I spot this on the parking lot

"Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW." (aya-yu) 08/31/2013 at 06:45 • Filed to: None

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At my girl's Hospital. What is this?

Halp.

Mikeado > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 08/31/2013 at 07:08

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It's an early Kia Magentis/Optima.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 08/31/2013 at 07:09

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2000-2004 Kia Optima. It's was a badge engineered Hyundai Sonata for that model.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 08/31/2013 at 07:26

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I was thinking it's an Australian car. Really.

KnowsAboutCars > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 08/31/2013 at 07:28

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Looks like 1st gen Kia Magentis/Optima with weird badge.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 08/31/2013 at 07:29

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there's plenty of them over here.. but no, theyre as Korean as they come.

KnowsAboutCars > KnowsAboutCars 08/31/2013 at 07:30

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Woah I should refresh page before commenting when I open multiple tabs.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 08/31/2013 at 07:34

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Yep.
This one come with V6, which is pretty nice for me.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > KnowsAboutCars 08/31/2013 at 07:35

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Weird badge?

I was thinking that's the real thing.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 08/31/2013 at 08:09

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can't say I've given them much thought of if they're any good or not. As far as beige-mobiles go they can't be too bad.

KnowsAboutCars > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 08/31/2013 at 08:11

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What I meant by weird was that I haven't seen one before. Is it something that Kia uses in certain markets?

davedave1111 > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 08/31/2013 at 08:19

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Oh, they can be. I think it's the single fastest-depreciating car in the UK, or some such. You can pick up a five year old low-miler with service history for about a thousand pounds. They are truly awful cars. The V6 is basically a V4 with two extra cylinders that do nothing but increase emissions and fuel consumption.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > davedave1111 08/31/2013 at 10:02

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that's a horrible thought.

If I ever want to dip my toes into beige I'll stick to commodores.

davedave1111 > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 08/31/2013 at 10:35

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Maybe I'm a little too harsh. For the price, they're OK. Compare alright to other cars in the same price-bracket. But that they're several years newer than everything else in that bracket has to say something...

Actually, I just checked and I probably am being too harsh. The prices are slightly better than I thought. Not much, but a little bit.