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NEW YORK The front end looks like a Mercedes-Benz, particularly the Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan. It’s so blatantly, brazenly imitative, the only thing missing is the Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star.

The interior is everything Lexus — plush, perfect fit and finish, ergonomically sensible. The Korean car company even got the leather seat covering right. It’s supple and soft — exactly the way leather seat covering ought to be.

The suspension is something else. It needs work. That is, it needs a cultural adjustment. Consumers in South Korea and China seem to have one thing in common when it comes to cars. They want soft rides. Perhaps it has something to do with the rural roads, which still account for most of the roads found in those countries. They are anything but smooth.

And so the Koreans and Chinese, from an American perspective, are given to overcompensation in the matter of suspensions. Thus, we have this week’s test car, the 2007 Kia Amanti sedan, an automobile with ride and handling so soft and squishy, it is reminiscent of a 1950s Buick, Chrysler Imperial or Lincoln Continental. Anyone buying the Amanti absolutely should buy it with Kia’s optional electronic stability control, which gives the car some semblance of disciplined road behavior on long drives.

But if you are getting the impression that this column is a knock against the Amanti, you are wrong. Here, I and my associate Ria Manglapus strive to tell you about cars and trucks as we see them, as we and our many passengers have experienced them on the road, often on round-trip drives as long as 500 miles.

What we found in the Amanti was a happy automotive amalgam — happy because it, hmm, “borrows” so much from so many different cars and does the “borrowing” so wonderfully well that, after a while, you don’t care that you’re in a car that is a mixture of everything else. And that happiness turns to unadulterated joy in consideration of the Kia Amanti’s base price, which is substantially under $30,000.

In short, the car is a very good value. Maybe it’s the very best value available in the U.S. market segment for full-size family sedans. In a troubled national economy, one in which sales of homes and new cars and trucks are falling, that is a good thing for Kia and a very good thing for the Amanti.

After all, what do most families shop for when they are shopping for a car? Do they have an automotive buff-book mentality, one that frequently elevates horsepower, speed, racetrack handling and exoticism above everything else, including common sense and affordability?

No.

Families shop for space. The Kia Amanti offers them lots of space — enough room to comfortably seat five big adults; and more than enough space to accommodate their luggage. Families shop for reliability. We drove the Amanti a total of 800 miles — 300 of which were accumulated by Ria in Northern Virginia commuter traffic. Eight hundred miles won’t tell you everything about a car. But 800 completely trouble-free miles are enough to tell you that a car certainly is worth considering.

Families shop for safety, and the Kia Amanti does a very good job there, with high crash-safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

And while most families have no intention of ever putting their car on a racetrack, they do want an automobile with enough get-up-and-go to get out of its own way. There is no problem in that area with the Amanti, which now comes with a new 3.8-liter, 264-horsepower V-6 engine mated to a five-speed transmission that can be shifted automatically or manually. The car can run.

And we really don’t mind Kia’s penchant for imitation and “borrowing.” We just wish that it would “borrow” a better suspension — maybe, say, one from the Mercedes-Benz E-Class or Cadillac STS. We’d be happy with that, especially if Kia kept the Amanti’s base price under $30,000.

NUTS & BOLTS

2007 Kia Amanti

Complaints: The suspension needs an upgrade. It’s way too soft for our tastes. Kia needs to get its mind out of the 1950s when it comes to the Amanti’s ride and handling.

Ride, acceleration and handling: Ride and handling are marginal. Acceleration is very good — rather zoom-zoom in fact.

Head-turning quotient: Ria said it best: “It looks like a lot of cars all at once.”

Body style: The Kia Amanti is a front-engine, front-wheel-drive, full-size, entry-level luxury family sedan of steel, unitized-body construction.

Engine/transmission: The standard engine is a 3.8-liter, double-overhead cam, 24-valve V-6 that develops 264 horsepower at 6,000 revolutions per minute and 260 pound-feet of torque at 4,500 rpm. The engine is mated to a five-speed transmission that can operate automatically, or be shifted manually.

