Kia Motors Europe will exhibit a stylish new concept car at the 85th Salon International de l’Automobile in Geneva on 3 March 2015.
This new D-segment model is the 11th concept car created by Kia’s European design studio in Frankfurt, Germany. With confident, powerful lines which sweep elegantly from Kia’s hallmark ‘tiger-nose’ grille towards the rear of the vehicle, Kia’s new concept car embodies modern design and refined, understated energy.
The concept has been created as a spacious and versatile accessory to an active lifestyle, as a purposeful, energetic design study for the style-conscious, and as a sanctuary from the stresses of the modern world.
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10 commentsThat front grill/headlight design looks nice. I hope the new Optima looks like it. Lower bumper looks similar to spy shots as well.
I'm very surprised about this concept, hopefully the production model of the next-gen will be closer to this, because before that, I was pretty disappointed about the final design of the Optima
I agree. This concept looks a lot mean and sportier. Although I must say, I'm pretty sure this is a hybrid/electric. That Tiger Nose grill has no mesh. It's probably a demonstrator for their new sedan design route and the hybrid system they are developing for future.
Honestly, imo it doesn't look good.
Optima.
It's the Sportswagon. I saw it today, and it looks really stunning...
What an amazing car, thanks for the post!
The front is so beautiful that i want to bite in. At the same time it is a little bit aggressive, which is also very nice. Yesterday a german internet magazine wrote that a caravan version is planned for europe. The realization of it would be great. And in addition with an optimized 1.7 crdi and a 2.0 R diesel engine it would sell like hell in europe. KIA comes like a tsunami.
One of the very few cars in the D segment with an orignal greenhouse. Unlike Altima, Avalon, Passat, Fusion, Buick Verno, Chrysler 200 which all didn't get those type of greenhouses until after the 2011 Sonata came out. Now all of a sudden the haters rather accuse the Genesis of copying yet ignoring it's taking after the Sonata's greenhouse.
Not sure if I agree about the C-pillar similarity between GT concept and the new Maxima. Nissan has gone for the new "floating roof" design that's old (Range Rover), but recently has become popular again (Hyundai i20, Mazda CX3 and Citroen Cactus are three good examples). GT concept is an evolution of Optima with continuous chrome accent all the way from the A-pillar to the back.