The Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show (KLIMS) 2010 will be happening next month from 3-12 December, and participants are working hard to ready their display at the Putra World Trade Centre. Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) will have a mixture of concepts and production vehicles at their stand, we have learned. The company has arranged for the ix-Metro concept, Genesis Coupe 2.0T, new Avante and the facelifted Santa Fe SUV with a powerful R-series diesel engine to be on display.
The latter two in that list will be on our roads. The Santa Fe, one of the most underrated SUVs on sale today in my opinion, gets minor aesthetic updates but the big news is in the hood. The seven-seater’s petrol option is no longer the old tech 2.7L V6, but the 2.4-litre Theta II engine as found in the current Sonata and Tucson. The new R-series CRDi engine puts out 442 Nm of torque, a whopping 107 Nm more than the current 2.2-litre although capacity is unchanged. All will be paired to six-speed auto gearboxes. This car should be launched at KLIMS.
As for the new Avante, it won’t be a launch, but a preview of Hyundai’s Civic fighter. Visitors can touch, feel and see the “Wind Craft” design of the new car, then decide if it’s worth the wait. Hyundai tells us that this will be the first time the Avante is put on display in an exhibition outside of Korea. It’s on sale now domestically but global sales will only start in 2011.
No motor show is complete without concepts, even if we cannot expect KLIMS to feature the latest from Geneva, Paris or Tokyo. The ix-Metro made its debut at Frankfurt 2009 as a “Hybrid Electric CUV for the European sub-B segment”. More news coming as it flows our way. Are you looking forward to KLIMS?
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will be there. hope to see many models….with 2 legs
Love the Avante!
Hmm. Which one? The male or the female? Both also got two legs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuHQ2r02db0&feature=related
Yup, cant wait for this car and later the all-new Civic.
Nice looking sporty car!!!
New R diesel engine for Santa Fe? Is it suitable to burn our diesel fuel?
Paul, is the first 2 or 3 days of KLIMS 2010 open to the public? I intend to go on 4 December but I am not sure whether it is opened to the public on that day or it’s only opened to the people in the automotive sector for the first two days. I am looking forward to see the Batmobil, Chevy Camaro Transformers car and many new cars as well as pretty models (girls) there.
Hulay….looking forward to see those 2 model in KLIM….
would be nice if the genesis coupe do come to malaysia. Any possibility?
Unfortunately, there’s no right hand drive version of the Genesis Coupe
for existing cars already in Malaysian market, do you guys think it’s common for these events to have car companies running promotions for their car sales ?
For eg if you run up to a KIA booth at KLIMS , the KIA sales person yells : If you sign up to buy the Forte here and now, you’ll get 5% off …. or you’ll get free DVD player …. etc
seems like hyundai is getting better and better. i believe in future it will become a big brand, at that time toyota can close shop and transform their car to garbage car.
that is some good news, i hope they also bring the new kia k5 , new nissan teana , peageot 407 , sonata engine-turbo , so that we can compare and maybe put it in the buying list for next 2011
nope..i doubt they will “sell” cars on the event..not with the one they had few years back.
What i want is to see concept cars, NOT known cars that we seen on showrooms or in our roads. Or overmodified cars by ahbeng as seen in many local motorshows
Great lineup from Hyundai. Perhaps hope to see FR-86 and some Hybrid concept from Toyota, CRZ from Honda, and hopefully the 6 new models from Lotus and possible new Proton concept car in KLIMS as well.
Good news! We hear that Proton/Lotus will be bringing in some of their Paris show cars (we hear three) to KLIMS!
Looking forward to view the new Avante/Elantra……..i sure attend KLIMS this time…
I’ve been to KLIMS in the past and disappointed to see models on exhibition. This time hope they bring in the 5 new models from Lotus.
well… danny tan said there will be 3.
I wanna see the sesto elemento n not these kimchis .
Then do yourself a favor and stay away from KLIMS. Problem solved, don’t need to see any kimchis.
is it juz me or……jus look at the shape but not the line…i’m seeing vios front shape, perhaps Avante Dugong hahaha~
Nowadays, it’s common for a car with “smiling face”. Looks happier.
can i purchase ticket to KLIMS on the spot with my student card?
cause i can’t purchase student ticket online?
anyone?
Wonder if other car company will announce their display car as Hyundai not… Hope to see more car model and manufacturer list… Anyone know how many company will be in the show? Who are they?
The last KLIM i went was more like a labyrinth. Cars hiding in room with no signage. I totally miss a while exhibit until i saw pic online.
Also the i was totally annoyed with the chick parade. This is a motor show not a cleavage parade. Unless we organiser put some rules down, it’ll end up nothing but a huge car showroom with cleavage to show.
If you’re a guy, then you have a serious problem if you have something against a cleavage parade. If you’re a girl, just take it easy.
The last KLIM i went was more like a labyrinth. Cars hiding in room with no signage. I totally miss a while exhibit until i saw pic online.
Also the i was totally annoyed with the chick parade. This is a motor show not a cleavage parade. Unless we organiser put some rules down, it’ll end up nothing but a huge car showroom with cleavage to show.
this time i don;t think i’ll pay to go KLIM unless its free.
Eeek! more twisted metals
The new R-series CRDi engine puts out 442 Nm of torque, a whopping 107 Nm more than the current 2.2-litre although capacity is unchanged.
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This is great….442nm torque and 12-14km/l FC,…another area where those Korean can kick Japs in the butt is diesel tech, those Japs are waayyy behind compared to Korean….and further looongggg way from the Euro