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Kia previously teased us with it’s 2+2 seater Frankfurt car, and now we get to see it in full light – the Kia Kee concept. The Kia Kee – pronounced “key” – is a 4324mm long 2+2 coupe powered by a next generation 2.7 litre MUE-II V6 engine putting out a sporty 200 horsepower mated to a 6-speed automatic gearbox.
The headlamps use LED clusters, and being a concept car it gets the compulsory large wheels – 20 inch in size. Chief designer Peter Schreyer says the Kia Kee concept is not a mere flight of fancy, but represents an affordable dream for sports car lovers. Get into the interior and you will be greeted by a sports car-like cockpit. The square-bottomed steering wheel has paddle shifts for you to manually select the 6-speed auto’s cogs. Instead of a standard gear shifter, an ergonomically designed lever sits atop the centre console and it is a soft touch shifter, which means you just nudge it forward and backward to select the desired drive mode, similiar to BMW’s new soft shifter.
The Kia Kee uses light-weight aluminium or plastic panels and components wherever possible in order to reduce weight and improve vehicle balance. The Kee concept is currently front-wheel drive, but Kia says the production version could end up as a rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive car.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
Not bad… not great… but not bad… I approve *applause*
Exterior, very nice, interior looks like ordinary family car
Korean try to make Korean Muscle….just like american muscle but slightly small….just look at the design and compare with the american muscle from 60′s
hope it has more driving dynamic and more proper handling than the american muscle
and wow…it offer RWD…proton bila lagi? Just develop a new proton putra with RWD
not bad
A dream for drift fans?
seriously, it looks good. wonder when will proton can produce such car…
the front copy from mazda concept cars .
Looks like it came out of Mattel..lolz!
ok, but I like big rear lights
Dont know why but it makes me think of the 2009 Camaro
Damn! I thought it’ll look beter than this. Remember the A picture showing only the from with those line headlights turned on in the dark? ANyway I didn’t expect it to look like this
its a hotwheels hahahahaha nice but it looks like american muscle car just like nmh said when proton want to make malaysian muscle car
Rear looks unfinished, but front and interior is good! Kia is on a row churning out impressive designs lately!
Kia is coming up with very decent designs lately. I wonder if our own ‘pride and joy’ can come up with stuff like that. hehehe…
oo..dis is wat i saw last weeks kia corner on NST CBT…… i recognize it by the rear windows…
nevermind for a 2.7L churning 200hp! YaWn!
an old 1.6L SR16VE N1 already produce 200 PS (150 kW) @ 7800 rpm and 134 ft.lbf (181 Nm) @ 7600 rpm and lose in torq figure only!
or a turbocharged 2.0L can eat this 2.7L anyway…