Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Kia Getting Their Own AMG/SRT/M Series?


Kia Cee'd XR

Okay, the title is laughable and and it has reason to be. But don't underestimate the Koreans on this, especially with the announcement of a rear-wheel drive V8 Hyundai sedan. Kia has recently said that they are working on both supercharged and turbocharged performance engines.

"Turbocharged engines would be aimed at Europe and supercharged engines at the American market because of different customer demands," the source said.

The brand will have a name too. Kia is planning to release a range of performance saloons and hatchbacks over the next three years all under the "XR" badge. XR most definitely will not be an AMG or an M Series or an SRT performance branch in the beginning but more like a Ralliart or Mazdaspeed. Hey, it's a start. Not a bad start either.

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