Think of this as what Honda's facelifted Civic could have been. It looks that much similar. Though, if you tear it apart, part by part, the 2 cars looks considerrably different, the grill, the windows, tail-lights, mirrors, wheel-wells, headlights(if they reversed it upside down, it might have been better) yet, if you put all of them together, and look at it from distance, it DOES look like a blatent knockoff of a Civic, like the Chinese are doing to copy the particular car and getting away with it. For those of you who are saying that it is un-fair to compare to Civic since the number of doors are different, look at the Forte sedan. Aside from the number of doors, it is the same damn car with more doors.(the sedan), so....
If Forte came out BEFORE Civic, it may have been a great design that could have gotten some praise, since the car don't look that bad. But, despite the fact that the parts are all differ but the end product looks to be a carbon copy of the Civic that was around a while back, Kia cannot be free from being criticized for being un-original.
As a Korean myself, I would want to like my native nations cars and be proud of it, but the reality forces me to be ashamed of, when it comes to the design that seems to be stealing and copying other, well known brands and affix their own logo. Aside from few offerings(Kia's Soul, Rondo, and few others) that look a less derivative to me, all other Korean offerings to me, are just a ripped off designs that they CLAIM to be their own, which I feel ashame of. Part of the reason that I NEVER even look at the Korean cars when it comes to the car-buying. Though, I am strictly a North-American when it comes to a new car anyway.
btw, the Cruze is by Daewoo? I thought it was from Holden. I guess I was wrong.