Capacities: There is ample seating for five adults. Maximum luggage capacity is 15.9 cubic feet. The fuel tank holds 18.5 gallons of recommended regular unleaded gasoline.

Mileage: We averaged 16 miles per gallon in the city and 25 mpg on the highway.

Safety: Standard equipment includes four-wheel anti-lock brakes, side and head air bags. Electronic stability and traction control were optional at this writing. We strongly advise that you buy both for this car.

Price: The base price for the 2007 Kia Amanti is $25,495. Dealer’s invoice price on base car is $23,250.

Price as tested, excluding available rebates, is $31,375. That price includes $5,200 in options and a $680 destination charge. Dealer’s price as tested is $28,370. With customer rebates and other incentives, the Amanti with the cited options has been selling for under $29,000. Prices sourced from Kia and www.edmunds.com.

Purse-strings note: It’s a buy, soft suspension notwithstanding. The Amanti is a very good value. Compare with any full-size family sedan.

2007 Kia Amanti review: Our expert's take
By Warren Brown


NEW YORK The front end looks like a Mercedes-Benz, particularly the Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan. It’s so blatantly, brazenly imitative, the only thing missing is the Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star.

The interior is everything Lexus — plush, perfect fit and finish, ergonomically sensible. The Korean car company even got the leather seat covering right. It’s supple and soft — exactly the way leather seat covering ought to be.

The suspension is something else. It needs work. That is, it needs a cultural adjustment. Consumers in South Korea and China seem to have one thing in common when it comes to cars. They want soft rides. Perhaps it has something to do with the rural roads, which still account for most of the roads found in those countries. They are anything but smooth.

And so the Koreans and Chinese, from an American perspective, are given to overcompensation in the matter of suspensions. Thus, we have this week’s test car, the 2007 Kia Amanti sedan, an automobile with ride and handling so soft and squishy, it is reminiscent of a 1950s Buick, Chrysler Imperial or Lincoln Continental. Anyone buying the Amanti absolutely should buy it with Kia’s optional electronic stability control, which gives the car some semblance of disciplined road behavior on long drives.

But if you are getting the impression that this column is a knock against the Amanti, you are wrong. Here, I and my associate Ria Manglapus strive to tell you about cars and trucks as we see them, as we and our many passengers have experienced them on the road, often on round-trip drives as long as 500 miles.

What we found in the Amanti was a happy automotive amalgam — happy because it, hmm, “borrows” so much from so many different cars and does the “borrowing” so wonderfully well that, after a while, you don’t care that you’re in a car that is a mixture of everything else. And that happiness turns to unadulterated joy in consideration of the Kia Amanti’s base price, which is substantially under $30,000.

In short, the car is a very good value. Maybe it’s the very best value available in the U.S. market segment for full-size family sedans. In a troubled national economy, one in which sales of homes and new cars and trucks are falling, that is a good thing for Kia and a very good thing for the Amanti.

After all, what do most families shop for when they are shopping for a car? Do they have an automotive buff-book mentality, one that frequently elevates horsepower, speed, racetrack handling and exoticism above everything else, including common sense and affordability?

No.

Families shop for space. The Kia Amanti offers them lots of space — enough room to comfortably seat five big adults; and more than enough space to accommodate their luggage. Families shop for reliability. We drove the Amanti a total of 800 miles — 300 of which were accumulated by Ria in Northern Virginia commuter traffic. Eight hundred miles won’t tell you everything about a car. But 800 completely trouble-free miles are enough to tell you that a car certainly is worth considering.

Families shop for safety, and the Kia Amanti does a very good job there, with high crash-safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

And while most families have no intention of ever putting their car on a racetrack, they do want an automobile with enough get-up-and-go to get out of its own way. There is no problem in that area with the Amanti, which now comes with a new 3.8-liter, 264-horsepower V-6 engine mated to a five-speed transmission that can be shifted automatically or manually. The car can run.

