There you have it boys…….a Korean Camaro. I bet their’s will be out on the streets before G.M.’s.

this looks like it could be pretty badass.

I loved those headlights when I saw them on the Acura TSX, and the CSX before that…

How can you steal from the Camaro, its not even out yet, even the taillights were stolen.

Badass Z51, youre right it does look camaro. not bad either…here comes kia.

because they’re not “stolen.”. Anyways, this is no where near the size of Camaro.

so hyundai has the genesis coupe and kia has this…wow!!! congratulations to both companies! keep this up make em all sweat! ^_^

It’s just a concept. There’s still plenty of time for Kia to **** it up, and I have every confidence that they will.

It more Audi A5 than Camaro
You think the Koreans will steal from an American car?
All the Asian studios look to the Germans for design.

How in the blue hell can you see Audi anything on that car, straight Camaro even the rear exhaust valance is Camaro-ish.

And a Chevy Volt front end, GM needs to call up those super lawyers they have.

heh looking a little American?

The Koreans are on a roll! Kudos to them if the production model actually turns out like this. The whole range better start following on. They’re getting there step by step, imo.

howsmydriving is right. They are know for making great concepts ,then taking them back to drawing room and raping them. They will,undoubtebly ,**** it up.

Meh, doesn’t look all that exciting. Body style is nothing new, shape is nothing new, just some “unique” headlights, tail lights and carbon fiber in all the wrong spots.

I think the body style looks like an Audi A5,w/ the short rear trunk and somewhat “American” looking profile. I can see where the Chevrolet Volt and Camaro comments are coming from, but other than the tail lights I see little resemblance.

But maybe it’s time for you guys to move past comparing a bunch of auto manufacturer’s vehicles, you do it all the time. There are apparent rip offs, and then there are silhouette features that are comparable.

Im surprised how good this looks. Korea is catching up

Are those rims carbon fiber AND chrome?

A Kia KOUP? I actually really like this. Those headlamps have “Honda” written all over it. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. I’m actually impressed. I think Kia really needs this. This would make a great Tc, Civic, Cobalt, Focus, G5, coupe competitor. I also think it looks better already then the following that I just mentioned.
Bring it Kia!

Pretty damn nice! Not sure how big it is, but it looks better than any Honda or Toyota on the road.

Or Ford or VW.

And probably also GM for what I guess is the price range.

Cool little car with big car horsepower! I doubt the production version will get all the carbon fibre trim (unless it will be part of an optional package) Hopefully it gets the big brakes. I would trust a Kia’s reliability these days, my buddy has a 4yr old Kia sedona van with over 250k on it already and everything runs fine. This will probably be the most affordable high performance car on the planet.

Decent looking concept. They will water it down so much for production you wont recognize it. Then there is the fact that you only by a Kia because you have to. Id rather drive a mo-ped.

where do people see a camaro in this? hell i thought it was a Honda Civic until i read Kia- it looks more like the HondaCivic Mugen RR , minus the 2 extra doors of course

go KIA, nice job

Rebadged Civc coupe?

Audi Coupe/Honda Accord Coupe Ripoff!

Another derivative Kia/Hyundai design. If it makes production, it will be the most attractive product that Kia has offered the market. At least they improved the looks of their odd grille by moving the Kia badge to its appropriate place between the grille’s “lips”. If they keep the price relatively reasonable, then they should attract a lot of 1st time buyers with this one.

i take it back it looks nothing like a stang, it looks more like the civic coupe si with the corporate subaru grill.

nice lookin, good job for kia—-KIA!

Go KIA!! Go HYUNDAII!!

I personally like the design. Yes it has the camaro look in the back end but I like on here better than on the camaro. yes it has the civic look on the front end and headlights but I like it on here better than on the civic. Hopefully *prays* that it stays looking like this then i would have a tough decision to make in the year 2010 with so many great products coming out. All they need to do is tone down the looks a little and keep the engine for crying out loud and its a seller to the new generation of high school teenagers around the world.

Bullseye. Kia nailed this concept. It’s a winner.

I gotta say it’s the best looking Kia yet.

Corvette Butt Ugly.

