Mystery Kia hatchback concept ready for Geneva 2013

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Here’s a concept car Kia will be showing at the upcoming Geneva show. We don’t know its name yet, or even the segment it’s intended for, but these high-res official pics give a good view of what we can expect.

“With the company’s signature tiger-nose morphing into a mischievous yet friendly grille and headlight arrangement, coupled with strong styling lines that exude speed and energy from every angle, Kia’s newest concept vehicle is guaranteed to attract attention,” the very short press release reads.

Autocar UK says that this concept could point to a future Nissan Juke rival, and that you can expect the evolved tiger-nose grille to be on future production Kias. Like?

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Comments

  • nice one!

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  • Jimmy on Jan 24, 2013 at 2:00 pm

    Aesthetics artistics ok already thanks to P S.
    Now mechanics & dynamics needed.
    Otherwise cannot talk about sports vehicles.

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  • Black Dog on Jan 24, 2013 at 2:01 pm

    The front looks like the rear of certain cars

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  • Flashback..Kia 10 years ago… it was a joke…! not anymore..

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  • I find that smiling storm trooper front end really hard to like, but first impression overall this is a great looking concept.

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  • looks like proton EMAS front face…..90% alike…

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  • Angry Bird on Jan 25, 2013 at 10:58 am

    rear light cluster reminds me of the porsche panamera concept car with the intergrated spoiler into the lights

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  • isn’t it ironic? Tiger is always been with proton… but still proton could not come out with such a unique design…..

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    • Angry Bird on Jan 25, 2013 at 6:39 pm

      haha like your comment. a country without any tigers decides to use tigers in its design. whereas a country with tigers cannot get a decent designer to do its cars. feels like our cars are designed by a team of marketing rather then automotive designers. ”other ppl have LED running lights! Lets have them too!!” other people got wrap round headlamp and grill! Lets have them too!!”

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