Too much “stuff” in the grill. The wheels are overkill ugly.

not too shabby for a kia, never thought i would say that.

Awesome, I love it. The koreans are on a roll. Sorry don’t get the above joke, someone please explain.

Why do Kia’s have to look so wierd!

That is one sweet ride.

Styled better than most anything with which it will compete. The other car companies should get a clue … Kia’s got one. Start building cars for which people have passion. Add a warranty to back it up. Totals a winner.

BOBZOOKI, explain what above joke? the fact that this is actually a nice looking kia that has character and class for once, they have come a long way and are making really good looking cars. never thought i would say that either.

Ugly shape, ugly wheels, ugly rubber around the headlights, ugly grill, ugly just about everything.

But I will say this: I never thought Kia would make it this far.

This is a concept….wheels will generally be overkill.

Overall, this is pretty nice looking. Need more pics to be sure, but so far it seems like a little Mercedes-ish front and Audi-ish rear…IMO.

or they could call it the exceed

nothing mercedes about it. yes, this car needs better set of wheels

Where can I get a bottle of that car wax??

^lol

lol piablo

Quite honestly I’m surpised at how attractive is, though I question whether the production model will look as good. It does look a bit like a gussied up Euro Focus. I suspect they used a fabric roof to keep costs down for a production model, and Peter Schreyer is just trying to hide that fact with his “fabric roof renaissance” BS. You can use a fabric roof and say it was for romantic reasons if you’re Rolls-Royce, but not if you’re Kia. Nice try.

Holy smokes! Due to be in production by December!!

Does anyone else see how this totally bites the FORD IOSIS concept ???????
Its funny how a corporation who has an empire of capital to invest in some radical company saving designs, gets beaten to the mark by a quickly-growing but relatively poor Korean automaker

Ford you got owned.

CTS Driver, I posted my comment after Piablos joke about the car wax, but my post now appears ahead of the joke. bugs in the software I guess. Istill don’t get the joke

BAMF - “You can use a fabric roof and say it was for romantic reasons if you’re Rolls-Royce, but not if you’re Kia. Nice try.”

lmao, that’s so true though.

Bobzooki: Yeah, I noticed that too. I think the joke was because of how overly shinny this concept (a lot of concepts) is.

bobzooki the posts are being added in strange places weird huh, i noticed that after i made the post too, but now im am curious about the link to your name, is that you fighting? if so thats pretty darn cool.

what link to my name?

your name is highlited in blue, when i clicked it it led to a ufc style link with a bunch of fighters rolliong around a ring, i just re clicked it and its some #1 bear dude site…..i figured you set it up that way.

I’ve been hacked

LMAO

Back on topic…this thing is great! Not too over the top like some Korean concepts, stole a bit from Iosis/XC60/EuroFocus, and needs new wheels. Aside from that, a good wake-up call to Ford and others who cannot seem to design their way out of a paper bag.

The car has a nice shine to it for being white.

In all seriousness, not a bad little cabrio, even with the diablo-like wheels. I haven’t a clue what kind of engines Kia has out there. So even if it’s a sled, it’s a decent looking sled.

Not sure how we posted in the future…time machiiiine! Probably has something to do with the new daylight savings corrections.

Pretty cool. Better looking and most likely far better built than a VW Eos, probably for about 60% of the price.

Pretty cool car looks like an Opel, i like it!!

“Ricardo”, you’re correct, the Eos is one of the most messed up looking cars on the road today. Add the pitiful mileage and high price. Total’s a failure.

ford already has a folding metal converible in this class based of the focus. and in europe there are a couple more cabrios in this class, the opel astra twintop, VW eos, Peugot 307CC, Megane CC, and higher upmarket the V70 and 3 series convertible. this thing looks kinda nice at first, but then it just seems tarted up.

This is ugly. Please see ceed.

SIDE NOTE: Auotmotive news has been dead the last few weeks. What’s going on?

Ford Iosis/Mondeo anyone?

Regarding the Ford Iosis/Mondeo, if Ford isn’t going to bring a good design to the USA, then by all means I pray KIA does.

I really wonder what goes thru the minds of product planners at some of these companies, but then again I’ve been a part of corporate america for a while, and every year I get more astonished byt the stupidity of upper management decisions.

testing this

Looks like a next gen VW Cabriolet. Either way it’s still a Kia. They are where Hyundai was 10 years ago in my opinion.

HoosierHero, Kia is Hyundai.

The Koreans are also putting the pressure on Detroit. You think of poor farmers and corruption but these people are a helluva lot more advanced than you think.

Peugot rip off
Eos is also a rip off of that

It actually reminds me of a European Ford Focus. Nevertheless, it isn’t a very original design. KIA=BLAND! (not to mention shoddy build quality and terrible customer service). They are trying to be European…but they’re still Kia underneath it all.

… in due time, my friend … in due time.

I think this looks better than the Euro Focus but we have to wait for the real car to arrive to better judge the styling.

test

This is the first Kia that I dont hate. I think it looks pretty sporty. Not bad. I’m sure they’ll mess it up once it gets to production tho.