These are the initial batch of 3 images of the new Kia large sedan codenamed “VG”, which will replace the Opirus/Amanti. I’ve actually seen the Amanti around KL before, probably driven by some Korean expatriates. It’s somewhat like Kia’s take on the now discontinued Jaguar S-Type, meant to look large and stately. Before you argue that these kind of cars don’t fit well in Kia’s image, they are all over the roads in South Korea. The people there tend to buy Korean cars exclusively from the low end to the higher ends of the model segments.
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.
look like Audi A6 from side angle and rim like Honda civic 2.0
This baby look fierce !
wow
looks like new benz c-class to me, side profile esp
Audi wannabe
tu lampu belakang audi q5?
wish it will be here, proton wake up la.
more great design from the constantly improving kia……by the way, when will the forte reach here?
audi wannabe too!..
it's kia btw.. always lacks of support in malaysia and…expensive parts and….
very low resale value.
Love the front look!!!…some kind of "x" theme …cool
I thought it was the VW Passat just by looking at the image
pat said,
July 30, 2009 @ 4:34 pm
wish it will be here, proton wake up la
you should wake up bro..
i more feel like camry front and audi back.. haha
IF only the Upcoming Perdana will look sumthing like this…(huh In my dream!) ;(
US cars are getting smaller ( to be fuel efficient) and Asian ones are getting
larger !!! Crazy
wow…looks beautiful and intimidating, at the same time. Nice!
ya..proton wake up la!!!!
P1 is dying, it'll never wake up anymore!
Sad…
Sad?!
Hooray!
front like camry@lexus ..back like audi a4@a5..
Proton do something lar….Look at KIA.Hope something new for incoming WAJA
New Wajalution = Mitsubishi Lancer
dont want 2 buy P1 & P2
u make your own product "P3" perhaps
or u go & buy other product..
shit la..u all comment about P1 & P2
P1_P2_Are_Shit said,
July 30, 2009 @ 6:24 pm
P1 is dying, it’ll never wake up anymore!
Sad…
Sad?!
Hooray!
**LOL..hope u die in car accident & i'm not sad at all..hooray!!
turboKEV said,
July 30, 2009 @ 5:57 pm
ya..proton wake up la!!!!
**Then u go to sleep..RIP ^_^
the design look good to me. aesthetically pleasing to the eye… not too bold.. I think kia really push their design department and it seems that they are in a correct path
nice design…hopefully
affordable
Looks Like
Audi?
Camry?
Benzzz?
yea yea!!
The best is PROTON
Looks Like SHIT
woo..bash more..bash more…tank god i tot no wan to bashing proton n gov…..thats malaysian maa….no one want to include tax, p.window, engine, malaysia, tun mahatir, ap etc so much maa…..bash la some more bash..hooray
hahahaha…,hehehe..hohohoho
my no cent
is true what, proton should wake up and shake up, current ceo still sleeping, nothing is done after mahaleel is out, copy or jv with any other carmaker also so slow, apala malaysia boleh?? kaaaaaaaa
superb, u also better wake up la or join proton…or maybe u are proton worker hahahaha. to survive, proton must do something…and fast come out with more new nice models, be it look like audi, kia. mercs…with all the government also cant do, apa laaaaaa
definatly c-class side profile….not original
the lights look like they belong on the audi. however instead of led, it seems to be a tube with halogen gas withnin.
interesting take on daytime running lights.
My gosh.. Audi back design 80%
haha, look like Civic la look like Audi la, mercs la bla bla bla, its a damn car, how design also sure will look like some other design wan la, tiu … wht kinda comment are u all giving. But at least the "first !! wee !! im a kid" comment are missing from this thread.
Okay my comment about this car, NICE !! Kia really improving. Hah see ? nice constructive comment.
thumbs up! KIA has shown its capability in car design. eventhough tail lamp looks like audi a5 sportback, but front looks futuristic. wonder what price tag is this babe!
Its just a CGI rendering of a model, which likely to be toned down for production.
I'm eager to look at the real production ready version of the car.
Well Paul,
U r rite, korean loves their country very much… they buy everything koreans made, from top to toe … that's why they have virtually everything…
Well fellow Malaysians…. lets buy our products as well, but on the other end P1 and P2 needs to improve as well.
I bet Malaysian will buy Malaysian product if the quality is as same as international standards… such as better equipment level etc…
I know the more features u put in the car the more expensive it becomes, but please remember if every feature is compulsory for each car produce the lower the part price is due to ammortization leverage factor.
So P1 and P2 pls stop producing suicidal cars e.g. bare cars… equipped all cars with ABS, EBD and Air bag.
And the RTD must enforce all cars coming to Malaysia in 2011 must have ABS, EBD and airbag.
It doesnt make sense one car fully equipped with everything being hit by bare car from behind simply because of slippery road condition. It still doesnt bring down the accident statistic.
Drooool…….
I feel KIA is totally out of our league already if not surely better design than european marquees and even the rising sun.
Don't compare man this to honda ,mercedes , toyota and etc, definitely this car wins in the looks department. ENuff said.
I am also curious as how the real production model would look like. Just when I thought the designs ala current camry and accord has already reached the new sedan design threshold, KIA comes up with theirs that totally beats their jap counterparts out of the water.
salute to the korean!!
what a beautiful piece of work!!
P shld at least learn how to be as ambitious as the korean
i thought it was a merc seeing the 1st pic
my 97 kia sportage is a piece of shit, but im liking this
Sigh.. i'm tired of ppl condemning proton in every other blardy post..!
hello ppl, this post about kia.. let's just talk abt kia.. can we ?.. or if you want to compare, compare with something that is equivalent of this particular car segment.
Proton DOES NOT make cars of this segment. PERIOD.
Back to this, i see too much of Audi-ness in this car.. but it looks really good, bold and masculine.. perhaps something that's required in this segment for it to sell i guess
audi bac light