Korean developers "dropped" information that they are going to create Toyota's direct competitor Prius in the hybrid crossover segment. Actually, the work is already underway, there are already prototypes from which the serial model will later be “fashioned”. That's just the name of the developers have not yet decided. Although before the expected start of mass production, they still have plenty of time: somewhere in the middle of 2016 new hybrid crossover kia should go into circulation.

Render prototype of a new Korean SUV

The unnamed hybrid model will be bigger in size. Kia Soulbut up to the impressive dimensions of the recently debuted Kia Sportage she does not hold out. The new hybrid SUV, more precisely, its prototype, is already being tested to the fullest on the roads, which were originally intended for it by its belonging to the class SUV. With its exterior design, the novelty will look a lot like Kia Sportage the last generation, and the interior of the cabin will remind the connoisseur that he has already seen it in the cabin of the Kia Optima, well, maybe not quite that, but it is very similar for sure. On the renderers who made photoshoppers, based on what they saw during the presentation of several prototypes of the new car, this is clearly seen. By the way, the presentation was held in a closed format, so no one of the accredited journalists could be carried away in the beak of a real photo.

Concert Kia Niro

This hybrid model SUV, with a body length of about 4 meters 35 centimeters, is intended primarily for those motorists who were interested in the Japanese model Toyota Prius, but for some reason they are not satisfied with the appearance of the “Japanese”. Priusy, it should be noted, really, look, to put it mildly, an amateur.

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New Korean SUV создается на принципиально другой платформе, под капотом у него поселится бензоэлектрический агрегат, в состав которого входят 1,6-литровый бензомотор и электрический движок. Кроме конкурента Priusу, корейцы собираются разнообразить линейку своих SUV компактным кроссовером Kia, который будет соперничать на авторынке с популярнейшим Nissan Juke. Most likely, this car will be based on concepts Nirowhich was presented to the public a couple of years ago. And meanwhile, we have already started selling restyled Kia cee'd. Basic equipment is available at a price of 740 kilorubles.