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ZionsWrath · 12-20-2013, 09:59 PM

Well now it looks FWD lol

Not used to aerial profiles I guess but the top pic the rear fenders look much more pronounced and overall design much more coupe like. Now it just looks like a meh hatch. If they said it was a redesign veloster I'd have believed it.

campy · 12-20-2013, 10:20 PM

Looks very similar to their parent company's veloster

Exhaust · 12-20-2013, 10:46 PM

I don't understand all the hate KIA has been making some pretty badass cars lately. The optima is phenomenal and the cadenza is a great car! I'm excited!

B L U E S L A T E · 12-20-2013, 10:50 PM

Riding on Veloster chassis?

993Fan · 12-21-2013, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcj

Pic in OP is strangely reminiscent of a Fuller Brush shoe horn.

You do know that all of 17 people will get that reference, right?

ZDan · 12-21-2013, 07:43 AM

If that picture is the same car, we've been had! Seems like they must have taken the shot not from directly overhead, but rather from above the front of the car with a widish-angle lens, giving the appearance of the top view of a car with much more "cab-rearward" proportions. Hope to be wrong, zero interest in the ungainly fwd car pictured...

Shagaliscious · 12-21-2013, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gymratter

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/18/k...easer-detroit/

Please read the article before you go posting false comparisons.

Quote:

The brief press blast, which is posted below, promises that this is a new concept vehicle, so it's unlikely that it has anything to do with the similarly shaped Provo Concept that Kia showed off earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show.

The Veloster look-a-like is the Provo concept.

Trashed675 · 12-21-2013, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatoni

just like japan has stolen styling for the last 50+ years. its what you have to do in order to become relevant.

stop. all this does is create childish internet arguments.

Welcome to the internet

Dimman · 12-21-2013, 05:30 PM

I wonder if I could live with a GenCoupe's handling issues if it were styled like an Optima...

ramiram1984 · 12-21-2013, 08:48 PM

It's a KIA.

serialk11r · 12-22-2013, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dimman

I wonder if I could live with a GenCoupe's handling issues if it were styled like an Optima...

I thought about it, but decided 3300lbs was too much to be lugging around.

daiheadjai · 12-22-2013, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatoni

stop. all this does is create childish internet arguments.

Wait... There's a different kind of internet argument?

Incidentally - they (H&K) need to work on their suspension design.
Apparently the Veloster's rear suspension is terrible, and the GenCoupe really doesn't feel very sharp...

gymratter · 12-26-2013, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shagaliscious

Please read the article before you go posting false comparisons.

The Veloster look-a-like is the Provo concept.

Its the same shape, maybe you need to have your eyes checked.

Also that is what the author believes. I'm pretty sure that author that writes for Autoblog does not work for Kia and is just guessing like everyone else.

I THINK it looks like the Provo concept, that is why I posted what I did. I think it will just be a updated Provo concept with a facelift. Again, thats just what I believe.

I have the right to my own opinion just like everyone here.

gymratter · 12-26-2013, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trashed675

Agreed. Toyota can't even make a decent sportscar without subarus help, don't even get me started on Honda.

Lol than I guess pass models like the Supra, MR-2, Celica GT-4, LFA does not count.

Not to mention upcoming models like the LF-LC and RC-F/GS-F.

12-21-2013, 05:30 PM	#37
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ramiram1984 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: 2016 STi DGM Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1,607 Thanks: 742 Thanked 516 Times in 334 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s)	It's a KIA. __________________ -2014 SSM BRZ MT

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ZionsWrath Thanks Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: BRZ Location: NY Posts: 4,163 Thanks: 5,989 Thanked 3,100 Times in 1,498 Posts Mentioned: 38 Post(s)	Well now it looks FWD lol Not used to aerial profiles I guess but the top pic the rear fenders look much more pronounced and overall design much more coupe like. Now it just looks like a meh hatch. If they said it was a redesign veloster I'd have believed it.

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ZDan Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Drives: '23 BRZ Location: Providence, RI Posts: 4,675 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,012 Times in 2,098 Posts Mentioned: 85 Post(s)	If that picture is the same car, we've been had! Seems like they must have taken the shot not from directly overhead, but rather from above the front of the car with a widish-angle lens, giving the appearance of the top view of a car with much more "cab-rearward" proportions. Hope to be wrong, zero interest in the ungainly fwd car pictured...

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