This is the Kia Niro Concept, a crossover style B-segment showcar that the Korean brand will be bringing to Frankfurt next month. The Niro was designed at Kia’s Frankfurt design studio – less than a kilometre away from the IAA show – under the direction of Gregory Guillaume, Chief Designer Europe.
To be used to gauge potential customer response for future showroom models, the Niro hints at a possible future B-segment contender “ready to take on the urban environment with style and tenacity”. The showcar will also preview an innovative new powertrain, according to Kia.
Born out of Kia’s determination to seek new compact-car options for the individualistic and demanding driver for whom size is an issue, Niro features elements not always associated with smaller cars. The fast growing brand says that the Niro has been created in Europe with European tastes and expectations in mind.
A compact, cut-price Range Rover Evoque anyone?
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No offense but i wish Proton will design something like this. At least it has a good look even it has a crappy quality.
No offense but boleh mimpi lah Proton!
Its entirely possible if they outsource their car design to European car designers. Kia and Hyundai had lousy car designs until they started hiring and outsourcing to world class designers.
I am not sure why Proton does not do it, but maybe its politics where they must have a Malaysian to head their design team. While Proton is improving in their designs, competitors have moved much further ahead.
hav u ever heard that preve are designed by Italdesign giugiaro..
hav u ever heard that the Proton design concept by Italdesign giugiaro deemed to expensive to produced by Kroni vendors…
Look at Lotus car, can’t Proton just told one of the British designer to design a car for Proton? And British designer are the best in the world. Proton just hire some third rate designer to do because no matter how bad the car is, it will eventually sell because we forced to buy it anyway.
Have U heard that the Sesto Elemento Lamborghini model was developed base on a concept penned by one of Proton’s Designer?….
Exactly!! I don’t understand how proton as the parent company of lotus CANNOT simply use the lotus designers. Maybe as someone said in the comments, it might be politics/ego but at the end, they’re just turning out crappy car designs compared to their competitors
This will fly if it goes through, especially if its hybrid. Kia is listening to customers.
another great job from the Koreans :) Seems like a next gen Kia Rio ‘Crossover’ with AWD. Very nice indeed. And hey who said Kia can’t come up with great designs without Peter Scheyer? This Mr Gregory Guillaume can pull an equally great job too.
Of cos, things eg gullwing doors and that unpractical seats that merge into the central console will not make it to production.
Except the brand, I can’t see any Korean here. You mean German?
Kia is one of those brands, like Ford who have really turned around. Even Hyundai is not up to Kia’s level, though they are in the same company.
But I don’t think it is in the same size category as the Evoque. Evoque is more of a C segment, like a Focus size.
Its quite obvious it will be based on the next gen Rio. Notice those toggle switches in front of the integrated SatNav, trip computer screen? The current Rio already spots such styling cues. The size looks ike a Rio too
Hyundai and Kia is essential the same devil in diguise.
Rising star, good job – KIA.
I would not even give a trade in value for this rotten cabbage.
If i do, I will be more hailat that the original buyer
no offense but i think if the front lamps get closer to the grill which is like how k5 does, it would be a lot better