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Kia has cast aside its Hat Of Reasonableness and has donned the Hat Of Shouty Concept That Might Never Get Made: this is the GT concept.
A four-door, rear-wheel-drive sports saloon with suicide doors and a 390bhp 3.3-litre turbocharged V6 isn't normally on Kia's menu, but hey, it's a motor show. Let's wear our Hat Of Hope.
See more pics of the Kia GT concept car
The GT apparently signals the company's new design direction, and was inspired by "the iconic 1970s GT cars, capable of whisking passengers from Paris to the South of France in effortless style and at high speed." You can almost smell the Brut through the screen.
The design team wanted to ensure this concept doesn't get mistaken for anything other than a RWD car, and so extended the bonnet and gave it ‘powerful rear shoulders'. There's also copper detailing in parts, such as the brake callipers, while inside you're treated to single-piece seats and a ‘driver-centric' layout with a glass instrument panel and fingertip controls on the three-spoke steering wheel.
"It would be a dream to put this into production" says Peter Schreyer, Kia design chief. "It's exactly the kind of car Kia should be making."
Interesting statement. Do you agree?
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LuffyO commented on this article
at 05:57 pm on 13 September 2011
When're people gonna stop saying first comment? I reckon you guys at TopGear should delete them cause of spam. Anyway, it's cool to see family brands making attempts at building some sports cars.
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Online26 commented on this article
at 06:24 pm on 13 September 2011
Clearly copying Aston Martin One-77. But if they used one-77 as an inspiration then this isn't bad for a family car.
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mistersafeway commented on this article
at 06:27 pm on 13 September 2011
How are we supposed to know people are morons if we stop them saying "first" all the time?
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Enzo3185 commented on this article
at 06:49 pm on 13 September 2011
Very cool car, it looks amazing!!
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at 07:33 pm on 13 September 2011
wow that car is amazing hope they manufacture it and don't change too much. Kia could take out Honda if they keep coming out with great looking cars like this
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