Used 2006 Kia Spectra Spectra5 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl 5M) Consumer Reviews
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Great used car
Simon, Minneapolis, MN, 10/05/2019
Kia Spectra Spectra5 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Got this car as my first car 7 years ago with 70k miles on it. Currently it has 160k of mostly rough city driving and is doing great! It may not be the fanciest, fastest, or sexiest car but it gets the job done. The car has been dead reliable and easy to fix. The only time I've brought it to a shop is for tires. I've changed fluids, belts, brakes, spark plugs, etc. In my driveway with basic tools. Only serious part to fail was the alternator and that was replaceable with a metric socket set and 2 hours of time. The highway ride is surprisingly smooth and quiet and you can fit a lot in the hatch with the seats folded down. Great first car or reliable commuter
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cynthia, 02/13/2006
Kia Spectra Spectra5 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Cute car, good gas mileage, fun. I really love this car, the basic features are great! We bought 2 of them at once. The Spectra would've gotten 10's all the way down if they wouldn't have charged us six-thousand over market value each.
My Spec 5
therepokid, 05/15/2008
Kia Spectra Spectra5 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I love my Spectra. I have done a couple of performance modifications to it and it will run with just about any other import on the road. I had a bad outlook on Kia in general when I bought it but it has changed my mind. It has been the best far I have ever owned. It has almost 50,000 miles on it an has never had to go to the dealer for service. Kia is coming up in the world.
Awesome Car
Paul in Hickory, NC, 05/19/2006
Kia Spectra Spectra5 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I really did a lot of homework before I decided to make a purchase. I compared it to the Toyota Corolla, the Honda Civic, and the Nissan Sentra. For the money and the warranty, I could not have gotten a better car. I really enjoy driving my Spectra5, it turns a lot of heads. It is in the red color... and I will be having the windows tinted on it with vent visors. I highly suggest this car to anyone. A very fun car.
fun to drive, excellent rear headroom
Tim, 03/31/2006
Kia Spectra Spectra5 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
With the manual transmission, the Spectra5 is a fun car to drive, with decent acceleration & handling. (I thought the automatic was a little underpowered; maybe it just needed to be shifted into Low sometimes. But isn't the point of an automatic to do that automatically?) I ended up with power windows/locks (std), side air bags (std), ABS (opt), and sunroof (opt) for $1000 less than I'd have gotten another car for -- without those features. It's amazing how many cars I ruled out because of too little rear headroom (my son & I are both >6'); we both easily fit in the back of the Spectra5. (The headroom in the Spectra is the same, but I wanted something other than a basic 4-door sedan).
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