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I know, thanks. He owns a Minivan and he thinks its an SUV. I actually liked the Sorrento. However, when I sat in it at an auto show distinctly felt like a Van to me and that's not what I was looking for. I'll give it to Kia on two levels, however. They are now punching outside their weight class, no doubt about it. They are also making vehicles that look more appealing at a faster clip than Huyndai did back in the late 80's when it was trying to find its groove. Remember, those old Hyundai - they were scary by any standard - both from a safety standpoint and aesthetically speaking. Kia, is moving faster than Hyundai and probably in part to learning from Hyundai's mistakes of the past - hopefully that's the case.
However, it is still a Kia and they are still learning the art of connecting the driver to the vehicle and the road - if they actually care about those things. Whereas, in Mazda's case, they've been working on that level of sophisticated engineering for quite some time and have become adept at it. I have not driven any of the other Mazdas on the market today, but you can certainly feel that level of connection in the CX-9. The more you drive it, the more you want to drive it. That's rare for an inexpensive mass produced automobile.
Kia, is basically Hyundai, absent all the mistakes Hyundai made in the past. That's pretty much the long and short of it and it partly explains why Genesis needed to be separated from Hyundai's past.
) One defending his decision not to buy the CX9 and to go with another vehicle and the other defending his trading up from a 2017 to a 2018 of the same car. Not necessarily a smart financial decision but he had his reasons none the less. I welcome their continuing comments in the future, but I think I'll skip this thread from now on.