And we really don’t mind Kia’s penchant for imitation and “borrowing.” We just wish that it would “borrow” a better suspension — maybe, say, one from the Mercedes-Benz E-Class or Cadillac STS. We’d be happy with that, especially if Kia kept the Amanti’s base price under $30,000.

NUTS & BOLTS

2007 Kia Amanti

Complaints: The suspension needs an upgrade. It’s way too soft for our tastes. Kia needs to get its mind out of the 1950s when it comes to the Amanti’s ride and handling.

Ride, acceleration and handling: Ride and handling are marginal. Acceleration is very good — rather zoom-zoom in fact.

Head-turning quotient: Ria said it best: “It looks like a lot of cars all at once.”

Body style: The Kia Amanti is a front-engine, front-wheel-drive, full-size, entry-level luxury family sedan of steel, unitized-body construction.

Engine/transmission: The standard engine is a 3.8-liter, double-overhead cam, 24-valve V-6 that develops 264 horsepower at 6,000 revolutions per minute and 260 pound-feet of torque at 4,500 rpm. The engine is mated to a five-speed transmission that can operate automatically, or be shifted manually.

Capacities: There is ample seating for five adults. Maximum luggage capacity is 15.9 cubic feet. The fuel tank holds 18.5 gallons of recommended regular unleaded gasoline.

Mileage: We averaged 16 miles per gallon in the city and 25 mpg on the highway.

Safety: Standard equipment includes four-wheel anti-lock brakes, side and head air bags. Electronic stability and traction control were optional at this writing. We strongly advise that you buy both for this car.

Price: The base price for the 2007 Kia Amanti is $25,495. Dealer’s invoice price on base car is $23,250.

Price as tested, excluding available rebates, is $31,375. That price includes $5,200 in options and a $680 destination charge. Dealer’s price as tested is $28,370. With customer rebates and other incentives, the Amanti with the cited options has been selling for under $29,000. Prices sourced from Kia and www.edmunds.com.

Purse-strings note: It’s a buy, soft suspension notwithstanding. The Amanti is a very good value. Compare with any full-size family sedan.

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Factory warranties

New car program benefits

Basic
5 years / 60,000 miles
Corrosion
5 years / 100,000 miles
Powertrain
10 years / 100,000 miles
Roadside Assistance
5 years / 60,000 miles

Certified Pre-Owned program benefits

Age / mileage
6 years or newer / less than 80,000 miles
Basic
12 months / 12,000 miles
Dealer certification
165-point inspection

Consumer reviews

4.9 / 5
Based on 6 reviews
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Comfort 4.9
Interior 4.7
Performance 4.9
Value 4.9
Exterior 4.3
Reliability 4.7

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  • Best car I’ve ever owned, better than Buick PkAve!

    The Kia Amanti is a quality luxury car, peppy & fun to drive, stylish, dependable, affordable & comfortable. Perfect size with bells & whistles, high reviews in all areas & safety. It’s a shame Kia stopped production, but the SUV’s took over the market.
    • Purchased a Used car
    • Used for Commuting
    • Does recommend this car
    Comfort 5.0
    Interior 5.0
    Performance 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Exterior 5.0
    Reliability 5.0
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  • Awesome Car

    Had my hands on a used Amanti 2007 full options.. and its been pretty impressive since then in riding, comfort, power, handling, maintenance costs, parts costs etc.
    • Purchased a Used car
    • Does not recommend this car
    Comfort 5.0
    Interior 5.0
    Performance 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Exterior 4.0
    Reliability 4.0
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  • excellent value

    out performs my friends Crysker 300 and is rides as well as another mercedes e class at much less money
    • Purchased a Used car
    • Does recommend this car
    Comfort 5.0
    Interior 5.0
    Performance 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Exterior 4.0
    Reliability 5.0
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  • Nicer than my Chrysler 300, and much less expensiv

