Kia developing XR range of performance vehicles
Autocar managed to get a glimpse of Kia’s high performance label to be called the XR range, in Korea near Kia’s headquarters last week. It’s still a concept though – just a standard Kia Cee’d with an XR bodykit, but Kia says both turbo and supercharged engines are under development for use in the XR range. Check out Autocar’s gallery for photos of the Kia Cee’d they snapped in Korea at the preview.
Kia is addressing the different customer demands of it’s two biggest markets – the American and European markets with this dual performance engine strategy. The supercharged engines would be aimed at the US market, while the turbocharged engines will be aimed at the European market.
Spyshots of the Kia Cee’d XR have previously been spotted. Check out spyshots in the related posts below:
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Kia Cee’d XR
May 23, 2007 @ 4:39 pm
Kia on steroids… hmm.. interesting.
May 23, 2007 @ 4:42 pm
The RED R looks very familiar.
Where have I seen it?
May 23, 2007 @ 4:43 pm
you can see it either in hyundai or honda type R
May 23, 2007 @ 5:44 pm
Paul said : “The turbocharged engines would be aimed at the US market, while the turbocharged engines will be aimed at the European market.”
huh? Do u mean supercharged for the European market?
May 23, 2007 @ 6:02 pm
Supercharge is for US.. But i support supercharge over turbocharge.. more low torque available..
May 23, 2007 @ 7:26 pm
Actually its because of tuning preference in US. Most of their aftermarket tune kit is base on supercharger instead of turbo charger like those in Japan. I hav no idea for Europe tho.
May 23, 2007 @ 7:59 pm
satria gti or neo r3 concept looks in one piece,
this kia rather patchy
May 23, 2007 @ 9:29 pm
I have seen a review of Cee’d in the recent Fifth gear episode. And I can tell you its one good car, loaded with stuff and does not seem kia. more like ford focus. Only I think it will cost around focus money if brought here.
May 24, 2007 @ 8:00 am
Hmm so many automakers have adopted the +’R’ word for performance cars. From Honda to Jaguar… Seems to become a standard for high performance version these days. So seldom to find them using words like GTO, GTi and GTS..
The Cee’d looks nice, but still tame compared to Focus, 207, Megane and C4.
May 24, 2007 @ 2:24 pm
maybe they use R for the racing….
July 11, 2007 @ 12:14 am
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