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No manual? Not interested. Simple as that.

Meh. Stinger is a nice little car. Impressive on take off from a dig with the (AWD). But not too impressed. I will take the Mustang all day (6sp manual for me though).

Something is off here... I don't like to be the one to just call out assumptions like that but that GT PP should be at least running mid 12's EASY even with a crappy driver. This guy was supposed to be "the best" and was roasting tires off the line in the A10... I took mine to the track last week in ran a 12.5 in NORMAL drive mode, 2.0 60 and my tires didn't peel off like that. Why didn't they show the times as well? Pretty sure the stinger is a low 13 second car stock.

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wireeater said:

Something is off here... I don't like to be the one to just call out assumptions like that but that GT PP should be at least running mid 12's EASY even with a crappy driver. This guy was supposed to be "the best" and was roasting tires off the line in the A10... I took mine to the track last week in ran a 12.5 in NORMAL drive mode, 2.0 60 and my tires didn't peel off like that. Why didn't they show the times as well? Pretty sure the stinger is a low 13 second car stock.

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Camera tricks? Kia's agenda? The guy got paid off to make this? Pick your poison

That channel is extremely biased towards anything competing against American cars. And I’ve seen the same race happen in person here in NC and the 2018 GT had the stinger by at least a car and a half in the quarter mile. These dudes are full of shit.

Stingers are already taking a $10k depreciation hit in the first year... it’s still a “Kia”

The Stinger is carrying around two unnecessary doors...:doh:

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Stingers are already taking a $10k depreciation hit in the first year... it’s still a “Kia”

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To be fair, so do Mustangs...

And if you read threads about GT350s on some forums, "it's still a Mustang"...

I'm guessing no times because the equipment wasn't turned on.

I'm not familiar with the reviewer, so I can't speak to any 'agenda', but an unprepped dragstrip can be worse than the street for traction, which would give a big advantage to an AWD car. Obviously the Mustang is the faster car, just not under those conditions with those drivers. I've seen lots of slow ass Mustangs at the strip over the years, so it does happen... :shrug:

They did state the Mustang would whip the Stinger from a roll...

The truth is it's kind of a dumb comparison as it's unlikely the cars would be cross-shopped, but if I were in the market for a performance sedan today, and wanted AWD, the Stinger would be on the top of my list as a solid value.

But I'm not, and this time around we bought a Mustang... :cheers:

They didn’t post times because it would have shown that either that Stinger was tuned or that they were about a second slower with the Mustang than other media outlets. The guy in the white shirt is obviously biased, comes across as a real snowflake.

Ebm said:

No manual? Not interested. Simple as that.

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that´s exactly what i thought

The Stinger is a perfect car for all the dudes that have kiddies to haul around in the back seat. Beats a minivan or an SUV. Get to have a little practicality with a taste of performance.

My biggest issue with the Stinger is some of the fake vents and accents. Otherwise it's a great car and Kia has pulled itself out of being a bit of a joke into a serious automotive contender. If they get rid of the fake parts and the Kia badging (like Ford does with the Mustang) it would look a bit better.

I didn't detect any bias. He even seemed to enjoy driving the Mustang more on the track. He is also spot on when it comes to interiors of American cars, which have not made much progress since the late 1980s. The Mustang has one of the nicest interiors in the American lineup but it still falls short of average cars from Europe and potentially now Korea.

I cannot take anything with the letter's KIA in it's name seriously.
it's an acronym for Killed In Action. as a combat medic....that bothers me.

Having driven a fully loaded Stinger GT and stomped the gas, I call MAJOR BULL on this video and any video that makes claims like this. The Stinger is quick for a sedan. It's probably the best car I've ever driven. But, one thing it is not is faster than any 400+ hp GT mustang. It does not have pin you to the seat acceleration. 4.7s 0-60 is the best you could do in ideal conditions.