Heartbreakid 6th Gear April 20, 2021 Share April 20, 2021 My guess is, with this facelift, our market could be getting the new dual injection engine coupled with IVT (CVT). ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackknight88 1st Gear April 20, 2021 Share April 20, 2021 (edited) https://youtu.be/1sWMUFvYP2A Edited April 20, 2021 by Blackknight88 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbreakid 6th Gear April 20, 2021 Share April 20, 2021 This has been posted in the KIA Forte topic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thecarboy302 3rd Gear April 20, 2021 Author Share April 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Heartbreakid said: My guess is, with this facelift, our market could be getting the new dual injection engine coupled with IVT (CVT). Interested to see if the same setup in this K3 will get the same VES Band A2 like the current Avante. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceecookie 5th Gear April 20, 2021 Share April 20, 2021 On 4/18/2021 at 4:31 PM, Fellows said: https://youtu.be/jpUtyTXFQ94 The new 2021 KIA K3 looks alright, not as a massive change compared to Hyundai AVANTE CN7. Come on, C&C be competitive like the AVANTE Elite variant, bring in full safely features! Hope the rear lights is one straight line like the avante. I see they still haven't re-integrated the turn and reverse signal back to the main cluster 🤣 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbreakid 6th Gear April 20, 2021 Share April 20, 2021 18 minutes ago, Ceecookie said: I see they still haven't re-integrated the turn and reverse signal back to the main cluster 🤣 Ya. Putting the signal lamp on the bumper is not an ideal level because it is not at eye level from other drivers line of sight. This is something I cannot understand about KIA designer also. Not that putting the signal lamps at the bumper level is nice or what, it just looks after thought. And yet the main rear cluster has location which suppose to be the signal indicators instead are reflectors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optramagnum 6th Gear April 20, 2021 Share April 20, 2021 I don't understand why must the turn signal lights be on the rear bumper. It don't add to the looks and is a safety concern. Those taller vehicles behind you might not be able to see your intent, esp when the vehicle is nearer when stop at traffic lights. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keanC 3rd Gear April 21, 2021 Share April 21, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 7:47 PM, Optramagnum said: I don't understand why must the turn signal lights be on the rear bumper. It don't add to the looks and is a safety concern. Those taller vehicles behind you might not be able to see your intent, esp when the vehicle is nearer when stop at traffic lights. Putting the signal lamp on the bumper is a safety concern. if you are too near them you cannot see the signal light , you need to keep a distance to see the signal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon82 Moderator April 21, 2021 Share April 21, 2021 Don't pin too much hope that C&C will bring in the higher trim, given that COE premium is currently heading north... What we saw in the press release (from Korea) are the top of line trim... But this may be what we will be getting from C&C... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teomingern 6th Gear April 22, 2021 Share April 22, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 7:11 PM, Ceecookie said: I see they still haven't re-integrated the turn and reverse signal back to the main cluster 🤣 Completely unlikely due to the necessary re-tooling required to close those ugly gaping holes on the bumper... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teomingern 6th Gear April 22, 2021 Share April 22, 2021 10 hours ago, Carbon82 said: Don't pin too much hope that C&C will bring in the higher trim, given that COE premium is currently heading north... What we saw in the press release (from Korea) are the top of line trim... But this may be what we will be getting from C&C... That small entertainment screen is not going to cut any ice with local buyers here... my guess is that they'll launch first and then find a locally installed replacement... or Kia Korea has some interim solution like an 8" tweener rather than that really backward 5" mono-LCD panel... in Singapore, even base trims come with full colour panels... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonjin 2nd Gear April 22, 2021 Share April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, teomingern said: That small entertainment screen is not going to cut any ice with local buyers here... my guess is that they'll launch first and then find a locally installed replacement... or Kia Korea has some interim solution like an 8" tweener rather than that really backward 5" mono-LCD panel... in Singapore, even base trims come with full colour panels... iirc, when i saw the cerato last year, the base trim didn't even have an entertainment screen. whether it was included or not depended on the SE offering it as a free upgrade. but yeah, people would rather live with a traditional instrument gauge cluster rather than give up on a nice-sized infotainment unit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellows 4th Gear April 22, 2021 Share April 22, 2021 (edited) They need to bring the highest 1.6NA trim to match CN7 avante elite variant as that come with 10.25" digital instrument cluster and a slightly lousy 8" infotainment system. Don't really mind if C&C yolo and bring one batch of limited GT version full spec with 1.6T + 7speed DCT. Haha....just my wishful thinking... Edited April 22, 2021 by Fellows Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbreakid 6th Gear April 22, 2021 Share April 22, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, teomingern said: Completely unlikely due to the necessary re-tooling required to close those ugly gaping holes on the bumper... This facelift rear bumper is different from the pre-facelift model, so it is actually possible for KIA to mold the bumper without the holes, since they need to remold the tool for this facelift version. Edited April 22, 2021 by Heartbreakid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teomingern 6th Gear April 22, 2021 Share April 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Heartbreakid said: This facelift rear bumper is different from the pre-facelift model, so it is actually possible for KIA to mold the bumper without the holes, since they need to remold the tool for this facelift version. They just changed the lighting inserts, so look different... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbreakid 6th Gear April 22, 2021 Share April 22, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, teomingern said: They just changed the lighting inserts, so look different... A photo of the rear bumper pre-facelift and post-facelift. The molding and the shape of the lightings insert both are different, and so are the signal lights. Edited April 23, 2021 by Heartbreakid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrytales 4th Gear April 23, 2021 Share April 23, 2021 14 hours ago, Fellows said: They need to bring the highest 1.6NA trim to match CN7 avante elite variant as that come with 10.25" digital instrument cluster and a slightly lousy 8" infotainment system. Don't really mind if C&C yolo and bring one batch of limited GT version full spec with 1.6T + 7speed DCT. Haha....just my wishful thinking... Will cost half a leg with the 1.6t and with rising coe, ppl will rather buy conti though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teomingern 6th Gear April 23, 2021 Share April 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Heartbreakid said: A photo of the rear bumper pre-facelift and post-facelift. The molding and the shape of the lightings insert both are different, and so are the signal lights. Oh yeah hor... a casual glance didn't register the difference... so they decided not to go the whole hog and change the design aesthetic... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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