![]() Blacked-out B-pillars create the impression that the Spectra is coupe rather than a four-door sedan. A fine crease at door-handle height keeps the side from being too plain. ![]() The windshield has an average rake, and the greenhouse, for sedan and hatchback, comes out of the designer’s standard playbook. The Spectra’s profile won’t upset anyone. Bumpers and mirrors are body color, an upscale feature for a car in this price range. The front bumper is integrated into the body profile, its plastic cover encircling the cosmetic grille above the bumper and the larger, functional radiator opening below it. Bulges in the sheetmetal that sweep back across the hood trail the high beam bezels. Between the clear-lens headlamps and the grille sit round high beams. The front end seems to owe a lot to the Ford Taurus, with elliptical headlamps and a central grille opening with a crossbar, where a red Kia badge substitutes for Ford’s blue oval. Spectra’s styling is pleasant, albeit vaguely derivative. For 2002, that styling was massaged slightly. Last year’s frumpier Sephia sedan gained the sleeker front-end styling of last year’s Spectra GS/GSX. ![]() They come with a five-speed manual or optional four-speed automatic transmission ($975) driving the front wheels. GSX ($13,195) comes standard with air conditioning, alloy wheels, power windows, and central locking, plus a leather-wrapped tilt-and-telescope steering wheel and an aggressive-looking body kit.Īll Spectras are powered by a 1.8-liter, four-cylinder engine rated 126 horsepower. GS ($11,395) is the base-level hatchback. LS also allows the buyer to add options including a sound system with a CD player and a CD changer, antilock brakes and cruise control. LS sedan ($12,595) adds air conditioning, power windows, mirrors and locks as standard equipment. An AM/FM/cassette stereo is standard, but air conditioning ($960) is optional. The base trim model is just called the Spectra ($10,995). ![]() Kia Spectra lineup consists of two body styles: a conventional four-door sedan and a hatchback with four passenger doors and a quasi-fastback roofline. Kia sweetens the deal with a warranty program that extends basic coverage to five years or 60,000 miles, and powertrain coverage to 10 years or 100,000 miles it also includes five-year/100,000-mile rust perforation protection, and a five-year/unlimited mileage roadside assistance plan.Īt that rate it’s hard to avoid looking at a Spectra. The base Kia Spectra sedan lists at just $10,995. So now there are Spectra sedans and hatchbacks.Īll Spectra models receive freshened styling for 2002. This year the Sephia name is gone, absorbed into a lineup bearing the Spectra name. under its own nameplate, dating back to 1993. Last year, the Kia Spectra was a hatchback version of the Kia Sephia, a 4-door compact sedan significant for being Kia’s first model sold in the U.S. ![]()
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