{"id":76834,"date":"2009-12-11T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T21:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/11\/report-kia-considering-production-kee-to-compete-with-toyobaru\/"},"modified":"2009-12-11T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T21:57:00","slug":"report-kia-considering-production-kee-to-compete-with-toyobaru-coupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/76834","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Kia considering production Kee to compete with Toyobaru coupe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Coupe<\/a>, Budget<\/a>, Performance<\/a>, Kia<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kia Kee Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nIn an interview with the blokes from Autocar<\/em>, Kia<\/a> head designer Peter Schreyer had plenty of interesting things to say about the possibility of a new rear-wheel drive sportscar from the Korean automaker based on the KEE concept<\/a> from the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If it ever sees the light of day, Schreyer sees the coupe as a possible competitor for the Mazda MX-5 Miata<\/a> and the upcoming inexpensive sportscar from Toyota and Subaru<\/a>. Not to mention a possible Nissan 240SX revival<\/a>. Just don’t expect to see such a machine any time soon:<\/p>\n

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Assuming Kia’s European fortunes continue to improve at the rate they are now, we could be ready in, say, five years for a car like Kee… [I]t would be important for the Kee to be rear-wheel drive. And there is, of course, already a rear-driven platform within the Hyundai-Kia group that we could look to use, if our timing was good… Personally, I have to say that I’m very excited by the idea, and very enthusiastic to make it happen.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So, not only may the Genesis platform be expanded to include a top-level Kia sedan<\/a>, it may spawn a small sporty machine as well. According to Schreyer, the production Kee wouldn’t need a ton of power; rather Kia would focus on making the car “compact, affordable and fun.” Sounds good to us – really, can we ever have too much of those three adjectives in the automotive world?<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Kia Kee Coupe Concept<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: Autocar<\/a>]<\/p>\n

REPORT: Kia considering production Kee to compete with Toyobaru coupe<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Coupe, Budget, Performance, Kia Kia Kee Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery In an interview with the blokes from Autocar, Kia head designer Peter Schreyer had plenty of interesting things to say about the possibility of a new rear-wheel drive sportscar from the Korean automaker based on the KEE concept from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}