If you’re a BMW 3 Series fan, you might want to give the Kia K5 GT a shot

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The auto industry has changed a lot in recent years. Once the leaders of the premium market, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi are now being given a run for their money by brands previously known to produce cheap and uninspiring cars. Like Kia and Hyundai.

BMW was also known for being THE driver’s car, but this feat has been diluted as well. Recently to the point where the so-called uninspiring brands deliver vehicles with matching or even better performance. Before you say that a Kia can’t be as good as BMW (you’re probably going to quote driving dynamics), you need to look at a comparison by AMCI Testing, which reveals that the new Kia K5 out-performs the BMW 330i.
 

According to AMCI's test, the K5 is not only quicker in a straight line, but it also handles better during spirited driving, a test that the BMW should have one given all the PR the Germans make around their car's driving dynamics.

The cars were put through seven different trials, including 0 to 60 mph acceleration, quarter mile time and speed, 20-65 mph and 40-70 mph highway merging, and slaloms, 180-degree cornering, and double lane change testing in both dry and wet conditions.

To keep things fair, AMCI tested the vehicles with their respective stock tires. The Kia is fitted with Pirelli P-Zero all-season rubber, while the BMW comes with Bridgestone Turanza all-season run-flats.

 

The acceleration test, performed with traction control off and no rollout, revealed that the K5 is almost three tenths quicker. The Korean sedan hit 60 mph in 5.7 seconds, while the 330i did it in 5.98 seconds. Likewise, the Kia ran the quarter-mile quicker at 14.21 seconds, versus the Bimmer’s 14.41-second time. The K5’s trap speed was also superior at 103.3 mph, 3.8 mph more than the Bimmer’s.

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