2014 Kia Forte
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/economy/" rel="tag">Budget</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag">Sedan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/" rel="tag">Kia</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/reviews/" rel="tag">New Car Reviews</a></p><span style="font-size: 17px;"><i>Forte 2.0 Keeps Kia Competitive In The Compact Crop</i></span><br />
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Looking back just a few years, America's compact segment was filled with bland, uninteresting cars that traded largely on low prices and high fuel economy. In today's landscape, though, things couldn't be more different - this class now boasts some of the most attractive cars on the market, not to mention features and technologies once reserved for luxury cars.<br />
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Filling Kia's role in this important market, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/forte/">2014 Forte</a> has helped make the South Korean automaker a contender among compact cars with the sedan launching earlier in the year and the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/forte+koup/">Koup</a> and Forte5 hatchback hitting dealers soon. When the Forte first launched in 2010, it was a much-needed replacement for the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/spectra/">Spectra</a>, but it still had lingering drivetrain refinement issues. In the end, the model didn't really move the needle for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/">Kia</a>, let alone the segment. Now the second-generation Forte sedan has arrived in an effort to bolster the company's lineup, a portfolio that includes impressive models like the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/optima/">Optima</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/sorento/">Sorento</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/soul/">Soul</a> and even the subcompact <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/rio/">Rio</a>.<br />
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Compact buyers can range anywhere from first-time drivers to empty nesters, so these cars are required to fill a variety driving needs. To test this out, we strapped into a fully loaded 2014 Kia Forte EX for a long-distance drive that took us from Jacksonville, FL to Atlanta, GA - a 700-mile jaunt that gave us a good mix of interstate and urban driving.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/22/2014-kia-forte/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>2014 Kia Forte</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/22/2014-kia-forte/">2014 Kia Forte</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/22/2014-kia-forte/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20700679/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/22/2014-kia-forte/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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