Topic: Kia Fort coupe 78 overall sore VS Honda Civic 66/67 in CS Report

[CarFly]

In the latest CR reports Magazine I was surprised to hear that the Kia Forte gets a much better rating than the the Honda Civic (Kia Fort 78 vs Honda Civic 66/67)
I have been thinking about buying a Civic Coupe with a turbo but it gets a bad score for reliability and other systems in the car.

The Kia Forte gets splendid ratings all around, I imagine that the coupe would be just as good, there are two Turbo versions of it. That being said "customer satisfaction" is average?

I would appreciate your opinions... Are the Civic turbo(s) as bad as CS says they are, and are the Kia Fort coupe turbo(s) as good as CR says they are?

I would be interested to know how the people who who have bought and drive the new generation of Hondas feel about them... Have you had an undue amount of problems with them or are they good dependable cars as you would expect from a Honda?

Thanks' in advance for your opinions, I really appreciate it.

[conwelpic]

the Kia Forte Koup was discontinued in 2016 (that year the EX came with 2.0L and the SX a 1.6L turbo, both with either 6 speed manual or 6-spd auto).

You didn't mention what year these figures in CR related too.  Depending on the year, if you buy you may get the balance of the warranty which in the case of the Kia is 5 yrs or 100k km - all the vehicle, whereas the Civic warranty is 3 yrs or 50k, but 5 yrs or 100k km on the powertrain.

[ChaosphereIX]

unless it is a serious defect in the car, dont worry about a few points of reliability rating - doesn't mean much, especially with modern cars

get what makes you happy and what makes you want to drive the car...that is more important than anything else

[84im]

I put some merit into results from Consumers Report, but I wouldn't buy a vehicle solely based on their ranking.

Both are very good choices.  Base your decision on a lengthy test drive.