Kida Stinger Couple due out 2018? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

RichardsFRS · 05-29-2016, 09:41 PM

Read about this today, don't know much about it but it looks pretty sweet and rolls over 300hp

http://www.kia.com/eu/future/gt4_stinger/

Kia not Kida...doh

RichardsFRS · 05-29-2016, 09:46 PM

Heres another article pointed right at us
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...ighter-feature

ls1ac · 05-29-2016, 10:02 PM

I would love to see this come true as I think it would force ours to get a turbo from the factory

daiheadjai · 05-29-2016, 10:07 PM

IIRC, this was vaporware as of 2013-2014....
Pretty much, the moment the Twins' lost their sales momentum (i.e. once the limited niche of buyers looking for low-powered, lightweight sports cars all got theirs), everybody who talked game about following (Chevy 130R, Kia Stinger, Nissan 510 come to mind) all lost their nerve and bailed.

Tcoat · 05-29-2016, 10:33 PM

If made would buy. This is the Kia site but that is a very old article. They may have reissued it but it says nothing different than it did 2 years ago.

This did make me actually chuckle out loud though - "an aggressive side profile in homage to the iconic Kia Soul"

guybo · 05-29-2016, 10:35 PM

Yeah, this one looks great on paper, buut it is not going to happen. Considering how Hyundai killed the Gen Coupe 2.0T, the GT4 Stinger would be a perfect fit into that niche, but Kia decided to nix the Stinger.

It probably would have been fast, but cheap like the Gen Coupe anyway. Hyundai cut some corners to make that car fast and cheap (tranny, brakes) and I'm sure Kia would go down the same route. I loved my Gen, but going over to the 86 now, I see the vast difference in quality and I love it. I'm sure the Kia would be more similar to that Gen than the twins.

Atropine · 05-29-2016, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If made would buy. This is the Kia site but that is a very old article. They may have reissued it but it says nothing different than it did 2 years ago.

This did make me actually chuckle out loud though - "an aggressive side profile in homage to the iconic Kia Soul"

You keep using that word...I do not think it means what you think it means...

Talus1 · 05-30-2016, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atropine

You keep using that word...I do not think it means what you think it means...

Oh, I think @Tcoat gets it just fine.

I saw the Stinger at NAIAS in 2013 and Toronto in 2014. It looked really good. Too good to be real. Eh, if they actually made it, it would probably drive like a Rio.

gramicci101 · 05-30-2016, 08:33 PM

I feel like this would end up like the Hyundai Veloster. Great in concept, but numb and dull in execution.

ZionsWrath · 05-30-2016, 08:43 PM

Hyundai will learn one day. Turbo/coupe/brembos/six speed/RWD does not automatically make a great car.

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RichardsFRS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Drives: 2013 Pearl White 6MT Location: Gainesville Ga Posts: 938 Thanks: 5 Thanked 356 Times in 246 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Heres another article pointed right at us http://www.caranddriver.com/features...ighter-feature __________________ Back from bancation in Banopolis where I laid on the beach with a beer between my legs. I at night and ate at sun rise

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Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,841 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,294 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2499 Post(s) Tagged: 50 Thread(s)	If made would buy. This is the Kia site but that is a very old article. They may have reissued it but it says nothing different than it did 2 years ago. This did make me actually chuckle out loud though - "an aggressive side profile in homage to the iconic Kia Soul" __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.

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