2020 Kia Forte

Midsize car · gas

Fuel economy
35mpg1
CO₂ 256 g/mi · 159 g/km2
EPA
Fuel cost
EPA · EIA
Power
hp
NHTSA
Crash rating
4of 5 ★5
0 recall campaigns6
NHTSA
Kerb weight
lb
NHTSA
Warranty
yr
Kia

8 figures for this car, from EPA and NHTSA; sign in free to read them.

How much to run it35 mpg ·
Combined
35 mpg1EPA
EPA test cycle, combined · configuration Forte FE
City · highway
mpgEPA
Tailpipe CO₂
256 g/mi2EPA159 g/km
tailpipe rating, driven as rated on the test cycle · 159 g/km
Fuel, per year
EPA · EIA
How it performs
Power
hpNHTSA
Engine
EPA
Transmission
EPA
Drive
EPA
How safe4 of 5 ★ · 0 recalls
Crash rating
★★★★☆5NHTSA
NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings, 2020 Forte · as of
Frontal · side · rollover
NHTSA
Recall campaigns
06NHTSA
NHTSA recall register, campaigns naming Forte (2020) · as of
Complaints per 10,000 built
NHTSA
How big
Kerb weight
lbNHTSA
EPA test weight
—9EPA
Class
Midsize carEPA
the publisher's own vehicle class
Ownership
Price
—13NHTSA
Warranty
yrKia
On the road in New York
NY DMV

Notes and sources

  1. Fuel economy: EPA combined test-cycle figure for the configuration Forte FE. EPA data dated 2026-09-09, the latest modifiedOn date EPA records in vehicles.csv.↩
  2. CO₂: EPA's tailpipe rating for the car driven as rated on the test cycle — 256 g/mi, or 159 g/km.↩
  3. Crash rating: NHTSA's overall rating for the 2020 Forte. NHTSA data as of .↩
  4. Recall campaigns: NHTSA lists none for the 2020 Forte as of .↩
  5. Not published for this car. The record's own reason is free to read with an account.↩
  6. This car is measured on the petrol scale: miles per gallon, the tailpipe CO₂ rating and horsepower. MPGe and charge-weighted CO₂ are electric-scale quantities and do not apply to it.↩
  7. Price: no price is published for this car. NHTSA's CAFE market data prices this market's cars by compliance configuration, and it lists none matching this one.↩

Sources: EPA · NHTSA — about these sources →