Why in the world doesn't KIA advertise the Stinger??

[Keith88lx]

This is the ad on the back of I believe it was car and driver mag.

 

[DonD]

Puzzling isn't it?

Before some MORON lost control of his car and gave me a head on collision which destroyed my pristine 2016 Chevy SS I had that car and a Pontiac G8GT. Those are the first and 3rd generation what the old GTO was.

In both cases, those cars, built in Australia by Holden, a wholly owned subsidiary of GM, were never, ever advertised, not on TV or to my knowledge cable. All years sold out and all the major car magazines loved them.

I'm sure Kia could sell far more if they advertised. Don

 

[RM7]

People don’t want sedans, they want SUVs and trucks. It’s ridiculous when the SUV and crossover owners complain about “the end” of ICE engines, since they basically killed sedans, wagons and hatches.

 

[DonD]

People don’t want sedans, they want SUVs and trucks. It’s ridiculous when the SUV and crossover owners complain about “the end” of ICE engines, since they basically killed sedans, wagons and hatches.

Pickups are indispensable if you have a business or other than requires them. Many others just want them. I don't need or want one.

SUVs? None made in the US interest me in the least and the BMWs and Mercedes that are attractive, are in the $100,000+ range.

So, high performance sedans are my choice and sadly, they're a dying breed. Don

 

[Transmetal]

Puzzling isn't it?

Before some MORON lost control of his car and gave me a head on collision which destroyed my pristine 2016 Chevy SS I had that car and a Pontiac G8GT. Those are the first and 3rd generation what the old GTO was.

In both cases, those cars, built in Australia by Holden, a wholly owned subsidiary of GM, were never, ever advertised, not on TV or to my knowledge cable. All years sold out and all the major car magazines loved them.

I'm sure Kia could sell far more if they advertised. Don

1st off, I'm jelly, I wanted all 3 of those cars but back then I couldn't really afford them. Especially them being rwd and me living in MN. I woulda needed the space to store them in the winter, plus a nother car to drive in the winter. Basically like what I do now with owning the stinger and storing the Lightning (own a house now).

Two, if you remember back when the GTO was making a comeback as a 2004 model. They advertised the hell outta that car. I remember all the bad ass Pontiac commercials they had back then. That car was actually heavily advertised.

The problem with the GTO was it's styling. Back then I was in a Grand Prix club (3800 supercharged cars) and 90% of those guys crushed the car and they were right, imo. Most of the 2dr Grand Prix's in that club looked better with a ram air hood, rims, spoiler. Had GM just came up with their own design instead of importing a Holden, it probably woulda been a much better seller. I mean not even having a split dual exhaust design on the rear is sacrilege. I remember it being an issue with the gas tank on the 2004 model, which was changed in 2005. I feel that the styling improved for 2005. Obviously we all know the fate of Pontiac so it wouldn't have been around that long anyways.

I still have posters in my garage of some of those ads.



Now the Chevy SS, yes, that definitely wasn't advertised but it wasn't supposed to be a car for the masses. Basically was brought over as production of those cars was about to end anyways.

 

[DonD]

1st off, I'm jelly, I wanted all 3 of those cars but back then I couldn't really afford them. Especially them being rwd and me living in MN. I woulda needed the space to store them in the winter, plus a nother car to drive in the winter. Basically like what I do now with owning the stinger and storing the Lightning (own a house now).

G

Yes, you're right, the GTO was #2 in the series of of 3 V-8 engined successors to the original and much older GTO. I do remember commercials for them.

Geeze, don't know why this system is giving me grief.
Funny, it's not rare for older guys to notice our G8GT and say that they love the car. Don

 

[Vonrichthofen]

I feel bad for you younger guys. I had some wicked fast cars in the past. I took my life savings and paid cash for a brand new Dodge Challenger 340 six pack off the showroom floor during my last year of high school. Dumped about 4K into the motor alone. Wouldn’t drive it in the winter, so I bought a 68 Plymouth Roadrunner for a “winter rat”. Sold that and found a 1970 Roadrunner with the 383 Commando in it. Then I bought a used 440 Dodge Charger. Wish I had kept my Challenger….

