Comments on: Review: 2009 Kia Borrego EX 4×4 V6

By: Rover3500

Rover3500 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:01:52 +0000

Bland and Pointless..wheres the moral outrage from the green huggers about yet another useless Far eastern SUV?? Oh I forgot , they only hate the USA made ones….

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:15:53 +0000

About the name, it makes sense when you consider they narrowed their choices down to Kia Borrego, Kia Pollo, and Kia Wedgie.

By: jayjc08

jayjc08 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:47:46 +0000

From what I got from the article, this is just another crapper. Mixed quality, mixed styling and boring overall. Why would you recommend this?

By: MAP

MAP — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:34:18 +0000

Another jap slap.

By: ochy38

ochy38 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:10:05 +0000

I wouldnt say 80’s dodge about the gauges. Sure they are kinda boring but they really arent ugly or bad looking.

By: Rafa LL

Rafa LL — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:45:24 +0000

That’s an ugly a55 name if you know what it means (As ahnucom said, “Lamb” but in a informal manner)
That’s almost like calling Jacka.ss an SUV.

By: orangecones

orangecones — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:29:09 +0000

Its a good enough SUV if you need to transport a small army on a relative budget and don’t want a van. You are not gonna get cutting edge styling out of a kia….but it doesn’t really matter to you if you are the aforementioned person.

By: Borat

Borat — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:00:40 +0000

ahnuconun, does this imply that if you are Spanish/Portuguese sheep herder, Borrego is an appropriate place to get in?

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:39:05 +0000

Yeah, sort of true Borat -

My pops owns a 07 Sorento upper end model and I doubt he could get $10k for it. But since he bought it new for around $18k (around $9k off sticker) and has put near 50,000 miles on it, and the fact it’s a larger SUV, really $8,000 isn’t bad when you consider you lose as much if not more on a 2 year old Accord fully loaded for $30k. So it’s all relative. Personally, I wouldn’t buy an SUV, but I know people like how these truck-based Utes ride.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:23:49 +0000

That’s just shear coincidence.

By: ahnuconun

ahnuconun — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:21:32 +0000

Borat: Borrego = Sheep in Spanish/Portuguse. Does anyone else see the irony in that?

By: Borat

Borat — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:11:18 +0000

Jake you probably will see more Kia products then I will. They are rarity around me, but if you feel adventurous and head towards Newark (or not adventurous but for a hockey game), you see them all over. As good as discounts are, the value drop is probably is even more dramatic. I believe that last year shoes hold value better then Kia. Well maybe not shoes, but Chrysler………

By: Kid Icarus

Kid Icarus — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:10:45 +0000

The Borrego is a fantastic vehicle for people in the market for a full size SUV. The Dual CVVT V8 paired with the 6-speed ZF transmission is amazing. You can’t beat the bang for your buck!

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:09:38 +0000

I actually had to go to Kia’s Canadian website to see if they even sold them here because I’ve never seen one on the road. And as a matter of fact they do, but would someone please explain to me how a $29,995 US base price translates into $40,995 Cdn with a 90 cent dollar? It’s going to take more than beer to make sense of those numbers.

By: Borat

Borat — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:04:43 +0000

Is Borrego a long version of boring in Korean?

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:02:03 +0000

Something is comforting with this, maybe it’s because it’s a tad dated, but it’s a nice large SUV. It’s alot like the Sorento in pretty much everyway, so maybe that’s it. Otherwise, discounts are HUGE on these, so if this is something you’re interested in, take a look – you’ll get more for your money than anything else on the market.