Kia's leadership has confirmed to Autocar correspondent on the birth of a new high-performance model. "We are preparing to launch supercharged engine", Soon-Nam Lee, director of marketing at Kia's overseas markets said. "We are improving the suspension system and to plan built rival of the Volkswagen Golf GTI."
According to Autocar, the new model is the next generation Kia Cee'd with designs influenced by the Koup concept, first unveiled at the 2008 New York Auto Show.
Next year, Kia Cee'd five-door will move into the 4 th birthday and must be replaced. Expected, the Cee'd GTI is equipped with Theta II 2.0-liter turbocharged engine, also equipped to the latest generation Kia Optima in the USA, capacity of 220-230 hp.
In 2012, Kia will start delivering the sports car to create accents different compared with Hyundai. "We will consider the number of production so that the most economical, " Thomas Oh, CEO and senior vice president of Kia said.
In addition, Soon-Nam also confirmed plans to assemble a new convertible model. "In Europe, especially Germany and the UK, customers are very popular convertible model, especially in the spring. We are planning to introduce a new convertible model in 2014 based on the Soul", Soon-Nam explained.
According to Autocar, the new model is the next generation Kia Cee'd with designs influenced by the Koup concept, first unveiled at the 2008 New York Auto Show.
Next year, Kia Cee'd five-door will move into the 4 th birthday and must be replaced. Expected, the Cee'd GTI is equipped with Theta II 2.0-liter turbocharged engine, also equipped to the latest generation Kia Optima in the USA, capacity of 220-230 hp.
In 2012, Kia will start delivering the sports car to create accents different compared with Hyundai. "We will consider the number of production so that the most economical, " Thomas Oh, CEO and senior vice president of Kia said.
In addition, Soon-Nam also confirmed plans to assemble a new convertible model. "In Europe, especially Germany and the UK, customers are very popular convertible model, especially in the spring. We are planning to introduce a new convertible model in 2014 based on the Soul", Soon-Nam explained.
