{"id":71488,"date":"2009-12-08T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/08\/kia-designers-reportedly-still-want-soulster-built-is-there-a\/"},"modified":"2009-12-08T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T22:20:00","slug":"kia-designers-reportedly-still-want-soulster-built-is-there-a-market-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/71488","title":{"rendered":"Kia designers reportedly still want Soul’ster built – is there a market for it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2009 Kia Soul’ster concept – click above for high-res gallery <\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n


\n<\/small><\/strong><\/em> Will they build it or won’t they? That’s the question we’ve all been asking<\/a> since Kia<\/a> showed off its funky Soul’ster concept<\/a> earlier this year at the Detroit Auto Show<\/a>. We’ve been hearing<\/a> rumblings<\/a> that there’s a solid push from inside the Korean automaker’s own ranks to put the little trucklet into production, and it appears that’s still the case.<\/p>\n

Speaking to our friends at PickupTrucks.com at the LA Auto Show<\/a>, Tom Kearns, Kia North America’s Chief Designer, said, “Kia’s internal design community is firmly behind building the Soul’ster. We’d like to see it happen. There’s no official decision to build it but it’s still possible.”<\/p>\n

The base Kia Soul<\/a> starts at $13,995, and though we have no idea what Kia might charge the Soul’ster if it were to make it to U.S. dealerships, the open-bed unibody would likely have its own little niche to itself as it figures to be significantly smaller and cheaper than vehicles like the Honda Ridgeline<\/a>. Would it sell? Let us know what you think in ‘Comments.’<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Kia Soul’ster Concept<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: PickupTrucks.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Kia designers reportedly still want Soul’ster built – is there a market for it?<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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