Kia Forte/Spectra Teaser Image Released

Kia Forte Teaser Sketch

By Brian Potter
June 4, 2008 10:00 PM
Filed Under: Artist Renderings, Kia

When Kia first introduced the 2-door Koup Concept in New York a few months ago, we were quite confused why Kia would simultaneously introduce a second coupe just after sister company Hyundai debuted the Genesis Coupe. Now Kia has released a teaser image which carries very similar design lines to the Koup Concept and one of the first things to notice is that the car has four doors. This leads us to believe that Kia had intended to make this car to be a four door version all along but showed it in coupe form to gauge reactions to the overall design direction.

According to TheCarBlogger.com, this successor to the Spectra will be renamed to Forte, however, it is unknown if Kia will retain the Spectra name for North America. The Forte is expected to make its public debut in August.

Source: TheCarBlogger.com via Kia-World.net

Comments

dmanero
June 4, 2008 10:42 PM
is it just me or do you all see a bit of Acura TL and Civic in this idea.

sebastianmejia17
June 4, 2008 10:50 PM
No, is not only you seeing the similarities with the Acura TL. It looks like they are still copying others

U.Will
June 5, 2008 3:52 AM
Somewhat similar! But, the line of the teaser isn't unique. I think many cars have similar line with it. I just wanna see the front of Forte.

122
June 5, 2008 10:10 AM
this really is a copy of the Honda civic and camaro, mashed up into 1 package.

lupolarpi
June 5, 2008 1:33 PM
teaser for kia?? why bother..it's no porsche or bmw

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