I found what I believe is a good deal on a new 2018 KIA Forte, manual transmission. What do you guys think? Any opinions from personal experience
will be appreciated. Also, I am ok with manual transmission because of the price. But would you guys choose one over the other for any particular reason? Thank you.

My wife and I just went through the process of buying a used car and we seriously considered the Forte. The price is right for the miles and features. We didn't look at any '18 models but '17s. We liked them. One was a manual and drove really well. I liked the drive and bells and whistles but each one we looked at had weird quirks.

We ended up finding a '16 Corolla that had similar miles and was in the same price range, we just felt more comfortable buying the Toyota in the long run.

I can't speak much to the Forte but having had a Sportage and an Optima, I would recommend KIA to anyone.

The only problem I had was when my wife totaled the Sportage and some touch rear ended me in the Optima.

A girl that I worked with (she left last year,moved) had a KIA Forte 5 SX turbo and loved it. It was a 2016(?). It never gave her any problems as far as I know.


ARman

While it hasn't always been the case, I think the current Elantra is the better of the Elantra/Forte cousins.