Kia: Getting serious, ... or just child's play ?

Beemer B773ER · 12-15-2005, 08:01 PM

Kia Sidewinder Concept

Cars like this one could serve to lift Kia's public persona a couple of notches.

US-based Kia designer, Marc Mainville, has entered his radical design for the Kia Sidewinder concept in the Los Angeles Automotive Show.

The aim of the contest is to find a car that is ideally suited to the sunny Californian lifestyle.

We're not quite sure why the Sidewinder is suited to California, but the two-seat racer comes with impressive credentials nevertheless, powered as it is by a compressed natural gas turbine.

The turbine feeds electricity to a series of in-wheel, high torque, electric motors. Kia chose drift racing as its theme for the show because Los Angeles was the scene of the first officially-sanctioned American drifting event.

Drift racing, as its name suggests, is a popular form of motor racing in the US where two cars race the clock and each other around a tight circuit, with the two rear-wheel drive cars sideways for most of the event.

This environmentallyresponsible lean, mean, thrilling machine has been designed to grab the crowd's attention while carving lines sideways through the race course.

Kia's arch rival Hyundai has lifted its image with the Tiburon sports car but so far Kia lacks a sports machine.

Hmm.. does this mean we have to officially stop mockin Kia and start to take them seriously ?

bum-man · 12-15-2005, 08:02 PM

As far as appearance go it looks rather sweet appart from the dumb looking grill.

audi_rudy · 12-15-2005, 08:12 PM

looks sweet but what engine would it get a kid engine now what a car that would be

Centurion · 12-16-2005, 10:43 AM

Yawn..........Anyone can draw a car using a computer. Show us a real life model instead.

Yannis · 12-16-2005, 12:16 PM

That looks more like a LeMans racer than a regular car.

warot · 12-16-2005, 01:31 PM

Would you pay more than 50 grand for a Kia... no matter how good it is, my answer will be no.

12-15-2005, 08:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Beemer B773ER Advocate Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 924 Thanks: 119 Thanked 237 Times in 108 Posts	Kia: Getting serious, ... or just child's play ? Kia Sidewinder Concept Cars like this one could serve to lift Kia's public persona a couple of notches. US-based Kia designer, Marc Mainville, has entered his radical design for the Kia Sidewinder concept in the Los Angeles Automotive Show. The aim of the contest is to find a car that is ideally suited to the sunny Californian lifestyle. We're not quite sure why the Sidewinder is suited to California, but the two-seat racer comes with impressive credentials nevertheless, powered as it is by a compressed natural gas turbine. The turbine feeds electricity to a series of in-wheel, high torque, electric motors. Kia chose drift racing as its theme for the show because Los Angeles was the scene of the first officially-sanctioned American drifting event. Drift racing, as its name suggests, is a popular form of motor racing in the US where two cars race the clock and each other around a tight circuit, with the two rear-wheel drive cars sideways for most of the event. This environmentallyresponsible lean, mean, thrilling machine has been designed to grab the crowd's attention while carving lines sideways through the race course. Kia's arch rival Hyundai has lifted its image with the Tiburon sports car but so far Kia lacks a sports machine. Hmm.. does this mean we have to officially stop mockin Kia and start to take them seriously ?

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bum-man Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,734 Thanks: 64 Thanked 88 Times in 59 Posts	Re: Kia: Getting serious, ... or just child's play ? As far as appearance go it looks rather sweet appart from the dumb looking grill.

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