DETROIT MOTOR SHOW: Kia GT teased in new video
Glimpses of Kia's rear-drive sport sedan shown in short film ahead of official revealKia has released a new video that teases its first ever sports sedan ahead of its unveiling at the Detroit motor show on January 8.
Featuring the Kia GT's rakish and sporty four-door coupe lines, a striking LED light signature, twin exhaust tailpipes and honeycomb 'Tiger Shark' front grille, the video doesn't quite reveal the rear-wheel drive but gives us an idea of how the car maker's sportiest-ever car is shaping up.
As predicted, the new GT looks like it draws a lot from the 2011 Kia GT concept.
It's already been revealed Kia’s first rear-wheel drive sports sedan will be its quickest production model ever, hitting 100km/h in just 5.1 seconds.
Top speed, meanwhile, will be around 244km/h following another earlier video tease.
Set to be called the Kia Stinger GT, the fast rear-wheel drive is set to be the flagship of the range of sport sedans.
As we’ve reported, the 2017 Stinger sedan range, which will open with a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol model priced around $40,000, will be topped by the circa-$50,000 GT flagship.
The latter – and the subject of Kia’s long-winded reveal campaign, will be powered by the Hyundai group’s new 3.3-litre twin-turbo V6, which will offer about and 290kW of power and 535Nm of torque and could be matched with Kia’s new seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox.
Confirmed for Australian release in the third quarter of next year, just before the end of local Holden Commodore production, the Stinger would therefore provide the ideal starting point for what could become Kia’s first entry in Australia’s premier motorsport category.
Developed under the CK codename and likely to be based on the same new rear-drive platform as Hyundai’s first rival for the BMW 3 Series, the upcoming Genesis G70 sedan, the coupe-like Stinger will be positioned above the Optima as Kia’s flagship (and first) rear-drive passenger car.
Like all Kias sold here, the Korean brand’s first legitimate driver’s car, which has been spotted testing and even leaked in final production form, will undergo an extensive local tuning program before its Australian release around next September.
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