2019 Kia Forte Photo Gallery

Upscale headlights, modest grille. If only the luxury makes still exercised this level of restraint.

VW/Audiesque bone line along shoulder.

In the previous pic, a CPL suppressed reflections--and obscured some artful body side surfacing.

The Honda Civic makes a stronger statement, but includes some regrettable details. Trying too hard?

Decent proportions for an affordable compact sedan.

Few extraneous details. They didn't even cheat the side window opening.

Restrained styling inside as well.

The Honda's interior is also more distinctive.

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Kias tend to have well-designed controls. Their steering wheel hubs look cheap, though.

Comfortable driver seat.

Rear seat mounted comfortably high off the floor.

Trunk typical of the class.

For 2019, only this 147-horsepower 2.0-liter was offered.

Adequate power and very competitive fuel economy. CVT behaves better than most.