Our K5 GT test car rode on 245/40R-19 Pirelli P Zero All Season tires. Certain front-drivers manage to breach the 300-hp threshold and get away with it, and by that we mean the Honda Civic Type R. The new 290-hp Kia K5 GT, on the other hand, is more like the 2006 Chevy Impala SS, another front-wheel-drive car that ran to 60 mph in less than six seconds and was none too happy doing it. THE RUNDOWN Conventional wisdom says 300 horsepower is about the practical limit for a front-wheel-drive car. [Extracted from the article]
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