Only the 10 speeds.

If you got a manual or an 8 speed, well guess your car is slower than a kia.

New cars in general are going to shit in reliability.

I hear the same crap from anyone.

"Yeah Car Manufacturer X comes through the shop all the time, things are garbage"

That argument is just confirmation bias from different areas. ie. moot

That's not true at all. Where do you make up your information at? Fastest proven bone stock on a M6 GT is a 12.5. Plus you can't say you have to race the auto Stinger GT vs a manual Mustang GT. Even at a 12.5, you're still several tenths of a second slower in the quarter which is quite the difference. The A6 has ran a 12.3. I mean even the ecoboost does a 13.2 and that's around what the Stinger GT runs. I have seen a 12.9 I believe in the Stinger GT though. As much as I HATE Mustangs, you gotta give actual facts.

new cars are not generally in shit reliability LOL garbage companies like kia, Yes.

All cars can have reliability issues. All you see is the bad. Tens of thousands of the cars on the road but 100 bad forum posts so people only target that. Nothing is perfect.

People are running bone stock (stock tires) in the low low 12s. Someone managed to hit 11.9. So in reality, they're just as fast.

The only point I'm getting at is how it's not a slow car in factory standards.

No they didn’t. Why lie over a Kia dude? Back in 2018 this was the first Kia to hit 11s and it’s decently modified. They run very high 12s stock. Low 13s on a normal driver. Stop trying to make the car better than it actually is. https://stingerforum.org/threads/tork-stinger-11-98-1-4-mile.8502/

2.4 engine yes garbage, v6 are pretty bullet proof. Trans hell no lol iterally the last thing to ever go on a Kia unless it’s the new CVT they are shit.

It’s a nice car man they are a solid cruiser and to each their own do whatever makes you happy. The numbers seem high but who knows maybe they are there.

I have owned it for about 6 months, and I’m just under 10,000 miles. It’s a great car, and I think buying the car for 39,000 dollars was a good idea. Even stock for this car is amazing and the power this car pushed for the price you pay. Everyone is so quick to judge the “Kia” until they do a pull and they become a little dot on my rear view mirror. It’s fun, reliable, and have had 0 issues with it (yet of course). I can tell you that 1/4 drag against a 5.0 is no problem. I have a video of me beating a scat pack also.

I have yet to run up against one when I was in my mustang maybe this summer! I have beaten a lot a lost to a few, but like you the ones I lose to are high end cars. My mustang is bored and stroked to a 347 though, not a 302 anymore either and that made a big difference. Thinking of throwing some boost at it this year.