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The editors of KiaWorld we have submitted a proposal for a style that have just published on the pages of their site: this is a fairly accurate reconstruction of a forthcoming new car sedan Kia, whose presentation is scheduled for 2010.

The new car model prefigured in these images is provisionally called Kia VG and is an idea-still developing for a three-volume middle class. During the last days of August, the Asian house began testing in the Valley of Death and in South Korea, as witnessed by some spy photos and video that for reasons of priorities we have not published on our pages.

After the first images spread over a month ago, we propose a substantial gallery of the new Kia Forte, average sedan with great targets for the European market, ready to fight against competition thanks to modern lines and especially the relationship envelopes money.

Precisely accessories, standard and payment, make it current and competitive parking sensors, start button with key electronic exchange sequential multimedia system with navigator and the touch screen, i-pod connection, bluetooth and many other gadgets now mandatory for well appear on the market. There are front and side airbags, active head restraints and a system of stability VDC.

What you see portrayed in these photos spy, taken into the American desert, is a muletto of the new luxury saloon signed KIA: Opirus. Despite many rumors that identify as the KIA Hyundai Genesis pull back, it seems that the car will be made on the same platform of the Hyundai Grandeur to front-wheel drive.

From the pictures you can already see some small detail of the new car, as the shape of front headlights, LED lights and discharges grembiulatura integrated into the rear. The car will probably motorized units with V6 “Lambda” Hyundai from 3300 and 3800 cc from 272 and 300cv and a 3000cc diesel engine from 240 hp V6.

The Korean Kia presented the facelift of the Sportage at the London Motor Show, anticipating that the model will be marketed starting from autumn as Model Year 2009.

The maquillage is very marginal: few aesthetic touches, concentrated mainly on groups optical elements on the front and bumpers, front and rear, which are now dyed with the bodywork. In particular have changed the air, with foglights incorporated, and also the radiator grille has been altered almost imperceptible.

A technical level, one novelty in range engines, namely the establishment of a new powerstep for 2.0 CRDi, which, in addition to 140 hp will be declined in a version from 150 hp. Unchanged the range of gasoline, with the 2.0 16V from 141 hp and the 2.7 V6 from 175 hp.

The difficult to draw a line was pleasant and staff met this - albeit with some stylistic reference - the leap forward was almost granted. Starting from the range engines. About Kia World disseminates a first technical sheet of Forte, corpulent sedan with little veiled ambitions.

His yearnings of success traspaiono already the size 4.53 meters long, 1.77 wide. A quasi-weight-maximum, with a significant internal and habitability of a valid range of propellers. Those submitted to debut Korea are at present only two a diesel and petrol, both 1.6.

The new generation of Kia Sorento will be revealed only during 2009, but the Dutch AutoWeek managed to steal the first shots of sport utility stripped from the protective panels that during testing have concealed the appearance.

Well, the sight of these first photos without veils has been left a clear impression hot to our American friends of car scoop in their view, the next Sorenson resembles a little too to another SUV marketed overseas, the Aura MDX (photo below). Objective there is some similarity, at least in global proportions.

The new Sorenson seems anything but ugly in this step of the front, but certainly Peter Schreyer (Head of Kai design and author, remember, much more fresh Soul concept Geneva) is not gone hunting for originality at all costs, preferring to focus on a set a little ‘(too?) compassed.

With the escalation of taxation for means more pollutants, the British branch of the Korean Kia has operated a small but significant intervention to make more attractive its range thanks to the slight reduction of CO2 emissions, some versions of Picanto, Rio , Cee’de pro_Cee’d hour fall in the range below 120 g / km, which means a saving of £ 85 for British buyers.

As engineers worked Koreans? With some simple but effective the Pi canto, for example has been reduced so much that that was sufficient to reach 117 g / km of CO2, while regarding the other three models, the changes have directly affected the engine the 1.5 Rio CRDi of the 1.6 CRDi models of two hours Cee’d emitting 119 g / km of carbon dioxide. Better pay 35 pounds instead of 120, is not it?

Too attractive to be confined in a drawer, so transformed by engaging in the first coupe of Korean home. Kia announced its willingness to transpose the distinctive elements of Koup, original two-door submitted to the last exhibition in New York, in the model is intended to replace the cee’d.

The commercial strategy, however, would be based on double version the first hatchback, addressed mainly to the European market, and probably similar to Forte, ready for launch in the United States then, a few months away, his version sport. This car, in fact, will mark the final leap forward - at least stylistic - Kia anything but glorious Spectra will be replaced - losing his name - from a more youthful and pleasant. If they were also offered 2.0 biturbo from 290 horses present under the bonnet of the prototype…