2010 Kia Talent Koup makes Worldwide Premiere in NY: 60-High Res Photos
Continuing its long-term attack on the market-place, Kia blew the covers away the producing form of the Koup concept that was unveiled during hindmost year’s New York Auto Display. The Korean automaker’s first-ever two door coupe representation is based on the novel Talent Sedan with which it shares the automatic tools as admirably as the inside plan. On the exterior, it’s another narrative as Kia has approach’s up with a acutely looking plan featuring a drop carriage and a series of single styling cues that distinguish the Koup from the sedan.
And while it’s clear that the Kia ’s little coupe bears a hardly plan similarities with Honda ’s European Civic hatchback Face as admirably as from the Acura RSX Back part, total, the 2010 Talent Koup looks comely neat.
On the end of the introductions of the Vital spirit and Talent sedan, Talent Koup represents the next stimulating movement in the change of Kia plan and offers a mix of informal and passionate entreat, said Michael Sprague, immorality president, marketing, KMA. We accept our novel plan development coupled with criterion Kia value and safeness features desire carry on to draw customers to the Kia kind.
Built on the Talent sedan’s front-wheel push stand, the Koup comes with a wheelbase of 104.3 inches, an total extent of 176.4 inches, an total breadth of 69.5 inches and total altitude of 55.1 inches, sense that it’s a little shorter in extent and altitude than its four-door counterpart.
Like the Talent sedan, the Koup desire be offered with two four-cylinder gasoline engines, a 2.4-liter element for the EX representation producing 156 horsepower and 144 pound-feet of torque and a 2.4-liter element for the SX that delivers 173 horsepower and 168 pound-feet of torque.
Both models are at with two transfer options, a criterion five-speed handbook transfer or an voluntary electronically controlled four-speed self-acting transfer for the 2.0L EX, and a criterion six-speed handbook transfer and an voluntary five-speed self-acting transfer with Sportmatic for the 2.4L SX.
Kia said that the 2.0-liter motor offers 25mpg metropolis and 34 mpg highway with either tranmssion while the more potent 2.4-liter motor is rated at 22mpg metropolis and 32 mpg highway with the six-speed handbook and 23/31 mpg when paired with the five-speed self-acting transmission.
Sales in the U.S. are expected to start later in the year.
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