Kia Teases A New RWD Luxury Sedan

William Maley
Editor/Reporter - CheersandGears.com
February 13, 2012

No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. That sketch you see is a Kia and it’s teasing a new RWD luxury sedan, a first for the Korean automaker.

Kia released three sketches of their new RWD sedan, codenamed KH. The KH design shares many cues from the midsize Optima and GT concept shown at last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. There’s also a little BMW 7-Series influence in the back end of these sketches.

Rumor has it the the KH will use the Hyundai Genesis platform as a base and come with a range of six and eight cylinder engines, and use a 8-speed automatic or even a new 10-speed automatic transmission.

The KH will be going on sale in South Korea later this year wearing the K9 nameplate. Other markets will follow there after.

Asked if the KH would make it over to the states, a Kia spokesman said,

“Kia Motors America is still evaluating plans for KH in the U.S. market, and there is nothing further to announce at this time.”




Source: Autoweek

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