    I just put 8,000 miles in one month on this 2007 Amante. For a long trip, it was extremely comfortable in every respect. The engine power pleasantly surprised me with forceful acceleration at high and low speeds. Compared to my Chrysler 300, this car is more powerful, smoother, and has MUCH more visibility. Traveling cross-country (literally from Los Angeles to the coast of Maine and back), I experienced every highway and in-town driving event. The car performed flawlessly, and on the highway got 28 MPG (that was calculated by measuring actual gas consumption, not based on the onboard computer). I got 20 MPG in town. I have the leather interior option, which is luxurious, and includes a mirror which changes color at night and prevents glare from headlights to the rear. That mirror is much better than the standard flip-change mirror. Given that we were sightseeing, visibility out the windows was crucial. This car excels in this area. It also excels in its air conditioning system, which even has an adjustable rear-seat a/c that keeps the back of the car very cool. Handling is not sportscarlike, but once planted into a high-speed turn, it sticks nicely and doesn't plow. Steering is neutral, but feels just a bit understeered at times because of the front wheel drive. The seat/mirror memory function is nice (I'm 6-1, my wife 5-2 -- it's nice not to have to fiddle with adjustments every time!). There are many other features on this car that endear it to you the more you drive it and read about it. Given what I got for the money, I would definitely recommend it to others. Friends and family who've driven it and in it remarked about the luxurious feel and look of the car. It's a great vehicle, and the 100,000 mile drivetrain warranty covers more than the engine and trans, so Kia obviously has a lot of confidence that the thing's going to last. So do I.
    • Purchased a New car
    • Does recommend this car
    Comfort 5.0
    Interior 5.0
    Performance 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Exterior 5.0
    Reliability 5.0
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  • My second Amanti

    I loved my 2004 Amanti. I love my 2007 even more, although I liked the grill and taillights of my 2004 better.
    • Purchased a New car
    • Used for Commuting
    • Does recommend this car
    Comfort 5.0
    Interior 5.0
    Performance 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Exterior 4.0
    Reliability 5.0
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  • Nice car for under $30K

    Purchased my 2007 Amanti on Valentines Day and must say I am in love. Cobalt blue w/gray leather interior, moonroof, 6-disc Cd player w/Infinity speakers, heated seats, trip computer (no nav available) and garage transmitter. Handling is a bit awkward, used to drive a Mazda and Kia can learn a thing or two from them in this area. Lots of power (V6), been getting 16 mpg in city no highway yet. One problem so far, been getting TPMS light, and dealer has not resolved. Will visit them tomorrow for the second time, stay tuned.
    • Purchased a New car
    • Used for Commuting
    • Does recommend this car
    Comfort 4.0
    Interior 3.0
    Performance 4.0
    Value 4.0
    Exterior 4.0
    Reliability 4.0
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What trim levels are available for the 2007 Kia Amanti?

The 2007 Kia Amanti is available in 1 trim level:

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What is the MPG of the 2007 Kia Amanti?

The 2007 Kia Amanti offers up to 19 MPG in city driving and 26 MPG on the highway. These figures are based on EPA mileage ratings and are for comparison purposes only. The actual mileage will vary depending on vehicle options, trim level, driving conditions, driving habits, vehicle maintenance, and other factors.

Is the 2007 Kia Amanti reliable?

The 2007 Kia Amanti has an average reliability rating of 4.7 out of 5 according to cars.com consumers. Find real-world reliability insights within consumer reviews from 2007 Kia Amanti owners.

Is the 2007 Kia Amanti a good Sedan?

Below are the cars.com consumers ratings for the 2007 Kia Amanti. 83.3% of drivers recommend this vehicle.

4.9 / 5
Based on 6 reviews
  • Comfort: 4.9
  • Interior: 4.7
  • Performance: 4.9
  • Value: 4.9
  • Exterior: 4.3
  • Reliability: 4.7
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