 

[Transmetal]

I feel bad for you younger guys. I had some wicked fast cars in the past. I took my life savings and paid cash for a brand new Dodge Challenger 340 six pack off the showroom floor during my last year of high school. Dumped about 4K into the motor alone. Wouldn’t drive it in the winter, so I bought a 68 Plymouth Roadrunner for a “winter rat”. Sold that and found a 1970 Roadrunner with the 383 Commando in it. Then I bought a used 440 Dodge Charger. Wish I had kept my Challenger….

I don't wanna be "that guy" but how fast were those old cars really? I'm 41 so I definitely wasn't around then.

Yes, anything can be made faster but I owed a 96 LT1 Formula ws6. which seemed fast back in the day. The Stinger does 0-60 in what, 4.6-4.7 seconds? Pretty sure most stock LS1 Trans Am and Formula's weren't that fast.

Like I said , I may be ignorant on the subject.

 

[Kimberly Lazarski]

Well, considering that the only-two-built ZL-1 Corvette and 216 of the the related iron-block L88 Corvette that has been track-prepped does 0-60 in 4.2 seconds (5.5s out of the box - or 4.7s if you go by the 3mph rollout numbers), but handles and brakes less well than today's econoboxes, and that the Ferraris and Lamborghinis of the day were typically in the mid-7s, and the ultra-light Ford/AC/Shelby Cobra 427 did it in mid-4s (again, crappy handling by today's standards, almost no safety equipment at all, cars FAR lighter than today's cars), and the "fastest" Rustangs of the time did it in mid-5s (IIRC Boss 302 was around 5.9s, and the earlier, lighter Shelbys were not much quicker), they really weren't all that fast/quick, even if you compare them to the 1980s cars where manufacturers were still figuring how to wring performance out of emission-controlled engines (Corvette didn't get down near 4s again until the C4-era ZR-1, and then the C5 Z06 was a step backward), I think that the fact that we can get the Stinger which is much heavier, gets twice as good fuel economy, burns relatively cleanly, and is luxury-appointed with all sorts of fancy creature comforts, and a simple tune and bolt ons can get 0-60 down into the mid-3s, that we live in amazing times. We've caught the tail end of the ICE era, and it's the best performing era.

I used to love the old muscle and sportscars of my dad's time, but not so much any more. They're all show no go.

 

[RM7]

I feel bad for you younger guys. I had some wicked fast cars in the past. I took my life savings and paid cash for a brand new Dodge Challenger 340 six pack off the showroom floor during my last year of high school. Dumped about 4K into the motor alone. Wouldn’t drive it in the winter, so I bought a 68 Plymouth Roadrunner for a “winter rat”. Sold that and found a 1970 Roadrunner with the 383 Commando in it. Then I bought a used 440 Dodge Charger. Wish I had kept my Challenger….

What, like 2-speed transmissions? I feel bad for you.

 

[DonD]

I don't wanna be "that guy" but how fast were those old cars really? I'm 41 so I definitely wasn't around then.

Yes, anything can be made faster but I owed a 96 LT1 Formula ws6. which seemed fast back in the day. The Stinger does 0-60 in what, 4.6-4.7 seconds? Pretty sure most stock LS1 Trans Am and Formula's weren't that fast.

Like I said , I may be ignorant on the subject.

I looked at a Car & Driver road test of the 1999 Chevy Camaro Z-28. It did 0-60 in 5.2. I had one and I can say my 2022 Stinger GT1 is worlds quicker, would absolutely slaughter that car.

My recently departed 2016 Chevy SS Car & Driver got 0-60 in 4.6 and the Stinger was at 4.4. Again, my Stinger is far more responsive than the SS is, it pulls in a manner that would require more throttle and a downshift from the SS to stay with it. Amazing car. Don

 

[Vonrichthofen]

Naaaa, never had a two speed “slide erratic” tranny. The point is that there have been hot cars all of your lives for most of you. The cars I’m referring to were some of the first high performance cars to be factory built. Of course I know that the advances in automotive technology have yielded faster and better handling cars. The cars I referred to were very fast compared to other performance cars of the day. However, they weren’t as smooth or refined as what we have now. It’s like comparing a sledge hammer to a rapier. But seeing it happen kind of from the beginning was what was so cool.
And I also wonder why Kia doesn’t advertise the heck out of the Stinger. It such a cool and fun automobile.