Someone told me about safety issues with Kias. Like any new company, they need time to develop, and they seem to be doing pretty good. But I would give them some more time.
Their only car that might interest me is a Rio5. Cheap and practical.
A Kia sports coupe would not be practical, imo, and it may not even be cheap.
I looked at Kias, and with all the options added, it was about the same price as Japanese cars.
I think Kias are fine cars, and imo, you could probably do just as well with a Kia.
But their designs didn't really seem exceptional to me, and the price, as I figured it, wasn't as cheap as it first appears. So for me, there was nothing to attract me away from the more established Japanese cars.