'19 GS 350 vs '19 Kia Stinger GT2
#32
Lexus Champion
I still think the Stinger is gorgeous. The only vents to my knowledge that are not functional are the hood vents and I do agree those ones are a bit silly. I'm fine with the rest.
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GS350Miami (08-20-19)
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#34
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They need to remove all the unnecessary vents and it will look a lot cleaner. In most cases the car doesn't need any vents aside from the front grille anyway. This goes for the new Camry's fake rear vents too! The fake vents look worse on white color. But I think the new Supra is the new king of fake vents.
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#35
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#36
Driver School Candidate
I have a GS 350 F Sport with the Cabaret Red leather interior. I love my GS 350. I think the KIA stinger GT with the red interior is gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous looking car. KIA has improved tremendously with this car. the look and performance is great. Although Lexus is deservedly #1 in reliability lets not kid ourselves about KIA's reliability. KIA is #5 in reliability, that is pretty good.
GS350 and Kia Stinger both good choices. Lexus is obviously more prestigious. Kia loses me at the pricing they put for the GT 2. Rather spend that on a Lexus but as years pass the price for the GT 2 should go down. Definitely would be a good buy when the price declines. LEXUS OVER EVERYTHING THO.
GS350 and Kia Stinger both good choices. Lexus is obviously more prestigious. Kia loses me at the pricing they put for the GT 2. Rather spend that on a Lexus but as years pass the price for the GT 2 should go down. Definitely would be a good buy when the price declines. LEXUS OVER EVERYTHING THO.
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A local dealer by me has one listed for $100K. The greed is really showing here. I'd buy 2 GS 350s with that money.
What does the GT2 stand for? Is it a package or something? Like GT 0, GT 1, GT 2? I know there's a GT3 class racing cars.
I have a GS 350 F Sport with the Cabaret Red leather interior. I love my GS 350. I think the KIA stinger GT with the red interior is gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous looking car. KIA has improved tremendously with this car. the look and performance is great. Although Lexus is deservedly #1 in reliability lets not kid ourselves about KIA's reliability. KIA is #5 in reliability, that is pretty good.
GS350 and Kia Stinger both good choices. Lexus is obviously more prestigious. Kia loses me at the pricing they put for the GT 2. Rather spend that on a Lexus but as years pass the price for the GT 2 should go down. Definitely would be a good buy when the price declines. LEXUS OVER EVERYTHING THO.
GS350 and Kia Stinger both good choices. Lexus is obviously more prestigious. Kia loses me at the pricing they put for the GT 2. Rather spend that on a Lexus but as years pass the price for the GT 2 should go down. Definitely would be a good buy when the price declines. LEXUS OVER EVERYTHING THO.
#40
Links below for both specific cars.
Drove both of these last weekend, and driving both again this weekend. Lexus offered to let me keep GS overnight to get a proper test drive, so doing that tonight. Theirs, as you can see in the pics, has been sitting since winter began (snow in pics, lol). Wasn't able to test drive that one as the Sales Manager has been driving it. So it may have couple thousand miles on it, but they *assure* me it will be deeply discounted. Coming from a '15 (luxury) the infotainment and safety equipment upgrades are awesome, and they did squeeze 5 more hp than my '15 (lol). The only regret, if I did replace car now, is if 2020 actually brings improvements/something new, but that is a BIG if....
The Kia, which is only on my radar after reading about it here, was... in a word, Amazing! From red brembo brakes, to body design and wheels, to interior, everything looked and felt top of the line. While maybe not on par with Lexus interior, this had the advantage of feeling state of the art, while the '19 GS felt dated. The Kia was more than I expected for sure. Though in the very short test drive, the power didn't Wow me like I thought it would. Once I get a longer test drive this weekend I hope to have a better idea.
Thoughts?
https://www.performancelexusrivercen...z1blxka011244/
https://www.sweeneykia.com/new/Kia/2...1c8ac6a51a.htm
Drove both of these last weekend, and driving both again this weekend. Lexus offered to let me keep GS overnight to get a proper test drive, so doing that tonight. Theirs, as you can see in the pics, has been sitting since winter began (snow in pics, lol). Wasn't able to test drive that one as the Sales Manager has been driving it. So it may have couple thousand miles on it, but they *assure* me it will be deeply discounted. Coming from a '15 (luxury) the infotainment and safety equipment upgrades are awesome, and they did squeeze 5 more hp than my '15 (lol). The only regret, if I did replace car now, is if 2020 actually brings improvements/something new, but that is a BIG if....
The Kia, which is only on my radar after reading about it here, was... in a word, Amazing! From red brembo brakes, to body design and wheels, to interior, everything looked and felt top of the line. While maybe not on par with Lexus interior, this had the advantage of feeling state of the art, while the '19 GS felt dated. The Kia was more than I expected for sure. Though in the very short test drive, the power didn't Wow me like I thought it would. Once I get a longer test drive this weekend I hope to have a better idea.
Thoughts?
https://www.performancelexusrivercen...z1blxka011244/
https://www.sweeneykia.com/new/Kia/2...1c8ac6a51a.htm
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Really? A car from 2019 is destroying a car from 2011? Who knew.
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