Someone redesign the rear-ends of these 2 cars.

those headlights were jacked off an acura 100% . That was the first thing that came to mind.

evoking Obiwan Kenobi

“That’s no KIA… It’s a HONDA!!!”

I think it looks really good, it’s pretty close to production trim in the first place. It looks aggressive, but I think without those headlights and tail lights, people would associate this more with Mitsubishi Evo (front grill, headlights). Like I said, we can associate it with a lot of things.

Lots of plastic in the interior though. I fear it’ll be watered down like the Optima pictures posted- I can see the resemblance, and I can see this being based off of it, unfortunately.

I thought this was supposed to be a 3 Door Coupe, like the Tiburon, tC, Eclipse, etc?

If it’s not a 3 door(doesn’t look like it), I won’t waste money.(to me, sedans are ok,if all you haul is groceries)….3 doors or nothing.

Guess this may make life easier for the 3 door Astra, then, if this is trunk,and most want hatches.

This looks far too close to production ready to be dismissed as just another Korean concept headed towards the butcher’s block before production. We know Hyundai/Kia has an American design studio and this has far less of an Asian look about it.

However it is still a Kia, and much like the Genesis Coupe I’m sure HyundaiCo will find a way to dumb it down for the masses.

I agree with those that say civic rippoff… I can see Honda bitchin about this one the way Beamer got pissed with the Chinese X5.

it has a look of its own. it reminds me of an rsx, mixed with a little bit of suzuki, camaro (from the rear) and it looks sweet! i hope that they build it.

This will be introduced as the Spectra Coupe shortly after the recently spied Spectra sedan arrives.

Every rental Kia I had was absolute POS. Auto tranny clinks and clanks worse then my children with my manual transmission (and I have nasty kids in regards to transmission). Don’t care what it looks like if it drives like kakel.

The fact that it may have taillights resembling those of the Camaro means nothing … who’s to say this wasn’t designed before the new Camaro?

The fact that it may have headlights resembling those of Honda/Acura means nothing … the integration of the headlights with the rest of this car works much better than any Honda/Acura.

If this car comes out looking like the pics in the ‘Official images’ section above (barring the interior which displays a Transformers-like dash, although Honda’s is worse), this will be the best-looking, non-luxury coupe on the market. And that engine would be the cherry on top.

BUILD IT AS IS (okay, except for the dash design).

I was hoping for the Pro-C’eed, like they have overseas(3 doors, sporty car).
This is ok, if you like 2 door sedans.

Three Doors or No Purchase.
Why can’t they do this?

At least there’s some hope: by 2010, new 3 door Astra, and Ford Fiesta(don’t care for the name: VERVE was the concept name last year),based on a Mazda2….may not be fast..but fun is ok, so is 3 doors( a sedan And 3 door “coupe” are being highly considered, especially since Jim Press from 30+ years with Toyota, is pushing for the 3 door, and it was highly popular at the autoshow this year).

Asian’s cut back on inexpensive, fwd sporty,, Three(3) door hatches? Fine… there’s hope in the other 2(European designed) cars, 1 from Saturn, one from Ford, then.

the front looks a bit like a newer Honda Civic Type R

Another ****box from the ****box king. Yum.

K cant Kia / Hyundai design a car the DOESNT immitate ANYTHING?!?! this POS looks like a civic from the front….the New Optima looks like an Accord/Camry…

This car will make the Civic look like a pile of horse dung … this will be the best-looking, non-luxury coupe.

Except for the typically huge, obnoxious show-car wheels, I think this is a very nice looking car. It is much like a Civic coupe, but, with much better, cleaner and more defined styling details. Appears to be penned by the same person front to rear as opposed to the mismatched front/middle/rear designs of Civic, Cobalt, Scion TC, and (not very) Focus.
It would be really nice if it came to market as a true hardtop as in the pictures, but, I think the safety zealots will win on that point. Too bad. Look at what happened to both the “hardtop” Challenger and Camaro concepts on their way to production.

The interior is very impressive. But the exterior looks like a concept of a concept. I just hope I won’t be as disappointed as I was with the Genesis coupe. The Genesis coupe looks like garbage compared to its concept.

This car will turn out to be a pile of garbage..

looks like a civc/G37.

gbb: You refer to Kia as the ****box king as if honda doesn’t exist.