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Concept Cars,
Hatchback,
Kia,
Shanghai Motor Show,
Design/Style
The little machine you see above is the
Kia Cub. The Cub first debuted at the
Seoul Motor Show, but this is the first time we've been able to see it in person, so we pointed our camera lenses its way and got to snapping.
According to our men on the show floor, the Cub Concept is "quite good looking," with a squat and funky shape that looks mostly ready for production. With a five-door hatchback shape featuring reverse-opening doors (we'll resist calling them suicide doors... whoops...), this machine doesn't seem to share much design DNA with current Kia products. And that's fine. As much as we like Kia's swoopy line of cars and 'utes, a little shakeup every now and then never hurts.
We're sure the diminutive hatchback would be a fun car to pilot, with 204 horsepower and 195 pound-feet of torque coming from its turbocharged and direct-injected 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine. Kia quotes a 0-62 time of 7.7 seconds and a top speed of 143 miles per hour. Sounds to us like it could be a worthy competitor to such successful sporting hatchbacks as the
Mini Cooper S and
Fiat 500 Abarth.
It's a pity really - we're honestly not holding our breath to get a chance behind the wheel of the little Cub any time soon. That being the case, we suggest you check out our high-res image gallery above, as it may be the closest you'll ever get to seeing it yourself, and you're of course encouraged to read through the press release
below.
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Shanghai: Kia Cub Concept wanders over from Seoul
