Description: Full-Size Luxury Sedan
Base MSRP Range: $27,795
Invoice Price Range: $25,325
Where built: South Korea

Stretching long and looking elegant with sculptured styling drawn from classic luxury touring sedans from Europe, Amanti measures up to large-car status and carries trappings of a premium luxury model.

The cabin, in a five-seat layout with cushy front buckets, increases the standard luxury content on 2006 models with soft leather upholstery and heat elements in front buckets, a sunroof and auto-dimming rearview mirror. An optional new Infinity package adds a deluxe audio system with cassette deck and a CD changer for six discs plus Infinity speakers including subwoofer.

Under the hood, Amanti totes a dual-cam 3.5-liter V6 that pushes 200 hp. All power moves through a five-speed automatic transaxle with manual shift control (MSC) mode. Kia provides significant safety equipment, including air bags up front, on the side for all outboard seats as well as in the ceiling as curtain-style air bags above side windows.

Kia out of South Korea constructs value-priced vehicles in a diverse line extending from economical small cars like Rio to premium luxury sedans such as Amanti, plus multiple wagons including Sedona the minivan and sport-utility vehicles with Sorento and Sportage. Look for a new generation of designs for Rio and Sedona coming to Kia's 2006 collection.