2013 Kia Cerato - It Seems Things Were Not So Smooth At The Recent Media Event

I heard this piece of news directly from a few journo friends of mine. Their road trip in the new 2013 Kia Cerato (Kia Forte replacement) for Malaysia did not end up too well. I suppose the cars prepared by Kia were not very prepared in the first place.

One car suffered traction control failure making its anti-lock braking system pulse unnecessarily. This of course made forward progress impossible. 


A few suffered under hard braking where the cars would pull to the right. This is very dangerous especially since oncoming traffic is on the right side.

One basically had its automatic gearbox destroyed. Smoke pouring out of its engine bay and transmission fluid leaking out, getting burnt by the heated parts of the engine and exhaust. The car had to limp back after that.

Of course no company would have wanted their new car launch event to be as catastrophic as this. But this is not a car that I'd like to own even though it is quite a looker and being a Korean car - it will have all conceivable option thrown into it . Kia needs to buck up on its quality control of this new car. Or a disaster is on their hands.

Now you may not read about this shitty stuff anywhere else. This is because most magazines and online publications would try to keep their relationship with local car manufacturers spotless. This is so that they can  drink, eat and be merry at the next car launch. I basically don't give a damn. Great isn't it?