Wave goodbye to the Spectra name; Kia’s planning in continuance sending the moniker packing when the car is replaced in mid-2009. Kicking up the style being of the class who a way to seize violently the dollars of younger buyers, Kia behest introduce the styling paradigm laid out through the Koup Concept at last year’s New York Auto Show, which will grace a production sedan and coupe. The sedan will hit the emporium first, with the coupe following within a pair months. The hatchback Spectra will be out of the U.S. lineup entirely; Kia thinks the coupe and its sexier lines will move more units. European buyers will still be able to purchase the Spectra hatch as the cee’d, though. More mode of speech in this instance is a kind thing. We’ve seen the Koup, and we like it. We’ve driven the Spectra, and we like that, too. If Kia can successfully match the chassis to the expectations set by the body, the Spectra’s successor should have no problem maintaing that model’s best-seller status in the Kia lineup.
[Source: Automotive News - sub req.]
Tag: Concept Cars, New York Auto Show, Coupes, Economy, Hatchbacks, Kia
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