Kia's first rear-drive car looked decent value when new - now it's well on its way to used bargain 😎
Note for reference: car weight and power data are hard to pin down with absolute certainty. For consistency, we use the same source for all our guides. We hope the data we use is right more often than it’s wrong. Our advice is to treat it as relative rather than definitive.The direct injection 3.3 V6 didn’t deliver its peak output of 370hp until 6,000rpm, quite high for a relatively large-displacement engine.
For a nice change the 8-speed gearbox was Kia’s own rather than something with ZF stamped on it. Left to its own devices it was a very fitting partner for the engine and made the Stinger really easy to drive. It included something called a Centrifugal Pendulum Absorber, which sounds like a name for a ‘70s prog rock band but in reality it was a device to reduce torsional drivetrain vibrations.
Although all-wheel drive Stingers were available in many markets, all right-hand drive models were rear-wheel drive, and despite the staggered 19in wheels the Kia did struggle sometimes to put all the power ultra-smoothly through to the road, but when grip was lost in a corner it tended to be a fun thing rather than a scary thing, Overall, a very creditable effort by the chassis engineers.
In mid-2021 there was a big recall to sort out a dodgy circuit in the HECU on around 58,000 cars. This item was responsible for the anti-lock braking, stability and traction control systems on Kia Sportages, Hyundai Tucsons and the like from the mid-2010s, but it also affected Stingers. If your car had that glitch you could end up with an engine compartment fire, but the solution was a quick in and out job, basically changing a couple of fuses.
Safety features included blind spot detection with safe exit assist, auto emergency braking technology, parking distance warning, driver attention warning, lane-keeping and lane following, rear-view camera, rain-sensing wipers, pedestrian and cyclist detection. In addition, all UK models had Smart Cruise Control. Some of these SCCs went slightly wrong, resulting in the system beeping for no apparent reason. Replacing the module didn’t fix it, but changing the bracket on which it sat did.
Another noise that you might find intrusive in your Stinger was a strange howl that could sound a bit like the noise we all like to entertain others with, the one where you blow over the top of an open bottle. On some cars it started at 60mph, on others 30mph, on some as low as 10mph. Various theories were tossed around the internet as to the cause, including loose underbody panels, worn wheel bearings, odd door mirror dynamics or improperly sealing air intakes.
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