Thursday 28 March 2013

Kia finally reveals the CUB Concept at the Seoul Motor Show


While everyone is paying attention to the New York International Auto Show, Kia decided to bring a new concept to the Seoul Motor Show, but at the same time revealed they have no plans to put this compact, "four-door coupe", designed in Seoul, into volume production. 

The four meter long concept with room for four people has "suicide doors" for the rear doors and doesn't have a B-pillar for an easier access to the interior. In the front of the car we find head lamps with two-point LED lights similar to those premiered with the Quoris, 19-inch alloy wheels and a bumper shaped to look like a "cheerful face".

In the rear, the LED treatment continues in the tail lights, while the bumper has a shape similar to the one in the front in order to accentuate the width of the vehicle.

Inside we have four individual seats, creating the sensation of a luxurious interior, that is complemented with the use of black leather with yellow color accents in the seats, steering wheel and door armrests.

The engine in this "four-door coupe", and i used quotation marks because this looks more like a five-door hatchback (read the definition in wikipedia), is the same one used in the pro_cee’d GT and cee’d GT. The 1.6 liter GDI with 204PS (150kW) and 265Nm (196lb/ft).

The CUB has an estimated top speed of 230km/h (143mph) and will take 7.7 seconds to reach 100km/h (62mph) when using the six-speed manual transmission.

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