Alors que Kia dévoilait la nouvelle génération de la Kia K5 (également appelée Optima) au Seoul AutoShow, le constructeur présentait également le concept-car Kia Novo. Cette berline de taille moyenne annonce le style futur des compactes de Kia.
Tirant son nom du latin ‘novatus’ (signifiant renouvelé ou rafraîchi), le concept-car Kia Novo cible les citadins modernes aux emplois stressants et aux horaires frénétiques. Interprété par les designers de Kia, le nom ‘Novo’ représente le concept de création de quelque chose de nouveau et de frais.
Le Novo établit un environnement calme et concentré dans lequel les conducteurs peuvent se ressourcer et se revitaliser en passant d’un engagement de vie à l’autre.
La carrosserie aux plis marqués du Novo confère à la voiture une apparence propre et moderne vue de côté, avec des lignes fortes sur les portières, les bas de caisse et les ouïes d’aile en aluminium. Les portes antagonistes complètent la silhouette frappante de la voiture, avec de minces poignées de porte centrales escamotables alignées avec les rétroviseurs de porte en aluminium finement sculptés.
Le Novo est propulsé par le dernier groupe motopropulseur Kia de haute technologie pour correspondre à son look dynamique. Un moteur essence 1,6 litre turbo à injection directe ‘Kappa’ (T-GDI) a été associé à la boîte DCT à sept rapports de la marque pour entraîner les roues avant. Le résultat est une performance décisive et sportive et une économie de carburant impressionnante pour la dernière star des salons de Kia.
Aujourd'hui, nous souhaitons partager avec vous cette vidéo du Kia Novo que vous pouvez voir de plus près grâce à notre blogueur coréen & ami TNKfree.
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7 commentairesLooks a bit,like the Kia GT sedan.
be next kia optima model
I meant that for the time of 2004/05 these Rio and Cerato hatchback designs were good. Just imagine these designs to be developed further to 2014/15. Then we would definitely have better designs than the new Optima or the KX3 or something like that.And as you said the rio was a copy of other cars then please look to the new Ford models. They all look like KIA fronts. I hold on my opinion: The Kia Rio hatchback was the first nice model that showed KIAs design mentality. Ok it was thin and it had hard plastic inside but for the time of 2005 it was a very good design especially the front compared with the new KIA fronts. Just look to the new ceeds vengas rios and especially new carens front (the rest areas and the new interiors are well made). I can live with the strange grills but the headlights are all overstretched designed that is leading to an unserious front. But hopefully the NOVO front is the complete opposite of them. It makes me still believe in KIA. KIA must apply the Novo front ,especially the headlights, more or less to all new KIA models. And if Peter Schreyer has designed the new NOVO front then I dont understand how he could design the new Optima (within short time distance) which is the complete opposite of the NOVO design. The new Optima is rather a Hyundai or a japanese car but definitely not a KIA mentality designed car. The NOVO combined with the current KIA rear design (except for the new Optimas rear) must be the leading design for all upcoming KIA models. The new model Ceed and Carens must be stretched to 4,70 to 4,75 meters to close KIAs lenght gap plus all new KIA models must get nice and serios fronts like the NOVO with its nice headlights.
I'm agree with you Jimbo, since Schreyer arrived to Kia, Kia cars are recognizable, and that's the important thing for a brand. Anyway, comparted with 2004-2005 Cerato or Rio design, it impossible to compare those cars with the currently and so beautiful Rio and cee'd.
The rear end could be more massive. Its looks like a broken thin german car rear end. But the rest is awesome. Finally a serious design and not such ridiculous designs made in sticky old european centers by now. The end of nice KIA design ended as Peter Schreyer took the pen into his hands because if you look to the Rio JB built from 2005 on , it was a very nice design without european influence. The same with the cerato hatchback from 2004 on. These designs were neither far east looking nor too much ugly european looking. They were the golden middle KIA beauty design.Then came Peter Schreyer and destroyed the design of KIA with ridiculous exterior design. If it wasnt for him and further european evil influence KIA had already introduced the NOVO design from Namyang in 2010 and thus wouldt have the current design crisis as you can see on the new Optima, which has a far east ugly design made by an european of all people. Isnt that strange? Do some people have the intention to damage KIA? And how can come such a amazing NOVO design immadiately from Namyang which is the complete opposite of Peter Schreyer ugly design?
Schreyer designed the Novo.
You can't possibly be serious. You're the only person I've seen that prefers the old copycats of ugly generic late 90's cars. EVERYONE hated KIA then and for the right reasons. They made ugly, generic, unreliable garbage for the target market that couldn't afford a better car. KIA owes all its new momentum to Schreyer. All of it.