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Kia's promised "four-door coupe" Cub concept… isn't

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By Zach Bowman

Kia Cub Concept - front three-quarter studio view

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Kia appears to have pulled a quick one on the world with its Cub Concept. As it turns out, the machine isn’t the four-door coupe they promised at all. Instead, the little showcar is a five-door hatch with suicide rear doors. That’s certainly fine by our reckoning, but it isn’t quite what we were expecting to see on display at the Seoul Motor Show. The concept was penned at the company’s design studio in Seoul with direction from Peter Schreyer, and it gets its thrust from a 204-horsepower, 1.6-liter direct-injection four-cylinder engine. With 195 pound-feet of torque on hand, we suspect the Cub would have little trouble hustling down the road.

Indoors, the Cub serves up black leather seats with yellow accents as well as a new Driving Information System that uses a gesture camera to control various operations. Right now, there are apparently no plans to put the Cub into production anywhere in the world, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see some of the hatchback’s elements make their way to the show room floor.

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Geneva: Kia Cee'd GT and Pro_cee'd GT are Korean for "hot hatch" [w/video]

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By Zach Bowman

2013 Kia Pro_cee'd GT - Front three-quarter view, Geneva Motor Show premiere

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Kia has pulled back the curtain on its sportiest offerings to date at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The Cee’d GT and Pro_cee’d GT benefit from a direct-injection, turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine good for 204 horsepower and 195 pound-feet of torque. Those numbers are up 51 percent and 61 percent over the models’ base engine, respectively. A six-speed manual transmission puts power to the front wheels, and Kia says the hatches can spring to 60 mph in 7.7 seconds. Top speed for both sits at 143 miles per hour. Penned by design guru Peter Schreyer, the cars wear tweaked front fascias complete with new grilles, headlamps and fog lamps.

Out back, dual-exit exhaust separate GT models from their common kin, and 18-inch alloy wheels are standard equipment. Indoors, buyers can expect to find a set of Recaro sport buckets and a specially designed TFT instrument cluster. Take a peek at a brief video of the Pro_cee’d GT and the official press release below.

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Kia President Peter Schreyer to Oversee Global Design for Kia and Hyundai

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By Jens Meiners

Less than two weeks after Peter Schreyer’s promotion to president at Kia Motors—one of three president-level executives—he has climbed another step up the corporate ladder. Schreyer now adds the title of president at the Hyundai Motor Group and will oversee the global design strategy for both Hyundai and Kia brands.

Schreyer has transformed the image of Kia through his design leadership and a number of clever hires; some would argue that Kia has surpassed its big brother, Hyundai, in terms of image and design. It appeared as if an internal competition would unfold between the two brands; this amicable competition now can take place under Schreyer’s supervision.

The 59-year-old Bavarian, who was educated in Munich and at the Royal College of Art in London, was a long-time Volkswagen and Audi designer before he moved to Kia in 2006. His switch happened following a power struggle with former VW chief designer Murat Günak, who has since left the company. One of Schreyer’s great designs was the Audi A1X, an internal study that morphed into the 1996 Volkswagen Passat.

At Kia, Schreyer was given carte blanche to shape the brand’s styling direction; among his many achievements there, he came up with the tiger-nose grille that unmistakably identifies todays’ Kias. Most vehicles designed under his tutelage are considered triumphs of design, but not all of them. The recently launched K9/Quoris luxury sedan has been criticised for ripping off BMW and Maserati styling cues, and the new, second-generation Forte suffers from stocky proportions and an awkward interpretation of the tiger-nose grille.

Schreyer’s clout at Kia and now at Hyundai is matched by few of his peers. Former GM chief designer Bill Mitchell enjoyed similar respect, and the same can be said for former Renault chief designer Patrick Le Quément’s congenial relationship with former Renault chairman Louis Schweitzer. Schreyer’s promotion has been encouraged within the design community.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Car & Driver