Kia cee’d to debut at the 2006 Paris Motor Show
I posted about the Kia ED previously, which was also shown as the cee’d concept at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year. Kia has announced that the production car based on the same concepts will also be called the Kia cee’d, pronounced “seed”. The car will go on sale in the European market in December 2006 and will be Kia’s latest contender in the European C-segment.
The Kia cee’d was conceived in Europe, is made in Kia’s European Slovakia facility and will be sold exclusively in Europe. The “CE” in cee’d symbolizes the European community, while the “ED” indicates it is an European Design. cee’d, pronounced as seed, represents Kia’s seed for growth in European sales beginning from the introduction of this car.
More photos after the jump, and for more detials on the car check out the related posts.
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Kia ED exclusively for Europe
August 14, 2006 @ 7:23 pm
quite a nice car… an the name sounds ok too! CE+ED = so much better than ED!
August 14, 2006 @ 7:28 pm
yeah, most men wouldn’t want to be associated with ED!
August 14, 2006 @ 8:02 pm
look like neo from behind
August 14, 2006 @ 8:36 pm
looks better than the Rio… n nice simple dashboard there…
August 14, 2006 @ 8:53 pm
Farina, I think if Proton made the Neo as a 5-door hatch, it might definitely resemble something like this too.
Why Kia just want to sell it in Europe? It’s a good looking car. Somehow, it still has the Korean feelings in the overall design despite the “European Design” especially from the rear-side view. Perhaps they should redesign the rear. It looks so cheap! Did I see the new Kia Rio’s back? Maybe it’s just me.
August 14, 2006 @ 8:54 pm
da white colour seats feel luxury .
August 14, 2006 @ 10:14 pm
Sporty design, how Savvy want to fight with this kind of car in UK? Plus Clio II, Daihatsu Sirion (MyVi), etc, etc, …….
August 14, 2006 @ 10:36 pm
looks slightly like the current Rio
August 15, 2006 @ 12:47 am
Yeah, I also agree it looked slightly like the current Rio.
August 15, 2006 @ 2:52 am
This is actually really nice. The interior looks very inviting and comfortable. Way to go Kia, European designs rock. If I am not mistaken, Kia recently acquired a famous European designer for their cars. Can’t seem to place his name.
August 15, 2006 @ 8:37 am
I would say the design is really neat. The curves is smooth and continuous, making it very sporty.
August 15, 2006 @ 9:06 am
can actually pass of as a toyota … reminds me of toyota verso, take a look:
at “http://www.toyota.co.uk”
August 15, 2006 @ 10:42 am
Damn Koreans.
August 15, 2006 @ 12:22 pm
still the same comment… looks like Kia is discriminating the asian auto industry… ridculous move to give euro fellows an exclusive car…
August 16, 2006 @ 3:13 am
dont worry, they come out with a similar one for asian market if its successful. they just want to give some exclusivity to get people to buy it. though kia itself is pretty exclusive already. cheap and nasty. and not cheerful.
August 18, 2006 @ 9:49 pm
Imagine going to a pub in Leeds and telling your mates: : ” I drive a Ceed” ….
August 22, 2006 @ 3:32 pm
“cbljkkj said,
August 15, 2006 @ 2:52 am
This is actually really nice. The interior looks very inviting and comfortable. Way to go Kia, European designs rock. If I am not mistaken, Kia recently acquired a famous European designer for their cars. Can’t seem to place his name.”
is it pininfarina?
September 15, 2006 @ 4:54 am
[...] The Hyundai Arnejs Concept is designed at Hyundai’s European Research and Design centre in Rüsselsheim, Germany and takes certain design cues from it’s previous concept car, the Hyundai Genus Concept. The production version will likely share similiar parts or even the whole platform with the recently announced Kia cee’d, which will also make it’s debut at the 2006 Paris Motor Show. [...]
September 19, 2006 @ 7:58 pm
[...] We’ve seen the Kia cee’d five-door hatchback, Kia’s C-segment competitor for the European market. Kia announced that soon after the 5-door hatch is launched, a station wagon version as well as a sporty 3-door version will be launched. This is the Kia pro_cee’d hatchback, to be shown at the Paris Motor Show later this month alongside it’s production 5-door cee’d brother. [...]
September 21, 2006 @ 5:19 pm
NAZA one day will assemble their version hopefully….
September 23, 2006 @ 4:04 am
[...] This is the third in the line of the new Kia cee’d based C-segment vehicles that Kia has in store for the European market. Following the 5-door hatch and the 3-door hatch variants, Kia will also introduce the 5-door Kia cee’d Sport Wagon at the 2006 Paris Motor Show later this month. [...]
October 7, 2006 @ 9:26 pm
[...] Here are some live shots of Kia’s sporty 3-door hatch, the Kia pro_cee’d, based on it’s new range of cee’d European cars. More photos after the jump, with enlarged versions as usual. If you want more details on the Kia pro_cee’d, refer to this post. [...]
February 28, 2007 @ 9:24 am
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OtakOtak said,
August 14, 2006 @ 10:14 pm
Sporty design, how Savvy want to fight with this kind of car in UK? Plus Clio II, Daihatsu Sirion (MyVi), etc, etc, ……./
Only shallow people post this kind of dumb comments