Kia has released preview images of the new three-door hatchback. The 2008 Kia Pro-cee’d will unveiling at Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The Pro-cee’d is the most sportiest in Kia’s cee’d lineup. The new rear shot reveals a sloping rear hatch and thick C-pillar that meet a near vertical rear end. It’s very clean, tidy and all one color, which gives the ass end of the Pro-cee’d a very solid appearance.
The 2008 Kia Pro-cee’d will feature 1.4L and 1.6L gas engines, as well as a 1.6L diesel.
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KIA PRO-CEE’D ??? MORE OF THE NEW THREE-DOOR REVEALED
Kia Motors Corporation has released the second preview image of its stylish new Pro-cee’d, the third model in the cee’d family of cars designed for Europe and made in Slovakia.
‘We wanted to make Pro-cee’d as ‘sporty’ as cee’d could possibly be, while still remaining a member of our cee’d family,’ explains Gregory Guillaume, Chief Designer, Kia Motors Europe. ‘We are proud that the appearance of the Pro-cee’d production car remains so close to the concept we showed at the Paris Motor Show in 2006.
‘The three-door Kia Pro-cee’d is such a comprehensive re-working of the cee’d design theme that only the bonnet and the front wing panels are carried over from the five door model. All other exterior panels are new and exclusive to this car.’
The new Kia Pro-cee’d three-door hatchback model will make its World Premiere at this year’s Frankfurt International Motor Show on 11 September and will go on sale across Europe in early 2008.
I just read that this particular Kia will feature communication technology, such as an optional “technology bumber sticker” that can display pre-selected phrases such as “Please call 911”, “Sorry for cutting you off”, “Have a nice day”, etc.