series), it’s also low and wide, and styled like a four-door coupe / gran turismo, so its key competitors will be cars like the Volkswagen Arteon, BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe and Audi A5 Sportback. ![]() The Kia Stinger 3.3 V6 delivers tremendous performance-per-dollar – it’s the real deal, and shows Kia has certainly arrived in the sporty segmentįew cars have made as much of a splash as the Kia Stinger.Īs described in our review of the base 2.0-litre turbo model, it’s Kia’s first entry into a sporty, performance car, offering rear-wheel drive fun in a four-door GT shape, with ‘more performance than a German car, and more style than a Japanese car’ for the same money. ![]()
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