Review Shot: a review you can read while drinking a shot of espresso!
2019 Kia Forte vs 2019 Subaru Impreza
I drove them both back to back at the LA Auto Show and despite going in with a slight bias in favor of Kia, the Subaru blew Kia away! The handling, responsiveness, and acceleration were all miles better then the Kia, which had a bit of a dead pedal and took a while to get going. Both had nice interiors,I'd argue that Impreza's looks a bit more high end while the newly redesigned Forte has the nicer, sportier exterior. Kia bribed me with a $10 Amazon gift card, while Subaru bribed me by babysitting my senile great grandma during both test drives, giving her a stuffed animal and one of the employees even flirted with me...so without question,the winner is Subaru!

Note, the Forte already makes a little more horsepower than the Impreza and I hear it's going to get another little boost in the near future.

Bonus for still reading (finish your coffee already, you have things to do!): Mazda CX-4 is gonna be a thing but you didn't hear from me... actually I probably shouldn't publish this,insider information and all....