Car and Driver - USA (2019-12)

64 PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES LIPMAN ~ DECEMBER 2019 ~ CAR AND DRIVER

The little things. by Josh Jacquot

Kia Stinger GT

With the Kia Stinger, it’s the

little things that irk you. The

subtle hum of its turbos wind-

ing down after you kill the engine. The

recurring rattle in the hatch. The ever

pulsing brake pedal—likely a result of

editors stopping from extralegal speeds.

Now, to be clear, the turbo noise is normal.

Our Stinger made it from day one, and we

came to appreciate the inertia those tur-

bines must have to spin for so long after

exhaust gases stop driving them. But the

hatch rattle and the vibration in the brake

pedal bothered us throughout the Kia’s

40,000-mile test.

These annoyances weren’t deal break-

ers, though. We consider them to be grow-

ing pains in Kia’s journey to maturity

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The long-standing promise made by

the Korean brand is that you get a lot for

your money. It’s a promise our all-wheel-

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a $48, 400 price, including the $2 000

Advanced Driver Assistance System

package that brings for ward-collision

warning and avoidance, adaptive cruise

control, lane-keeping assist, and blind-

spot monitoring.

Also backing up the car’s value state-

ment is Kia’s 100,000 -mile powertrain

— 2018 —

Departure

August 2019

Arrival

March 2018

Long-Term Test

After tracking every fill-up,

service, problem, complaint, dent,

and dog hair, car and driver

presents the 40,000-mile Evaluation.