Kia To Give New Stinger An Uniquely American Exhaust Sound

Kia is right now putting the last minute touches on its all-new 2018 Stinger sport sedan, and one of those final touches is a beefier exhaust note. In fact, that louder exhaust, according to CNET in an interview with Kia’s vice president of product planning, Orth Hedrick, is being done specifically for America because, well, America likes its performance cars loud. Hedrick stated the original exhaust note "sounded like a hissing not, like a restriction, something from the seventies." Why’s that?
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1fstmach - 10/4/2017 10:58:53 AM

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This seems like a good play due to the fact that the car is quiet (by design) from the Korean market, KIA is also doing this in Australia where they are losing all of their "home brands" with Holden and Ford giving up the ghost on RWD sedans, the ones that they have been used to for years. I think KIA has a good chance to fill that slot w/ their engineers honing this for that market. They are also working w/ the same co that made exhausts for the VX version of the Commodore so lots of trust and faith with that collaboration.

1fstmach - 10/4/2017 3:07:42 PM

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Are you mad about articles being posted from a WIDE variety of brands?

trboaccord - 10/4/2017 11:25:59 AM

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kia can make this car whatever they want it to be but at the end of the day its still a hunk of shit kia

1fstmach - 10/4/2017 11:47:14 AM

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I still find it hilarious when people say "still a KIA" when the brand itself has grown leaps and bounds in the past 10 years

F1_Driver - 10/4/2017 3:47:37 PM

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KIA, Killed In Action ... RIP, Rest In Pieces (of shit).

1fstmach - 10/4/2017 10:29:08 PM

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I hope they sell the hell out of these things