That's more like it. Muscular fenders like a German Touring Car, low ground effects, nice sized wheels, reasonable lights...

 

looks like a baby 5-Series hatchback! (esp from the lights)

 

I wanna know the stats of the convert if it was 300hp or something crazy wow!

 

LOL, Kia could design a way to turn straw into gold and I wouldn't buy it. Any of you wonder WHY there is a 10/100 warranty? (and btw, that is only powertrain) It's because they are a pos! Kia is the worst car manufacturer I've ever had the displeasure of selling. Yes, I work at a Nissan/Kia/VW dealership. Kia quite frankly sux! They should go into the business of headhunting for car R&D because the ONLY thing they have going for them is a few nice model designs. As for the poster who said they'd buy it if it were under $20k.....good luck. The Optima is usually over $25k. I'd venture to say it'll be over $30k. Also, concerning the warranty; Have you seen the prices of extended warranties on Kias? They are 2x more than the warranty on the S2000 and the Honda is a much higher performance vehicle with many more parts that could potentially fail. Kia is literally BUYING their way into the car market. If we sell say 60 kias, Kia gives us $100k bonus. So we sell them for below invoice just to get to the quota. How stupid is that?? What does that say about your product? Please adhere to an old saying: If it sounds too good to be true, THEN IT IS!

just my 2c

 

The front windshield is far too steeply raked for a production car, I suspect. Presumably the production version would be more upright, which I think will force the rear beltline to drop. And behold, you get the Kia version of the Lexus SC430.

 

it'll be interesting to see what the production model will end up looking like.