Kia is taking its own sweet time to make a production car that’s inspired by the 2008 Kee Coupe Concept. It’s believed that the outcome would be a compact, rear-driven, affordable production sports car using recycled platform technology from Hyundai’s Genesis Coupe.
In an exclusive interview with Autocar, Kia design director Peter Schreyer said that while the Kee wasn’t in the European product plan for the next two years, he confirmed that the company is very keen to bring added strength and desirability to the Kia brand with such a car. What would make the Kee more expensive to make is the use of a rear-driven platform however, Schreyer said that Kia will be supporting its adoption.
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