Kia vai lançar rival de VW Scirocco e Peugeot RCZ?

[fcorreia]

Apanhei isto na internet há uns minutos... será verdade? Não encontrei nada na pesquisa, se for repost já sabem senhores moderadores, delete.

Aqui vai:

Kia is Launching a Coupe Rival For Peugeot RCZ and VW Scirocco



Kia plans to launch in 2011 a front-wheel drive sports coupe, current rival for the Volkswagen Scirocco and Peugeot RCZ. The Kia Coupe will be developed on the platform of Cee’d.

Sources inside Kia told that plans to launch in the next two years a front-wheel drive sports coupe. The initiative is part of the Korean manufacturer’s plan to introduce products in all market segments in less than five years. Kia’s coupe may be reveal in the Salon of Paris within the next year or in Detroit in 2011.
Future sports coupe, which is currently being planned, will be based on the current platform Cee’d and could borrow design direction promoted by the Kia Kee concept, unveiled in 2007 at the Frankfurt Salon. The lines will be accomplished by Peter Schreyer, European Chief Designer of Kia, which has already received the green light by officials. The Kia coupe would be priced between £15,000 and £20,000.

[pmna]

Até estava a gostar dos moldes do carro, quando reparei nos leds frontais... que exagero.

Mas também é um protótipo certo?

[MGomes]

Uma coisa é certa, a Kia ultimamente tem andado com uma vitalidade assinalável

Bela surpresa.

[fcorreia]

Sim, parece ser ainda um prototipo, baseado num feito algures em 2007.
As leads frontais estão um exagero de facto.
Os mini espelhos também não gosto muito...

[LH]

os led's frontais parecem quase as "mangueiras" de enfeites de natal mas isto ainda não deve estar tão proximo da versão oficial...

parece ter potencial para se tornar interessante

[HaagenDazs]

Tenho ideia que esse concept já é antigo... é o Kia Kee.

[fcorreia]

Sim, segundo esse artigo é baseado no concept do Kee, com a plataforma do Ceed, portanto essa "bonecada" natalicia ali em cima pode ser apenas o Kee, mas apenas para realçar que deve vir lá algo por parte da Kia.

[ks34]

Kia plans ‘Toyobaru’ rival

Kia’s 2008 Kee coupe concept could be turned into a compact, rear-driven, affordable production sports car using recycled platform technology from Hyundai’s Genesis Coupe.
In an exclusive interview Kia design director Peter Schreyer told Autocar that the Kee wasn’t in the European product plan for the next two years, but also confirmed that he is very keen to bring added strength and desirability to the Kia brand with such a car.

What’s more, Schreyer would back the adoption of a rear-driven platform, even though it could make the Kee more costly to manufacture.
“The next two years are about replacing and renewing our current line up of core models,” he said. “Before the end of 2011 we will launch an all-new Picanto, a replacement for the Rio and a new Magentis.
“These are naturally our priorities because they are proven volume sellers. And the problem with Kee is that no one – not in Europe, the USA or Korea – can say with confidence what numbers the Kee would sell in.
“We are not like Audi or Porsche. We are not in a position to just create something and then announce to the market that it’s the perfect kind of sports car.”
Schreyer also told Autocar that Kia’s Korean executive management board is habitually conservative and pragmatic. meaning that, unlike Lexus with the IS-F, Kia would never invest in a sports car before a watertight and profitable business case was made.
“When you’re making cars like this, it’s important to make them with a great deal of confidence,” he went on. “So I think the Kia brand has to grow a little more in stature before the time will be right for Kee.”
“Assuming Kia’s European fortunes continue to improve at the rate they are now, we could be ready in, say, five years for a car like Kee. We could spin it off the Cee’d or Magentis platform, but for me, it would be important for the Kee to be rear-wheel drive. And there is, of course, already a rear-driven platform within the Hyundai-Kia group that we could look to use, if our timing was good.
“We would have to aim to rival the Mazda MX-5 and Toyota’s new rear-driven coupe. The car would not need to be very fast or very powerful, but it should be compact, affordable and fun – a true sports car.”
“Personally, I have to say that I’m very excited by the idea, and very enthusiastic to make it happen.”

Fonte: Autocar

[caditonuno]

este kia já apareceu por aqui noutro tópico. os leds estao muito exagerados, tal como da outra vez...