Kia

Why r/BuyItForLife recommends Kia

5 mentions from real owners

• #1Dec 26, 2025

  Any personal recs for a used hybrid SUV that will be long-lasting?

  I helped my sister shop for a car last year and she chose the Kia Sportage over the RAV4. You get a much higher end fit and finish with the Kia. It just feels like higher materials and construction. It will take a good few years to see how it measures up regarding reliability and finish quality, but Kia generally does well in reliability surveys.

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• #2Nov 4, 2025

  Which brands/products have gotten better over time?

  KIA cars. Once a cheap vehicle, now reliable and well priced.

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• #3May 6, 2025

  Many goods or brands’ quality degrades over time, whether that’s through new MBA management, reputation mining, etc. What are some products currently available whose quality has only improved over time?

  Kia and Hyundai vehicles. They had not that great QC when they first started being sold in the US. One of my college friends had a Hyundai econobox and that thing just felt like a toy car. But now? I'd happily buy or recommend either (and in fact I'm a happy Kia owner).

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• #4Feb 5, 2025

  Does anything ever become BIFL?

  This was kinda what happened to Kia/Hyundai, though no car is really BIFI, except maybe some diesel engines with proper Bulletproofing. In around 2003-2004 the significantly improved their reliability, prior to that they were laughably bad cars and the only reason anyone bought them was because they were cheap and had a considerable warranty (because it was the only way they could get people to buy them). They improved their quality over the next two generations, around 2011 (and except for one bad engine they made) and 2018. I owned an 2005, it was fine but I hated working on it, it wasn’t easy to reach bolts and such, maybe my hands were too big. But if you are an elder millennial you will remember how bad late 80’s 90’s Kia’s were. They were always a joke.

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• #5Feb 3, 2025

  Does anything ever become BIFL?

  Hyundai/KIA/Genesis. Like all car makers, they have their problems. Unlike all car makers, they are getting better as time goes on. This can not be said for nearly any other car maker, relative to their past reputations and/or relative quality. Huge shout out to Mazda as well.

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