Kia prices 2010 Forte Koup at $16,595*
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/carbuying/" rel="tag">Car Buying</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/economy/" rel="tag">Budget</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/kia/" rel="tag">Kia</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/kia-forte-koup#7"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/kia-forte-koup.jpg" /></a><br />
<div align="center"><em><stron g><small>2010 Kia Forte Koup - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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Back in July, Kia <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/09/confirmed-2010-kia-forte-koup-will-go-on-sale-late-summer/">announced</a> that its two-door Forte would begin hitting dealerships across the United States later this summer. Well, that time is now, and the Korean automaker has just announced pricing on its fashionable <strike>coupe</strike> Koup. Pricing for the 2010 Forte Koupe will begin at $16,595, to which you can immediately add $695 for destination.<br />
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For those paying attention, that's puts the Koup a not-insignificant $2,900 over the base cost of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/16/first-drive-2010-kia-forte-a-compelling-new-compact-sedan-optio/">Forte sedan</a>, which we found to be a credible entry into the popular compact car segment currently dominated by the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla. Add another grand if you'd like an automatic transmission (with just four forward ratios on the EX, sadly).<br />
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Stepping up to the SX model will cost you $17,695 to start with a manual transmission or $18,695 with a five-speed auto (plus destination) and will put a 173-hp 2.4 liter four cylinder underhood. A leather interior will add $1,000 to any trim level and a sunroof goes for $600. <a href="http://www.kia.com/#/forte-koup/explore/">Click here</a> to build your own - we added every option to our Koup and came up with an asking price of $21,505, which runs right in line with the car's intended competition.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-forte-koup/low/">Kia Forte Koup</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-forte-koup/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/fortekoup2010_68_thumbnai l.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-forte-koup/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/04/fortekoup2010_01_thumbnai l.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-forte-koup/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/fortekoup2010_75_thumbnai l.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-forte-koup/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/04/fortekoup2010_02_thumbnai l.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-forte-koup/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/04/fortekoup2010_16_thumbnai l.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/04/kia-prices-2010-forte-koup-at-16-595/">Kia prices 2010 Forte Koup at $16,595*</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:31:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.kia.com/#/forte-koup/explore/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/04/kia-prices-2010-forte-koup-at-16-595/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19151708/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/04/kia-prices-2010-forte-koup-at-16-595/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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