Kia Forte

**Kia Forte**, wanda aka fi sani da **K3** a Koriya ta Kudu, **Forte K3** ko **Shuma** a China da **Cerato** a Kudancin Amirka, Australia, New Zealand da Rasha, ƙananan mota ce da kamfanin kera motoci na Koriya ta Kudu Kia tun tsakiyar shekarar 2008, wanda ya maye gurbin Kia. Spectra Ana samunsa a cikin coupe mai kofa biyu, sedan kofa huɗu, bambance-bambancen hatchback mai kofa biyar. Ba a samuwa a Turai, inda aka ba da irin wannan girman Kia Ceed (sai dai Rasha da Ukraine, inda Ceed da Forte duka suna samuwa).

A wasu kasuwanni, irin su Costa Rica, Ostiraliya da Brazil, ana sayar da Forte a matsayin **Kia Cerato**, ya maye gurbin magabata na wannan sunan. A Colombia da Singapore, ana amfani da sunan **Cerato Forte** don ƙarni na biyu,  yayin da Naza Automotive Manufacturing na Malaysia ya harhada abin hawa tun a shekarar 2009, sayar da shi a can karkashin sunan **Naza Forte** . 

An gabatar da ƙarni na farko na Forte a cikin shekarar 2008. A Arewacin Amurka, Forte ya maye gurbin Kia Spectra, yayin da Forte ya riƙe sunan Cerato a kasuwanni da yawa. Yana raba dandamali iri ɗaya kamar Hyundai Avante/Elantra (HD), kodayake yana amfani da dakatarwar torsion-beam na baya a wurin ƙirar multilink na Elantra. Kia ya bayyana cewa an ƙera Forte ɗin ne musamman don kai hari ga matasa masu siyayya waɗanda ke sha'awar kera motoci masu kaifi. 

Nasarar ƙarni na farko na Cerato ko na biyu Spectra, an canza abubuwa da yawa na ciki da dakatarwa. Motar ta sami mafi fadi (4&nbsp;cm) kuma ya fi tsayi (3&nbsp;cm) jiki, tsayi (4&nbsp;cm) wheelbase da fadi (7&nbsp;cm) zance. Duk da haka, an rage raguwar ƙasa da santimita ɗaya, don haka rage tsayi da santimita. A lokaci guda, an sauƙaƙe ƙirar dakatarwar ta baya, wanda maimakon madaidaicin multilink mai zaman kanta ya zama mai dogaro biyu-lever, tare da katako na roba, wanda ya sa ya fi aminci da sauƙin gyarawa da kulawa.

Salon jiki guda uku, waɗanda ke ƙanƙantar sedan kofa 4, ƙyanƙyashe kofa 5, da sabon salon jikin kofa mai kofa 2.

### Sedan
Tom Kearns da tawagarsa ne suka ƙera sedan na Forte a cikin Kia's California design studio.   An yi samfoti na Forte kofa biyu ("Koup") a matsayin "Kia Koup" Concept, kuma an tsara shi a cikin ɗakin zane na Kia's California.   An fara sayar da samfurin Koriya a ranar 22 ga Agusta 2008.  An bayyana samfurin Amurka a 2009 Chicago Auto Show .  

### Hatchback
Hatchback mai kofa biyar na Forte da aka yi a 2010 New York International Auto Show . 

### Coupe (Koup)
Coupe mai kofa biyu "Forte Koup" an fara buɗe shi azaman motar ra'ayi a cikin nau'in "Kia Koup" akan 20 Maris ɗin shekarar 2008 a Nunin Mota na Duniya na New York .   Ma'anar ta ƙunshi nau'in gungura tagwaye mai turbocharged na ingin 2.0-lita  na layi-hudu . Samfurin Forte Koup yana da alamar "Kia Cerato Koup" a Ostiraliya, Costa Rica, Rasha da Afirka ta Kudu. Ana kiranta "Kia Shuma" a kasar Sin, da kuma "Kia Koup" a kasar Chile.

### LPI Hybrid
A cikin shekarar 2009, Kia ya buɗe ƙaramin matasan Forte a Nunin Mota na Seoul don kasuwar Koriya ta Kudu.   Ana ɗaukar kayan aikinta daga Hyundai Elantra LPI Hybrid, motar tana aiki da iskar gas mai ƙarfi (LPG) . Yana aiki da  injin LPG mai lita 1.6 tare da  motar lantarki da fakitin baturi na lithium-polymer, wanda ya zama motar farko da aka yi amfani da batirin lithium-polymer.  

### Tsaro
Forte na shekarar 2010 ya sami ƙimar "Top Safety Pick" daga Cibiyar Inshora don Tsaron Babbar Hanya (IIHS). 

### Kasuwanni

#### Amirka ta Arewa
A cikin Amurka, 2010 LX da EX sun haɗa da injin *CVVT* na 2.0-lita da daidaitaccen watsa mai saurin sauri biyar, tare da zaɓin zaɓi huɗu na atomatik ko atomatik mai sauri biyar tare da *Kunshin Tattalin Arziƙi na Man Fetur* . Don shekarar ƙirar 2011, Forte daidaitaccen tsari ne tare da jagorar sauri shida (maye gurbin naúrar saurin 5) kuma yana samuwa tare da zaɓi na atomatik mai sauri shida, tare da na'urori masu sauri huɗu da biyar da aka dakatar.

LX shine samfurin tushe. Ya zo daidaici tare da sarrafa kwanciyar hankali na lantarki (ESC), da jakunkuna masu hawa da kujera. Daidaitaccen sitiriyo ya ƙunshi masu magana huɗu, rediyo AM/FM, CD/MP3 player, da Sirius XM Satellite Radio . Jakin shigar da USB mai dacewa da iPod da tashar tashar taimako don na'urar kiɗa ta waje da sitiyarin ɗorawa masu sarrafa sauti kuma an haɗa su tare da tsarin sauti. Fasaha abin sawa akunni na Bluetooth shima daidaitaccen tsari ne.  Mataki na biyu na EX yana ƙara kwandishan, tagogin wutar lantarki da makullin ƙofa, sarrafa jirgin ruwa, rediyo mai magana shida, maɓalli mai maɓalli tare da shigarwa mara maɓalli, da jujjuya sigina akan madubai na gefe. SX yana da injin lita 2.4 tare da jagora mai sauri shida ko zaɓi na atomatik watsa mai sauri biyar don shekarar ƙirar 2010 da sauri shida daga shekarar ƙirar 2011.  Hakanan SX yana ƙara ƙafafun alloy, sitiya mai nannade fata da lever mai motsi, ginshiƙi mai karkatar da wayar tarho, kujerun tufafin wasanni, da ƙarancin ƙarfe zuwa ciki. Samfuran samarwa na baya suna da bangarori masu taushin taɓawa a kan madaidaicin hannu da ƙofar, da kuma kan dashboard. Don 2011, EX da SX sedans suna atomatik-kawai, yayin da sedan tushe da duk samfuran Koup da Forte5 suna ci gaba da ba da zaɓi na manual ko atomatik.