Kia Shuma II

Been an owner of the Shuma II Ice since June 04 and I must say that the previous reviewers problem has not been experienced at all. For what is essentially a very cheap car it is surprisingly well appointed with Aircon, CD player and all round electric windows as standard. Comments have been made about the air conditioning affecting the cars performance, this is so (as with any cars aircon) however not to such an extent that it makes the vehicle kangaroo or in any other way unusable. Acceleration is affected with the unit running but not excessively so. In fact the only gripe I have with the ... more

I purchased the car new in March of 2003 and after a month needed to use the air conditioning. What a disaster, it killed the car completely and the dealer assures me that this is a characteristic of the car and not a fault. Trading standards and I are of a different opinion and are trying to get the car replaced. Basic fault is that when air con is switched on ( which comes on automatically if you wish to demist the screen) the thing takes so much power that the car becomes very sluggish and acts as if it has kangaroo juice in it. It has been back to the dealer 5 times and each time they say ... more