2013 Kia Pro_Cee'd GT shows its rear

When the Kia Pro_Cee'd GT was revealed the Korean brand forgot to show how the car looked from behind, indicating there could be something very wrong with it. To calm these rumors a few new images appeared online revealing that specific part of the sporty three-door hatchback.

And there isn't anything surprising in the rear. It has a bumper similar to the one in the front with dual-exhaust pipes. The engine is a new turbocharged 1.6 liter GDI gasoline engine with 204hp and 265Nm (198lb/ft) connected to a manual six-speed transmission. It will accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 7.9 seconds, while the top speed is not known yet it is expected to be above 200km/h (124mph).

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Official: Kia Pro_Cee'd GT and Cee'd GT - New images!

Two days ago you saw here the first two images of the upcoming Pro_Cee'd GT and today Kia decided to reveal a little more about "the brand’s most performance-focused production car ever", including more images, a few technical details and the confirmation of the 3 and 5 door versions.

The car was designed in Europe under the direction of President and Chief Design Officer, Peter Schreyer, and will be manufactured at Kia’s Zilina plant in Slovakia starting from mid-May, with sales starting from June/July.

Strangely Kia has not revealed any images of the rear but confirmed the car has dual-exhaust pipes, besides the obvious larger 18 inch wheels, Recaro seats, four Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) LEDs in each side and red brake caliper.

The engine, like we reported earlier, is a new turbocharged 1.6liter GDI gasoline engine with 204hp and 265Nm (198lb/ft) connected to a manual six-speed transmission. Those figures are more than enough to accelerate the car from 0 to 100 km/h in 7.9 seconds.

Public presentation will happen at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show on 5 March.

Source: Kia

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Kia Pro_Cee'd GT revelead ahead of the Geneva Motor Show

That is right, what you have here are the first two images of the upcoming Kia Pro_Cee'd GT revealed well ahead of the Geneva Motor Show in a Russian website, and the car looks great with an aggressive front that i am sure will be a hard rival to the Golf GTI.

The new front bumper includes four Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) LEDs in each side giving it a more distinct aspect. It also has a honeycomb grille, larger 18inch wheels allowing the new and also bigger red brake calipers to be seen, a lowered suspension, and a small rear spoiler.

Nothing is confirmed but it is expected that the engine used in this GT version of the Pro_Cee'd is the same one used in the Veloster which is the 1.6liter turbo with direct injection and over 200hp mated to a manual six-speed gearbox.

Source: autowp1 and autowp2

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2013 Kia Pro Cee'd GT gets another teaser

 

This time we get to see the front and the back of the car in some sort of hand-drawn image, but we also get some fresh informations about technical details of this new version.

The engine will be the 1.6liter T-GDi with 204hp and 265Nm, connected to a manual gearbox, and will do 0 to 100km/h (0 to 62mph) in 7,9 seconds. It will have 225/40 R18 tyres, brakes discs with the sizes 300x28mm in the front and 262x10mm in the back, Recaro sport seats, aluminum pedals, new bumpers and grille, plus many other changes.

It will be available in the first half of 2013 in both 3 and 5 door variants.

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