Originally Posted by
mainertodd
Speaking purely anecdotally, I've had three Kias. My 2006 Spectra5 (Korean built) had a minor rattle from the instrument panel from early on, but no other rattles developed over 13 years. My 2016 Soul (Korean built) has no rattles after 4 years. And my 2019 Rio S (Mexican built) is rattle free after 1 week, thankfully. ;-)
BTW, the current Accent SE apparently has an excellent manual transmission. I haven't personally test driven one, but there are multiple in-depth reviews out there praising it.